Crime
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Trial delayed for Glendale Heights man charged with stabbing copOct 28, 2025 6:23 pm - A Glendale Heights man chose to delay his trial Tuesday on charges he stabbed a Joliet police officer who responded to his 911 call in 2023.
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Police investigate after bullet found at Rolling Meadows High SchoolOct 28, 2025 3:47 pm - A bullet was found by a student at Rolling Meadows High School Tuesday, prompting a brief lockdown and investigation by police.
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Round Lake Heights man charged in connection with Fox Lake shootingOct 28, 2025 2:44 pm - A Round Lake Heights man is facing felony drug and weapons charges involving a shooting earlier this month in Fox Lake.
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Jury deliberations start in trial of Illinois deputy who killed Sonya Massey
Oct 28, 2025 2:08 pm - An Illinois jury has begun deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of a sheriff's deputy who shot Sonya Massey, a Black woman in her home who had called 911 for help and was later killed because of the way she was handling a pan of hot water.
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Elgin man gets 18-year sentence after admitting to sexually assaulting a childOct 28, 2025 11:49 am - A former Elgin man received an 18-year prison sentence after pleading guilty last week to a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.
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Flight from Chicago diverted after a passenger stabs 2 teens with a fork, authorities say
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Hegseth says US carried out 4 strikes on alleged drug-running boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14
Oct 28, 2025 9:15 am - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.
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Wood Dale police believe stabbing deaths are murder-suicideOct 28, 2025 8:30 am - Wood Dale police are calling the stabbing deaths of a 74-year-old woman and her 48-year-old son Monday a murder-suicide.
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Mother and son found dead in Palatine suffered apparent gunshot woundsOct 27, 2025 4:09 pm - A mother and son found deceased in a Palatine apartment Friday appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds and a firearm was recovered from the scene, authorities revealed Monday.
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Convicted St. Charles driving teacher remains in Hungarian custody
Oct 27, 2025 1:39 pm - St. Charles driving instructor Paul Bocska — convicted in absentia of 16 felony sexual assault charges when he didn’t attend his own trial — continues to be in police custody in Hungary with extradition efforts ongoing, court records show.