Crime
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Wauconda man pleads guilty to having 11 pounds of pot on bus in LITH; gets 6 years
Sep 09, 2025 1:37 pm - A Wauconda man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing 11 pounds of marijuana, which was found by police in a suitcase on a bus parked in a Lake in the Hills industrial park.
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Who is Katie Abraham, the suburban native at the center of the latest deportation campaign?
Sep 09, 2025 11:02 am - The Department of Homeland Security is dedicating a Chicago deportation “blitz” to Katie Abraham, one of two women killed in an Urbana drunken driving crash earlier this year by a Guatemalan man who lacked legal status and fled the scene.
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Addison ice cream shop owner accused of secretly recording employee undressing is being suedSep 09, 2025 10:57 am - A lawsuit has been filed against a Buffalo Grove man charged with secretly recording nude footage of a teenage employee using using hidden cameras at his home and his Addison ice cream.
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US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
Sep 09, 2025 8:02 am - An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known.
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3 charged with stealing $500K-plus from video gambling machinesSep 08, 2025 7:55 pm - Three Chicago-area men have been charged with stealing more than $500,000 from video gambling machines at businesses throughout the suburbs.
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Romeoville man arrested in Wauconda, charged with domestic batterySep 08, 2025 7:01 pm - A Romeoville man faces several charges, including unlawful restraint and domestic battery, after a traffic stop in Wauconda Saturday night.
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Trial begins for Elgin man accused of murdering womanSep 08, 2025 3:56 pm - A drug-fueled argument may have contributed to the stabbing death of a woman in Elgin, his attorney argued Monday.
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Man pleads guilty to Glen Ellyn armed robberySep 08, 2025 1:35 pm - A man accused of stealing THC cartridges from a teenager at gunpoint in Glen Ellyn in April 2020 pleaded guilty Monday.
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Authorities: Man faces multiple charges after fleeing from deputiesSep 08, 2025 11:15 am - A Wisconsin man fleeing from authorities, who believed he was holding a woman against her will, faces several charges after being caught in Lake County early Monday.
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Police: Child found gun dropped on elementary school playground