Crime
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Giannoulias: Don’t click on fake texts from Illinois DMV with threats about traffic ticketsMay 27, 2025 5:42 pm - Scam texts from the nonexistent “Illinois State Department of Motor Vehicles” are falsely threatening suspension of vehicle registration and privileges.
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Two charged with hate crime in beating of woman at Carpentersville McDonald’sMay 27, 2025 5:35 pm - Two people are now charged with committing a hate crime, days after an attack on a woman authorities say was committed because of her sexual orientation.
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Police: Cannabis, gun found during Des Plaines traffic stopMay 27, 2025 12:34 pm - A Chicago man was arrested over the weekend after Des Plaines police stopped a vehicle in which he was riding and found cannabis and a handgun inside, authorities said Tuesday.
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McHenry man, 77, charged with firing ‘several rounds’ from gun to ‘scare’ woman
May 26, 2025 6:08 pm - A 77-year-old McHenry man is accused of firing off a gun in front of two people Sunday evening in McHenry, according to authorities.
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Florida truck driver charged in Gurnee road-rage shootingMay 25, 2025 11:12 am - A Florida man is behind bars in Wisconsin awaiting extradition to Illinois in connection with a road-rage shooting earlier this month in Gurnee.
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Man faces 31 years to life for shooting pregnant woman in WillowbrookMay 23, 2025 8:41 pm - A Chicago man on Friday was found guilty of shooting a woman in 2022, officials said. Lawrence Grant, 41, was found guilty of one count of attempted murder, one count of ...
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Bogus bank account created in Des Plaines man’s nameMay 23, 2025 1:43 pm - Someone fraudulently opened a bank account in a Des Plaines man’s name, police announced Thursday, May 22.
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Man arrested on warrant had methamphetamine, Des Plaines police sayMay 23, 2025 1:43 pm - A Romeoville man was carrying methamphetamine when he was arrested Wednesday on a warrant in Des Plaines, police said.
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Police say attackers called her a slur. Why aren’t the suspects charged with a hate crime?May 23, 2025 5:15 am - A young woman was badly beaten May 13 at a Carpentersville restaurant, after police said her attackers called her a derogatory name based on her sexual orientation. The suspects have not been charged with a hate crime.
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Police: Aurora teen shot to death MondayMay 22, 2025 10:49 pm - A 17-year-old Aurora boy died Monday after being shot on the city’s east side, officials said.