Crime
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Man gets 72 years in Wheaton, Lombard home invasions, shootingMar 28, 2024 5:03 pm - The second of two men who broke into homes in Wheaton and Lombard and shot a homeowner was sentenced Thursday to 72 years in prison. Isaiah Johnson, 24, of Blue Island, w...
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Suspect charged with murder, attempted murder in deadly Rockford rampage
Mar 28, 2024 12:05 pm - A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied stabbing and beating rampage that left four people dead in a matter of minutes in...
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Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
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4 killed, 7 wounded in stabbing attack in Rockford; suspect is in custodyMar 27, 2024 5:17 pm - ROCKFORD, Ill. — Four people were killed and seven were hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday across multiple locations in a northern Illinois community, a...
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Man charged with murdering partner in AuroraMar 26, 2024 7:44 pm - A man has been charged with killing a woman in January in Aurora. Travares Mitchell, 49, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 46-year-old Serhonda Burnett,...
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Lake County Sheriff’s Office purchases 15 license plate reading camerasMar 26, 2024 7:22 pm - Agency joins several other communities in leveraging technology The Lake County Sheriff’s Office will be joining the growing ranks of entities utilizing license plat...
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Man accused of burglarizing Westmont home, stealing owner’s carMar 26, 2024 5:06 pm - Authorities have accused a 23-year-old man of breaking into a Westmont woman’s home and stealing her car while she was in the house. Bryce Fleming has been charged with o...
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Police seek suspects in Prospect Heights gang shootingMar 26, 2024 10:01 am - Prospect Heights police are asking for the public’s help identifying two gunmen involved in a suspected gang-related shooting Thursday outside a shopping center. Accordin...
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Feds search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources sayMar 25, 2024 5:19 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents an...
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Patron stole $700 in chips at Rivers Casino, police sayMar 25, 2024 3:49 pm - A Chicago man was arrested Saturday after he repeatedly stole gambling chips off tables inside Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, police said. Abdul Barr, 44, of the 2800 blo...