Crime
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Criminal racks up huge phone bill on fraudulent accountDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - How does a criminal rack up more than $4,000 in charges on a bogus cellphone account? One call at a time, apparently. That's the billing total for a cellular phone accou...
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BMO Harris Bank in Northbrook robbed by three armed menDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - Three armed men robbed the BMO Harris Bank on Willow Road in Northbrook Thursday morning. There were no injuries. The Northbrook Police Department said officers respond...
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Lawmakers hear more pleas for gun control
Dec 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative committee on Thursday heard more witnesses call for a ban on high-powered rifles and large-capacity magazines, but some experts said that alo...
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Round Lake Beach man charged with drunken driving after high-speed crashDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man is facing drunken driving charges after authorities said he crashed his car into a tree early Thursday and had to be extricated from the vehicle. ...
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Gurnee man charged with grooming, traveling to meet minorDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - A 43-year-old Gurnee man faces felony charges after police said he communicated online for several months with undercover detectives posing as a girl younger than 15 an...
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Police investigating gunfire in Mt. ProspectDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - Mount Prospect police are investigating after shots were fired at two people Monday night, the police department announced in a news release Thursday night. Police said...
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Gurnee police investigate threat at River Trail SchoolDec 14, 2022 12:00 am - On Dec. 8, the School Resource Officer for River Trail School was made aware of a verbal threat made by a student, according to a news release from the Gurnee Police Dep...
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Chipotle, Potbelly among stores burglarized overnight in KildeerDec 14, 2022 12:00 am - Police are working to identify the person or people responsible for burglarizing four stores at the Kildeer Village Square shopping center overnight Tuesday. The four bu...
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Teen takes 40-year sentence for shooting woman during Aurora carjackingDec 14, 2022 12:00 am - A teenager has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting a woman during a carjacking outside a Wendy's restaurant in Aurora. Ishmail Gonzalez, 17, of Harvey, ple...
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Two charged in connection with Fox Lake man's shooting deathDec 13, 2022 12:00 am - Two people are charged in connection with the shooting death of a Fox Lake man at his home Monday evening. A spokesman for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force said 77...