Crime
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Learn how to prevent identity theft and other scams Sept. 3Aug 25, 2025 10:20 am - Learn how to protect yourself and others from identity theft and other scams Sept. 3 in Park Ridge.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces new deportation efforts after ICE detains him in Baltimore
Aug 25, 2025 8:26 am - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s aggressive effort to remove noncitizens from the U.S., was detained by immigration authorities in Baltimore on Monday to face renewed efforts to deport him after a brief period of freedom.
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Crystal Lake man to driver accused of paralyzing him: ‘Enjoy prison life’
Aug 24, 2025 2:42 pm - A Lakewood man who said he was trying to kill himself when he started a fire in his father’s home was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for residential arson. At the time of the 2023 fire, Connor Kirkpatrick was awaiting trial on charges he drove his vehicle into a Crystal Lake home about 10 months earlier, leaving the homeowner paralyzed.
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Prosecutors: Carol Stream man set own house on fire, sparking explosionAug 24, 2025 12:45 pm - A judge denied pretrial release Sunday for a Carol Stream man accused of setting his own house on fire Saturday, causing an explosion that severely damaged neighboring homes.
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Police searching for man after pregnant woman stabbed, left in critical condition
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Maxwell denies Epstein kept ‘client list’ and other takeaways from interview
Aug 23, 2025 5:08 pm - The transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s interview of Ghislaine Maxwell spans more than 300 pages, the audio more than six hours. Upon releasing the materials Friday, Blanche said nothing about his July conversation with the imprisoned accomplice of deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein had been removed “except for the names of victims.”
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Man indicted in fatal shooting of daughter-in-law outside Schaumburg hotelAug 23, 2025 3:24 pm - A Cook County judge announced an indictment against a 76-year-old downstate man charged with fatally shooting his daughter-in-law outside a Schaumburg hotel.
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Boy arrested after stolen auto strikes tree in West DundeeAug 23, 2025 2:12 pm - A boy driving a stolen SUV was arrested Saturday morning in West Dundee after striking a tree and then trying to flee, police announced.
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Mundelein caretaker accused of stealing nearly $30K from McHenry resident who died
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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.