Cook County Crime
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State police's simulator lets cops practice responses to danger. We tried it, and it's hard.Nov 25, 2022 4:30 am - Police officers often say the public doesn't understand that sometimes situations go sideways in seconds. The Illinois State Police on Wednesday gave members of the medi...
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Cook County Board approves budget with $11.4 million for sheriff's office helicopterNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Thursday his agency will acquire a helicopter to track carjackers, look for missing people and offer aid during large-scale emergencies...
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Cook County prosecutors undecided on new R. Kelly trialNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County prosecutors on Monday asked for more time to decide on whether to prosecute R&B star R. Kelly on sexual abuse charges involving four Chicago-area women. At a...
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Cook County Board incumbent would expand weapons banOct 31, 2022 1:00 am - In the wake of the mass shootings in Highland Park and Uvalde, Texas, and surging gun violence in Chicago, Cook County Board member Scott Britton believes the county's b...
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Dart seeks drivers' consent to track their vehicles after carjackingsOct 20, 2022 1:00 am - Fed up with some car manufacturers withholding vehicle location data after carjackings, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is promoting a tracking consent form drivers can sig...
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Judge says R. Kelly will have to appear in Cook County court for future hearingsOct 06, 2022 1:00 am - The judge in R. Kelly's ongoing state court case told his defense attorney Thursday that going forward he wants the R&B superstar in a Cook County courtroom for hearings...
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Cook County Board candidates Trevor, Podgorski weigh in on SAFE-T ActOct 05, 2022 5:30 am - While any changes to Illinois' criminal justice reform bill known as the SAFE-T Act remains an issue for state lawmakers to decide, the legislation will have a significa...
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Cook County deputy and boyfriend indictedSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - A Cook County sheriff's deputy and her boyfriend have been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug charges, officials announced Thursday. Bridgett Massey, 35, and Sean ...
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Driver faces gun charge in Barrington Twp. road rage caseAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - A Texas man who punched a motorcyclist Tuesday in a Barrington Township road rage case also faces a weapons charge, the Cook County sheriff's office said Wednesday. A sh...
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Twin brothers get 4 years in prison for thefts, ordered to repay $933K to Home DepotAug 29, 2022 1:00 am - Two brothers were sentenced Monday to four years in prison for stealing from Home Depot stores throughout the suburbs, in many cases by making fraudulent returns of item...