Crime
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Mundelein caretaker accused of stealing nearly $30K from McHenry resident who died
Aug 23, 2025 11:32 am - A caretaker is accused of stealing almost $30,000 from an elderly McHenry person after their death, according to authorities.
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Downers Grove drugstore robbedAug 23, 2025 10:24 am - A Downers Grove drugstore was robbed Friday night by a man who initially appeared to be a customer.
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Des Plaines Fire Department to switch 911 servicesAug 22, 2025 4:32 pm - Emergency calls for the Des Plaines Fire Department will be handled by a different dispatch service starting as soon as next year.
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Trump says Chicago is the likely next target of his efforts to crack down on crime
Aug 22, 2025 1:50 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration.
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Police: Driver was drunk when he crashed car into Westmont music storeAug 22, 2025 10:38 am - A man has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing early Friday into the Uncle Jon’s Music store in downtown Westmont.
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SUV stolen, vehicles burglarized in Batavia neighborhoodAug 21, 2025 10:58 am - Batavia police are investigating the theft of an SUV and several vehicle burglaries that happened early Thursday morning in the Tanglewood neighborhood on the far west side of the city.
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Appeals court tosses $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud finding
Aug 21, 2025 10:39 am - NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, calling the roughly $500 million verdict against...
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Police: Taxi driver attacked a different car with a bat in Des PlainesAug 21, 2025 10:10 am - A taxi driver was arrested Tuesday after attacking another vehicle with a baseball bat during a dispute in Des Plaines, police said.
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Telephone hearing for Waukegan man charged with hiding dead body and detained by ICEAug 21, 2025 6:43 am - The man accused of hiding the body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman in a plastic garbage container attended a hearing in Lake County Wednesday by phone from an ICE detention facility.
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40 years for man who beat, stabbed, strangled and burned West Chicago teen to deathAug 20, 2025 6:24 pm - The last defendant has been sentenced in a horrifying murder case where a West Chicago teen was beaten, strangled, stabbed, run over and set on fire seven years ago.