Crime
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Defense rests without calling witnesses in former DCFS workers' trial
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - Attorneys for two former Department of Children and Family Services workers charged in connection with the death of AJ Freund rested their case Friday without calling th...
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Man charged with robbing Addison Verizon store; two other suspects at largeSep 15, 2023 1:00 am - A Chicago man is being held without bail on charges he robbed a Verizon store in Addison Thursday. Meanwhile, two other suspects remain at large. Diamonte L. Walls, 25, ...
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Police: Chicago man battered woman he picked up in Des PlainesSep 15, 2023 1:00 am - A Chicago man was arrested Thursday after hurting a woman to whom he'd offered a ride while in Des Plaines weeks earlier, police said Friday. Jose Rodriguez, 34, of the ...
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Jury clears 3 men in the last trial tied to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - A jury acquitted three men Friday in the last trial connected to a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a scheme that was portrayed as an example of homegrown ...
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Bail set at $300K for West Chicago man accused of DUI in crash that injured pregnant womanSep 15, 2023 1:00 am - Bail was set at $300,000 Friday for a West Chicago man charged with aggravated DUI after a crash that injured a pregnant woman in Glen Ellyn. Steven Gayden, 28, of the o...
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Ashton Kutcher resigns as chair of anti-sex abuse organization after Danny Masterson letter
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Two people found shot in PalatineSep 15, 2023 1:00 am - Two people were found shot Friday night in Palatine. Police responded about 10 p.m. to the 1800 block of Green Lane and found two people with life-threatening wounds, ac...
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Sex offender arrested at Glenview schoolSep 15, 2023 1:00 am - Authorities said a child sex offender was arrested Friday morning for illegally being at a school Friday morning. Weston Opas, 42, of the 10000 block Michael Todd Terrac...
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Will eliminating cash bail lead to more defendants skipping court?Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - This column has been updated to clarify what was posted for the release of Jose Godinez, Enrique Ruiz and Michael Buhrman from jail. Critics of Illinois' eliminatin...
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South Elgin man accused of firing gun in downtown St. Charles in domestic disputeSep 15, 2023 1:00 am - A man has been charged with recklessly shooting a gun in downtown St. Charles early Thursday in a domestic dispute. Zachary S. Cacciatore, 31, of South Elgin, is accused...