Cook County Crime
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2 charged in armed robbery of postal worker, theft of checks worth more than $500,000May 16, 2025 4:57 pm - One man is charged with robbing a postal carrier, and he and another man also are accused of stealing checks worth more than $500,000 from mail-collection boxes in Hinsdale and Oak Brook.
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Why dangerous TikTok challenge has schools, police all fired upMay 16, 2025 6:00 am - What do you get when you cross the worst elements of social media with the most reckless instincts of kids? These days it’s the “Chromebook Challenge,” a TikTok-fueled fad that has students across the country intentionally setting fire to their school-issued laptop computers.
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Driver injured, charged with DUI after crashing into Des Plaines homeMay 15, 2025 1:20 pm - A 55-year-old Park Ridge man faces multiple charges after police say he crashed his pickup truck into a Des Plaines home Wednesday while driving intoxicated.
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Police: Elgin man charged in 4 felonies after firing gunMay 14, 2025 8:16 pm - An Elgin man was charged with several felonies after shooting a gun in Elgin early Tuesday morning.
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Police: Chicago woman arrested after attempted burglary in Park RidgeMay 14, 2025 7:14 pm - A Chicago woman was arrested after an attempted burglary in a Park Ridge home on Tuesday afternoon. The woman, Isabela Dytlow, 53, unlawfully entered a home on the 300 bl...
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South suburban woman charged with giving THC-infused candy to kids in WheelingMay 13, 2025 3:04 pm - Wheeling police have arrested a south suburban woman on charges she gave cannabis-laced candy to children at a local park over the weekend.
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Chicago man charged in deadly 2021 Gurnee road-rage shootingMay 12, 2025 4:18 pm - A Chicago man is facing murder charges in the 2021 road-rage shooting in Gurnee of a Southern Illinois University student who was home for Thanksgiving break.
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Man detained after hitting garage in police chase in ElmhurstMay 12, 2025 1:16 pm - A man who crashed a car into the garage of an Elmhurst house while driving away from police will be detained pretrial.
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Children sickened after being given drug-laced candy at Wheeling parkMay 12, 2025 7:54 am - Wheeling police are searching for a woman wanted for possibly giving at least four children candy authorities believe was laced with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
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Des Plaines man scammed out of $97,600: policeMay 09, 2025 10:07 am - A 72-year-old Des Plaines man was scammed out of $97,600 by someone posing as a U.S. Social Security Administration employee, police said Friday.