Crime
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Palatine man accused of stalking woman held without bailOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - A Palatine man was ordered held without bail on charges he stalked a woman who obtained an order of protection against him. Juan A. Ramirez-Perez, 37, is charged with ag...
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Des Plaines man arrested on firearm, drug chargesOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man was arrested early Monday after police responding to a noise complaint found him holding a gun, authorities said. Benjamin Curtis, 19, of the 9600 bloc...
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Des Plaines man fighting for new trial in 1988 murder-for-hire dies in prisonOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Ronald Kliner, a former Des Plaines man who's been waging a yearslong legal battle for a new trial in a 1988 murder-for-hire, has died in prison, his supporters announce...
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Ruse burglars hit a second Wheaton home; $35,000 in jewelry reported stolenOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Burglars posing as maintenance or utility workers have struck two Wheaton homes in four days, stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry after distracting victims un...
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Pope expresses 'shame' at scale of clergy abuse in France
Oct 06, 2021 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis expressed 'œshame'ť for himself and the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday for the scale of child sexual abuse within the church in Fra...
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Lawyer charged in Durham probe demands more info about case
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German police raid ring suspected of laundering $162 million
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Court reverses man's murder conviction, death sentence
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Oak Park man twice tries, fails to escape Lake County authoritiesOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - An Oak Park man who attempted to flee from Lake County authorities twice Tuesday - first from a courtroom, then from jail - has been charged with felony counts of escape...
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Trial begins for Bensenville teen accused of killing friend accidentallyOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - On Aug. 8, 2019, two panicked 14-year-old boys called 911 in Bensenville. "Someone got shot in the head," one of them said. "I think he's dead." As the operator tried t...