Crime
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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.
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Downers Grove police arrest six involved in armed robberyApr 23, 2025 8:42 am - Six people are in custody after Downers Grove police say a woman was the victim of an armed robbery Tuesday night.
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Probation, restitution for ex-employee who stole $142K from Palatine businessApr 22, 2025 8:29 pm - A former employee of a Palatine seal-coating company and her husband were ordered to pay restitution of more than $140,000 to the owners as a condition of their guilty pleas to a theft which authorities say occurred from 2019 through 2023.
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Buffalo Grove hikes fines on smoke shops selling THC productsApr 22, 2025 8:22 pm - Buffalo Grove is raising fines on licensed tobacco shops that sell synthetic and hemp-derived THC products like Delta-8.
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Island Lake man gets jail time for keeping 46 cats in U-Haul van
Apr 22, 2025 1:27 pm - An Island Lake man is serving a 40-day jail sentence after admitting guilt to an animal cruelty charge for housing 46 cats in a U-Haul van for months, records show.