Crime
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Man who escaped squad car after arrest near Lake Villa recaptured, authorities sayJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - Lake County authorities have caught a 26-year-old man they say was arrested Friday but ran from a squad car while still handcuffed. Sheriff's deputies first arrested Nic...
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Rape suspect from Georgia arrested in GurneeJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - A 22-year-old Georgia man wanted on charges of rape and sodomy in Alabama was arrested Thursday by the Lake County Sheriff Warrants Team in Gurnee. The Lake County team...
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Former volleyball coach who hid camera in Carol Stream bathroom gets 7-year sentenceJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - A former youth volleyball coach who installed a hidden camera to record videos of hundreds of children using a bathroom at a Carol Stream athletic training facility was ...
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Guilty verdict in murder, home invasion in Hinsdale; jury rules it especially brutalJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - A jury has found Dominic Sanders guilty of first-degree murder, home invasion and residential burglary in the slaying of Andrea Urban of Hinsdale in 2017, and it called ...
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Masked gunman robs Woodridge T-Mobile storeJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - A masked man armed with a handgun robbed a T-Mobile store Thursday evening at 1001 75th St. in Woodridge, authorities said Friday. The man entered the store shortly afte...
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Great Lakes naval base lockdown triggered by unauthorized vehicle entryJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - The Great Lakes Naval Station near North Chicago was locked down for roughly five hours Friday morning after a civilian employee of the base failed to follow a gate sent...
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Conviction overturned, new trial ordered in 2014 Geneva murder caseJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - Citing improper and damaging testimony from an FBI profiler, the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday ordered a new trial for Shadwick King, a Geneva man who was convicted o...
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Elmhurst cops warn of overnight car burglariesJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - Elmhurst police are cautioning residents about a series of car burglaries targeting unlocked vehicles parked overnight in the suburbs that continued in the early morning...
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Hanover Park man charged with sexually abusing children, head-butting sergeantJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - A Hanover Park man has been charged with sexually abusing three children and head-butting a police sergeant in the chest following his arrest. Juan Garrafa-Salazar, 31, ...
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Police bust ring accused of smuggling 10,000 migrants to UK
Jan 23, 2020 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French and Dutch police have arrested 23 suspected members of a criminal network that has smuggled as many as 10,000 migrants from France to Britain, accord...