Crime
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Teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing students at Elgin preschoolNov 08, 2023 12:00 am - A teacher has admitted to sexually abusing students at a preschool in Elgin. Frank R. Walaitis, 58, pleaded guilty on Thursday to five counts of aggravated criminal sexu...
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Man pleads guilty to shooting two people in ElginNov 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with a firearm for a 2021 shooting in Elgin that injured two men. Giovanni Ramirez, 24, of the 3500 block of West ...
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics
Nov 07, 2023 12:00 am - BRIGHTON, Colo. - A jury has acquitted a Denver-area police officer of manslaughter, following trial testimony that he put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black...
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Pedestrian struck and killed in GurneeNov 07, 2023 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Deferred prosecution OK'd for Sugar Grove trustee charged with forgeryNov 07, 2023 12:00 am - Sugar Grove Trustee Sean Michels, who was charged with forgery, has been accepted into the Kane County state's attorney's deferred prosecution program. If Michels comple...
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Bloomingdale man facing child pornography chargesNov 07, 2023 12:00 am - A 40-year-old Bloomingdale man is facing child pornography charges following a search of his home last month. A DuPage County judge Tuesday denied pretrial release for E...
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'Everybody looked up to Ken': Former colleagues remember slain Wheeling police officerNov 06, 2023 4:30 am - Wheeling police officer Ken Dawson was shot to death Nov. 5, 1985, while responding to a burglary. He was only 41. Nearly 40 years later, memories of his service and sac...
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Man treated for gunshot wound outside Rivers CasinoNov 06, 2023 12:00 am - Des Plaines police are investigating an early morning shooting Saturday outside the Rivers Casino. An injured man flagged down a Des Plaines officer just before 1 a.m. S...
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Police: Woman's gun goes off in car, hits boyfriend outside Rivers CasinoNov 06, 2023 12:00 am - A shooting outside Rivers Casino in Des Plaines early Saturday turned out to be an accident where a woman's gun went off and hit her boyfriend, police said. Ari T. Mille...
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Woman pleads guilty to West Chicago murder, where victim was stabbed, burned and run overNov 06, 2023 12:00 am - With two guilty pleas, a horrific West Chicago murder case has drawn closer to an end. Tia Brewer, 21, pleaded guilty on Nov. 1 to first-degree murder and aggravated bat...