Crime
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Villa Park boy accused of threatening to shoot people at schoolFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - A 13-year-old Villa Park boy has been charged with disorderly conduct for, authorities said, threatening to shoot people at a school. The boy, who attends Willowbrook Hi...
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Judge decides not to dismiss murder charges in 2021 Elmhurst stabbingFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - A DuPage County judge on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss murder charges against a Lombard man who claims he acted in self-defense. Judge Ann Celine O'Hallaren Walsh r...
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Man found guilty of raping woman, pushing pregnant teen who witnessed assaultFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - An Aurora man has been convicted of raping a woman, then pushing a pregnant teen who walked in and witnessed the assault. A jury found Francisco L. Manriquez, 53, of the...
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UK police officer, exposed as serial rapist, jailed for life
Feb 07, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - A former London police officer was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years for raping and sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 1...
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Few new details in Aurora police shooting of man said to attack with knivesFeb 06, 2023 12:00 am - Aurora police released little new information Monday about an officer's shooting of a man wielding knives Sunday morning. The man who was shot remains in critical condit...
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Two members of crew sentenced for Ulta robbery in Oak BrookFeb 06, 2023 12:00 am - Two Chicago residents who police said were part of a six-person group who stole from an Oak Brook cosmetics store in November 2021 have received three-year prison senten...
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Two charged with three break-ins at Mount Prospect homesFeb 05, 2023 12:00 am - A pair of South suburban men have been charged in connection with a string of burglaries in Mount Prospect in 2021 and 2022, police said. Derrick Herron, 59, of the 1500...
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Suspect who attacked with knives is shot by police officer, now in critical conditionFeb 05, 2023 12:00 am - Daily Herald correspondent An Aurora man is in critical condition because a police officer shot him Sunday morning after, police said, he charged at the officer with kni...
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Prosecutors seek additional conditions on Huntley Dairy Mart owner charged with child pornFeb 05, 2023 12:00 am - McHenry County prosecutors are asking a judge to place additional pretrial conditions on a Huntley business owner charged with growing psychedelic mushrooms in the basem...
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'Pinnacle of a career': New chief of Chicago FBI office says there's a lot to be doneFeb 03, 2023 4:00 am - The new person in charge of the FBI's Chicago field office seems to be a modest man. "I don't suffer from overconfidence," Robert "Wes" Wheeler Jr. said during an introd...