Crime
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Driving instructor convicted of sex abuse, after skipping trialApr 24, 2025 6:41 pm - A St. Charles driving school instructor was convicted last week, after skipping his trial, of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
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2 charged after stolen Jeep strikes brick mailbox in Bartlett and overturnsApr 24, 2025 12:56 pm - Two Chicago men have been charged following Monday’s collision of a stolen 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee in which they were traveling with a brick mailbox in Bartlett.
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State’s attorney: 2 officers justified in shooting man dead in AuroraApr 24, 2025 12:45 pm - Two law enforcement officers who shot and killed a man in Aurora last year have been cleared of wrongdoing.
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Judge grants no-contact order for Neuqua Valley teacher accused of grooming, sexual abuseApr 24, 2025 12:32 pm - A Will County judge Thursday granted a two-year, no-contact order against a Neuqua Valley High School English teacher accused of grooming and sexually abusing a 16-year-old student.
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Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens fire
Apr 24, 2025 11:50 am - A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey's Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in the New York City area, authorities said Thursday.
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Highland Park parade shooter gets seven life sentences
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Aurora woman gets 12-year sentence in deadly Naperville shootingApr 23, 2025 7:45 pm - An Aurora woman gets 12 years in prison for battery, in case where she was first charged with murder for a shooting that killed a man.
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‘Heavy and heartbreaking’: Highland Park survivors testify as sentencing beginsApr 23, 2025 3:47 pm - The man who admitted to killing seven people and wounding dozens more at Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade was a no-show Wednesday for the start of his sentencing hearing.
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Survivors of 2022 July Fourth parade mass shooting describe chaos, panic and bloodshed
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Police: Niles man groped teenage girls in Park RidgeApr 23, 2025 3:20 pm - Park Ridge police have arrested a Niles man they say groped several teenage girls near downtown last summer.