Crime News
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Wisconsin man charged with causing fatal Beach Park crashJan 27, 2023 5:06 PM - Charges were filed this week against the driver who officials said was responsible for an October crash in Beach Park that killed his passenger, Lake County officials said Friday.
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Video shows struggle for hammer during Pelosi attack
Jan 27, 2023 3:07 PM - Video released publicly Friday shows the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fighting with his assailant for control of a hammer moments before he was struck during a brutal attack in the couple's San Francisco home last year.
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Police: Man fired a machine gun more than 30 times in Villa Park neighborhoodJan 27, 2023 1:42 PM - A DuPage County judge on Friday denied bail for a Maywood man facing multiple weapons charges after prosecutors said he fired a machine gun more than 30 times into a Villa Park neighborhood, striking a nearby home.
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Does bail reform lead to more crime? What 2 Loyola University professors found
Jan 27, 2023 8:16 AM - Amid last year's contentious debate over the SAFE-T Act and the elimination of cash bail in Illinois, a pair of Loyola University Chicago criminal justice professors set out to determine whether bail reform does, as some claimed, lead to more crime. Here's what they found.
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Algonquin man charged with leaving the scene of I-90 crash near SchaumburgJan 27, 2023 3:49 PM - An Algonquin man who prosecutors say merged in front of another driver on Interstate 90 near Schaumburg then slammed on his brakes to cause a crash Monday is charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
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Two Aurora men charged in carjackingJan 27, 2023 3:46 PM - Two Aurora men were arrested Sunday for a carjacking that occurred earlier that day on the 1600 block of Maple Park Lane in Aurora, police announced Thursday.
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Police: Impaired driver caused crash that killed Round Lake man, sonJan 26, 2023 7:19 PM - A Round Lake man and his 5-year-old son were killed and other family members injured in a car crash Wednesday in Round Lake Beach that officials said was caused by an impaired driver.
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Son of ex-legislator goes on trial, fights charges tied to Madigan probe
Jan 26, 2023 6:33 PM - A son of former state Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo went on trial in federal court Thursday, where he is accused of filing false income tax returns in a spinoff of the feds' larger bribery investigation involving ComEd and former state House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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Illinois attorney general contests 'badly flawed' ruling that blocked end of cash bail
Jan 26, 2023 5:40 PM - The Illinois attorney general's office on Thursday filed its opening argument with the state's highest court as it seeks to overturn a judge's ruling that found parts of the controversial SAFE-T Act unconstitutional.
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Batavia police investigating west-side car burglariesJan 26, 2023 5:05 PM - Batavia police are investigating burglaries to unlocked vehicles that occurred between 4 and 5 a.m. Thursday.
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