Crime
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No bail for Wheeling man charged with sexually abusing girlsMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A 33-year-old Wheeling man was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges he sexually abused two girls. Buenaventura Espinosa-Tapia is charged with aggravated crimina...
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3rd Chicago teen charged in Addison carjackingMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A third teenager from Chicago has been arrested in connection with a Jan. 23 carjacking that happened at a Popeye's Chicken in Addison. On Tuesday, DuPage County Judge B...
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Lisle man charged, again, with impersonating a police officerMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A Lisle man faces another charge that he impersonated a Chicago police officer - this time in Downers Grove. Vincent M. Richardson, 26, of the 900 block of Lacey Avenue,...
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Man gets 8-year sentence for Villa Park carjackingMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A Villa Park man was sentenced Feb. 22 to eight years in prison for hijacking a woman's car Sept. 29, 2019 at a gasoline station in the village. Michael C. Davis, 36, wa...
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FBI chief calls Jan. 6 'domestic terrorism,' defends handling of intelligence
Mar 02, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorism" Tuesday as he defended the bureau's handling of intelligence ...
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Suspect charged in fatal North Chicago shootingMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A 48-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting Monday of a 47-year-old woman at a North Chicago apartment complex. Montreal Porter, 48, a resident of the compl...
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EXPLAINER: How a primary got Hong Kong activists in trouble
Mar 01, 2021 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong democracy supporters are being locked up in jail, charged with being a threat to national security. Their arrests come under a new security la...
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George Floyd kin joins protest anthem album project
Mar 01, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Before a late night rehearsal in December, Terrence Floyd couldn't remember the last time he squatted on a drum throne, sticks in hand and ready to perfo...
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US youth testifies he stabbed Italian officer in defense
Mar 01, 2021 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - A young American on trial in Rome for the slaying of an Italian police officer has told the court that he stabbed the victim because he feared he was being s...
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France's Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail
Mar 01, 2021 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison an...