Crime
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Azerbaijan sentences 13 Armenian soldiers to prison
Jul 23, 2021 7:00 am - BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) - A court in Azerbaijan on Friday sentenced 13 Armenian soldiers to six years in prison on convictions of terrorism and illegally entering the coun...
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50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Jul 23, 2021 7:00 am - Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream. As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of North Carolina and take him around the world. I...
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Trump inaugural committee chair to be released on $250M bail
Jul 23, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The chair of former President Donald Trump's inaugural committee was ordered freed Friday on $250 million bail to face charges he secretly worked as a...
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How a St. Charles officer's quick actions saved a shooting victim's lifeJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas cops crime@dailyherald.com St. Charles patrol officer Steve Mattas was about halfway through his midnight shift June 27 when a bu...
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Naperville accountant gets 8-year sentence for bilking employersJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - A Naperville man was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to bilking four employers and three lenders out of more than $1...
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25 men cited in sex sting in Leyden TownshipJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - Officers from the Cook County sheriff's police Special Victims Unit issued citations Thursday to 25 men and towed 21 vehicles as part of an undercover operation in an ar...
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Police: No victims found after report of gunfire in WheatonJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - Wheaton police found evidence indicating a gun was discharged on the city's north side Thursday night, but authorities said Friday they did not locate any victims. Polic...
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Bartlett police investigating home invasionJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - Bartlett police are investigating a reported home invasion officers responded to about 4:15 a.m. Friday on the 1000 block of Georgian Place. The officers learned that mu...
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Garland vows crackdown on gun trafficking as violence surges
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed Thursday that the Justice Department would crack down on gun trafficking corridors as part of a comprehensive ap...
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Violence overshadows memorial Mass for slain Haitian leader
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) - A priest told mourners at a memorial service Thursday for slain President Jovenel Moïse that too much blood is being shed in Haiti as authorit...