Crime
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‘A hole in our family’: Hit-and-run victim remembered as polite and outgoing
Jul 06, 2025 1:16 pm - Nicholas Laureys, the 15-year-old killed in a hit-and-run crash last week near Crystal Lake, is being remembered as an outgoing and polite young man who liked to play video games and ride ATVs.
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One killed, five injured in Lake County crashJul 06, 2025 11:58 am - One person was killed and five others injured in a three-vehicle crash late Saturday in northern Lake County that authorities are blaming on alcohol and speeding.
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Theft suspect fleeing Elmhurst police fatally struck on I-294Jul 05, 2025 9:59 am - A suspect in a vehicle Elmhurst police were pursuing late Wednesday, fled the vehicle on foot and was fatally struck by another vehicle traveling northbound on I-294.
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Hoffman Estates police tap into virtual reality for realistic, on-demand trainingJul 04, 2025 12:30 pm - Hoffman Estates police are already pioneering the region’s future use of virtual-reality training to make the “What If?” scenarios officers have always been urged to consider more concrete.
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Political payback? Deputy’s lawsuit alleges he was demoted for backing candidateJul 04, 2025 4:30 am - A decorated Lake County sheriff’s deputy is suing his boss and the county’s top lawyer in federal court, alleging he was demoted for backing a candidate they opposed in last year’s election.
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Winfield man acquitted of charges he threatened school board candidateJul 03, 2025 1:49 pm - A Winfield has been acquitted of charges alleging he threatened a Wheaton Warrenville District 200 school board candidate in 2023.
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Fraudster altered check to steal $4,998, Des Plaines police sayJul 03, 2025 1:41 pm - Someone altered a check mailed by a Des Plaines woman to steal $4,998, police said Thursday.
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Police: Des Plaines man scammed out of $20,000 by impostor posing as federal employeeJul 03, 2025 1:41 pm - A Des Plaines man was scammed out of $20,000 last month by someone posing as a federal employee, police said.
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Police issue stern warning after another teen injured in e-bike crashJul 03, 2025 1:41 pm - A 15-year-old Lake in the Hills boy escaped serious harm Wednesday after he was struck by a vehicle while driving an electric dirt bike across a busy state highway in Huntley.
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15-year-old boy killed in hit-and-run crash near Crystal Lake