Crime
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Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
May 02, 2021 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public or to share them with other age...
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Over 90 German police injured in May Day riots
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Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year
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Shots fired at strip mall near Schaumburg early Sunday morningMay 02, 2021 1:00 am - Shots were fired at around 3:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a bar in the 1600 block of Algonquin Road in Palatine Township Sunday, according to the Cook County sheriff's ...
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Psychologist to examine mom accused of dropping daughter from parking deckMay 01, 2021 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge Saturday approved appointment of a clinical psychologist to examine a Plano woman accused of dropping her 5-year-old daughter from the top of a par...
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Courthouse event draws attention to child abuse -- and need for volunteers to help victimsApr 30, 2021 5:15 am - copsandcrime@dailyherald.com More than 50 people stood on the lawn of the Kane County Courthouse in downtown Geneva at noon Thursday, with their heads bowed, clasping bl...
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Data breach was a ransomware attack
Apr 30, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A data breach reported by Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office nearly three weeks ago was a ransomware attack, according to a Thursday news release. Raoul...
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Chicago man pleads guilty, gets 12 years in prison, for attempted Downers Grove carjackingApr 30, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man pleaded guilty Friday morning to trying to hijack a vehicle in Downers Grove. Lamourice Shepherd, 22, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in exchange for t...
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Food pantry at Crystal Lake elementary school vandalized, police say
Apr 30, 2021 1:00 am - Crystal Lake police on Thursday reported a food pantry outside Canterbury Elementary School was vandalized, showing images of food that had been dumped onto the ground a...
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Lisle man charged with robbing Carol Stream gas stationApr 30, 2021 1:00 am - A Lisle man was charged Friday with robbing a Carol Stream gas station at knife point early Thursday morning. Paul Gleason, 34, whose last known address is on the 900 bl...