Crime
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Former high school volleyball coach faces child pornography chargesJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect time period for the alleged online relationship. A former coach for the Bartlett High School volleyball program has been charge...
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Northern Illinois sheriffs announce they won't enforce firearms ban
Jan 11, 2023 12:00 am - County sheriffs across northern Illinois announced Wednesday they won't enforce a new law which in part requires owners of semiautomatic firearms to register their weapo...
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2 men charged with murder in Aurora shootingJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - Two men are facing charges in connection with a shooting last fall in Aurora that left one man dead and another critically injured. Samuel Garcia, 24, of the 600 block o...
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Wheeling ride-share driver pleads guilty to battery of female passengerJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - A Wheeling ride-share driver has pleaded guilty to the May 2019 aggravated battery/strangulation of a female passenger. Alexander Sowa, 38, pleaded guilty to the charge...
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Gun shop owners say they'll keep high-powered inventory in storage
Jan 11, 2023 12:00 am - In the days before Illinois' assault weapons ban was signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday, business ticked up at Maxon Shooter's Supplies, a gun shop in suburban Des ...
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Madigan quipped that his associates 'have made out like bandits' from ComEd deals, feds say
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Pritzker signs state's new ban on high-powered weapons: The final details
Jan 10, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation banning the purchase, sale and manufacture of some semi-automatic weapons, .50 caliber rifles and ammuniti...
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Two men charged after carjacking outside Rivers CasinoJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Editor's note: Several details in this story, including the defendant's addresses, have been updated since the initial report. Two men are being held without bail o...
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Hanover Park man charged with sexually assaulting two girlsJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - A 42-year-old Hanover Park man was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges he sexually assaulted two girls over the course of several years. Herminio Rosales-Ramir...
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Duo charged with luring victim to West Chicago apartment to rob himJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Two West Chicago residents have been accused of luring a man to their apartment to rob him last week. DuPage County Judge Michael Reidy was set Tuesday at $250,000 for B...