Crime
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Bank robbers strike first in Northbrook, then in EvanstonJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - Two men robbed a Northbrook bank shortly after noon Monday, then struck at an Evanston bank about a half-hour later, authorities said. The FBI said two men entered Fifth...
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Two dead after wrong-way crash near GurneeJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - Two men are dead following an early morning wrong-way crash Monday on Route 41 near Gurnee. Lake County sheriff's office investigators said a 32-year-old Grayslake man w...
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Man pleads guilty to attempted murder in hammer attackJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking a neighbor with a hammer. Johnathan. T. McDonald, 23, of the 400 block of North River Street, pleade...
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Illinois Senate passes ban on high-powered weapons, virtually assuring it'll become lawJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - The state Senate on Monday passed legislation to ban the sale and manufacture of certain high-powered weapons and large-capacity magazines in Illinois, after tweaking th...
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Madigan's trial scheduled to begin April 1, 2024
Jan 09, 2023 12:00 am - The highly anticipated racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan has been set for April 1, 2024. The trial, which is expected to last six or...
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'I can remember the sound of his voice': Daughter of Brown's victim now a correctional officerJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - Jessica Platte was 5 years old and in kindergarten when she lost her father, Marcus Nellsen, in the Brown's Chicken massacre. At the time, her father was living and work...
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'A plague on our community': Former village leader recalls after effects of Brown's murdersJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - In the weeks after the murders of seven people inside a local Brown's Chicken restaurant, Michael Cassady, the assistant village manager at the time, carried on a somber...
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'I don't think any of us really had closure': Brown's murder victim's sister recalls toll on familyJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - Even though Marcus Nellsen had been working only for a few months at the Brown's Chicken in Palatine by Jan. 8, 1993, he already felt at home. "He would call me up and (...
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'A testament to my parents': Murders created enduring bond between Brown's owners' daughtersJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - For the first time in 30 years, Lynn and Richard Ehlenfeldt's daughters will spend Jan. 8 together. Not since police discovered the bodies of their parents and five of ...
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Timeline of the Brown's Chicken murder caseJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - Jan. 8, 1993: Seven murdered at Brown's Chicken in Palatine; the victims were found in a walk-in cooler and freezer. Jan. 9, 1993: Police arrest former Brown's worker bu...