Crime
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Sleepy Hollow family offers $30,000 reward in daughter’s cold case deathDec 07, 2025 10:35 am - A Sleepy Hollow woman is offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in her daughter’s 2009 death, which authorities ruled in 2022 was a homicide.
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Male juvenile shot in CarpentersvilleDec 06, 2025 4:37 pm - A male juvenile was shot in the leg Friday evening in Carpentersville and received non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the investigation is ongoing.
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Two men charged in Lake County home burglariesDec 05, 2025 6:48 pm - Two men face felony burglary charges for their parts in a crime spree in late November and early December in unincorporated Lake County, Lincolnshire and Highland Park.
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St. Charles man gets 16 years in child porn plea dealDec 05, 2025 6:05 pm - A St. Charles man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on his second conviction for a child pornography crime.
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Mount Prospect man charged in Des Plaines home burglaryDec 05, 2025 3:07 pm - A Mount Prospect man was arrested early Wednesday on allegations of breaking into a house in Des Plaines and after being confronted by a resident, police said.
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Ninth District congressional candidate was convicted of sex crime against a juvenile, records showDec 05, 2025 1:20 pm - One of the Republican candidates running to succeed longtime U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the largely suburban 9th District is a convicted sex offender, records show.
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Man faces charges after 8-hour standoff in Round Lake BeachDec 05, 2025 11:28 am - A 35-year-old Round Lake Beach man was charged with domestic battery early Friday following an eight-hour standoff in what was described as an isolated situation.
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How a wrong turn led to a possible safe haven for abuse survivorsDec 04, 2025 4:49 pm - What started with a wrong turn could become just the right refuge for hundreds of domestic violence and human trafficking survivors from the north suburbs.
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Batavia resident swindled out of $648K in romance-crypto investor scam
Dec 04, 2025 11:07 am - A Batavia resident reported losing $648,000 in a Bitcoin investment to a person met through the dating app Bumble, according to Batavia police reports obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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Man accused of planting pipe bombs before Jan. 6 Capitol attack is charged with explosives offenses
Dec 04, 2025 7:57 am - The FBI made an arrest on Thursday in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.