Crime News
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Negligence probed in deadly Beirut blast amid public anger
Aug 5, 2020 7:03 PM - Investigators probing the deadly blast that ripped across Beirut are focused on possible negligence in the storage of tons of a highly explosive fertilizer in a waterfront warehouse, while the government ordered the house arrest of several port officials
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Hoffman Estates man gets 7 years for sexual assaulting woman he met on social media
Aug 5, 2020 6:09 PM - A 28-year-old Hoffman Estates man was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender in exchange for pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a woman he met through social media. -
Police: 28 dead cats, 1 dead squirrel found in Waukegan woman's home
Aug 5, 2020 3:54 PM - A 54-year-old Waukegan woman faces animal cruelty charges after authorities found 28 dead cats and one dead squirrel inside her home, police said in a news release Wednesday. -
House arrest of Colombia's Uribe exposes post-peace tensions
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ComEd pleads not guilty in influence-peddling case
Aug 5, 2020 3:03 PM - Energy utility ComEd pleaded not guilty to bribery at an arraignment Wednesday despite previously admitting wrongdoing in an influence-peddling scheme that threatens to ensnare Illinois' most powerful Democrat, state House Speaker Michael Madigan. -
Streamwood man charged in slaying of 10-year-old girl in Chicago
Aug 5, 2020 2:58 PM - The suspected driver of a car from which a 10-year-old girl was shot and killed as she watched TV in her grandmother's Chicago home has been charged with first-degree murder, police said Wednesday. Christopher Lara, 19, of Streamwood is also charged with nine felony counts of attempted first-degree murder in the June 27 killing of Lena Nunez, who was shot in the head in Logan Square, police said. -
Police: Algonquin man tried to kill his ex-girlfriend
Aug 5, 2020 2:25 PM - An Algonquin man is charged with attempted murder, accused of trying to strangle and shoot his ex-girlfriend. -
Second suspect charged in attempted terrorism case in Lombard
Aug 5, 2020 11:04 AM - A second person has been charged in an attempted terrorism case at the Lombard municipal complex. Amanda R. Wolf, 23, of the 1300 block of South Stewart Avenue in Lombard, was being held on $750,000 bail Tuesday at the DuPage County jail. -
Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri
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Trump encourages mail voting in Florida but sues in Nevada
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