Crime
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Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian-American boy, mother
May 02, 2025 4:27 pm - A former Plainfield Township landlord who killed a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy's mother in a brutal hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison.
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Carpentersville man accused of making video of sexual assault of childMay 02, 2025 1:56 pm - A Carpentersville man has been charged with making child sexual abuse materials by assaulting a child while she was asleep.
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Authorities: Woman seriously injured neighbor in unprovoked attackMay 02, 2025 11:52 am - A 53-year-old woman from an unincorporated area near Lake Villa was taken into custody Thursday after her neighbor was found beaten and seriously injured in an unprovoked attack, authorities said.
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Juvenile charged after firing gun during fight near Rolling Meadows HighMay 02, 2025 11:04 am - A juvenile is facing weapons and battery charges after police say they fired a weapon during a fight near Rolling Meadows High School Wednesday.
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Father gets conditional discharge after being convicted of battery to sonsMay 02, 2025 7:20 am - An Aurora man was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge Friday for attacking his young son after the child refused his order to hit a disabled older brother.
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Did ‘stalker’ label keep Barrington murder suspect from getting a fair trial?May 02, 2025 5:30 am - Did testimony describing him as a “stalker” keep a Barrington man from getting a fair trial in the New Year’s Day 2021 killing of a woman he hoped to marry? A state appeals court has answered that with an emphatic “no.”
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Cary man faces child porn chargesMay 01, 2025 4:59 pm - A Cary man has been charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography.
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Judge changes mind, orders child sex abuse defendant be detained pretrialMay 01, 2025 4:53 pm - A Kane County judge changed his mind Thursday and ordered that a Montgomery man charged with child sex crimes be detained pretrial.
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Geneva man accused of surreptitiously recording undressed teen girlMay 01, 2025 12:40 pm - A Geneva man has been accused of surreptitiously recording an undressed teen girl.
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Lottery tickets stolen from Des Plaines gas stationMay 01, 2025 11:34 am - Rolls of lottery tickets were stolen from a Des Plaines gas station this week during a burglary, police said.