Crime
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Palatine detective earns national honor for preventing teen's victimizationJun 05, 2023 1:00 am - A Palatine police investigator has earned national recognition for his work leading to the arrest of a California man who authorities say traveled to the village to arra...
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Shots fired in ElginJun 05, 2023 1:00 am - Elgin police responded at 8:52 p.m. Monday to the area of Raymond Street under Route 20 and found shots had been fired, the police department said in a social media post...
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Sharing the sentence: Separation takes toll on incarcerated moms and their kids
Jun 05, 2023 1:00 am - LINCOLN, Ill. - Dressed in her Sunday best - pink ruffled sleeves and a rainbow tulle tutu - Crystal Martinez's 4-year-old daughter proudly presents her with a multicolo...
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J.J. Bittenbinder, colorful ex-Chicago police detective and crime-prevention guru, dead at 80
Jun 05, 2023 1:00 am - John Joseph "J.J." Bittenbinder might have saved your life. In the 1990s, the colorful former Chicago police detective showed viewers how to avoid being kidnapped as hos...
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Police in Harvard fatally shoot man suspected of stabbing woman to deathJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - A man suspected of stabbing a woman to death was shot and killed by a Harvard police officer late Saturday night, authorities said. The man was pronounced dead at the sc...
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Deerfield school board member ID'd as victim of hit-and-run crash in Highland ParkJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - Deerfield Elementary School District 109 school board member Maureen Wener was identified Sunday as the bicyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver Friday in Highland Park....
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Mundelein man on parole for 2019 shooting faces felony weapons chargesJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - A 31-year-old Mundelein man on parole in connection with a 2019 shooting outside a school faces new felony weapons charges after authorities say he fled from police whil...
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Sheriff: Nearly 8,000 fentanyl-laced pills linked to Mundelein manJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - A Mundelein man faces multiple drug and gun charges after a three-month investigation that netted nearly 8,000 fentanyl-laced pills and four firearms, Lake County author...
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Ex-Fox Lake cop convicted of murder seeks new round of DNA testingJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - Lawyers for a former law enforcement officer serving a life sentence for the 1992 killing of his former girlfriend are seeking a new round of DNA testing on evidence col...
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Legislation that would allow police to use drones for monitoring parades, large events passesJun 03, 2023 1:00 am - Legislation that will allow law enforcement agencies to use drones to surveil large public gatherings, such as the Highland Park Fourth of July parade where a rooftop sh...