Crime
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Tennessee senator indicted on campaign cash scheme charges
Oct 25, 2021 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee state senator and a Nashville social club owner were indicted on charges that they violated campaign finance laws by illegally concea...
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GOP election chief who rejects fraud claims up for fed job
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Leyden Twp. woman accused of suffocating newbornOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Leyden Township woman has been charged with first degree murder after she suffocated her newborn child and buried him in her backyard, according to the Cook County she...
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Chicago man charged in Downers Grove carjacking attemptOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - Bail has been set at $500,000 for a Chicago man accused of trying to carjack a woman last month at a Downers Grove gasoline station. Demario L. Butler, 30, of the 4300 b...
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How genealogy search and DNA helped identify latest John Wayne Gacy victimOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - Using DNA samples and genealogy together for the first time, investigators at Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's office were able to identify another of serial killer John W...
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Park City shooting victim identifiedOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - A 27-year-old North Chicago man who was shot and killed Sunday in Park City has been identified as James Hicks. Preliminary results of an autopsy Monday showed Hicks die...
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Hanover Park man charged in I-290 shootingOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Hanover Park man is facing multiple felony charges in connection with a July shooting on Interstate 290, the Illinois State Police said Monday. Bradley Pyles, 30, is ...
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Authorities looking for man after Palatine Twp. shootingOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - Authorities are looking for a man in connection with a shooting Sunday that injured one person in Palatine Township. The Cook County sheriff's office responded to a repo...
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Woman charged in Algonquin double homicide found unfit to stand trial
Oct 25, 2021 1:00 am - A 40-year-old woman who last year was charged with stabbing a couple to death in their Algonquin home has been found mentally unfit to stand trial. A psychological evalu...
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Why Christopher Vaughn's clemency bid is on hold
Oct 25, 2021 1:00 am - The Illinois State Police declined this month to refer questions to the FBI about the case of Christopher Vaughn, the Oswego man convicted of the murders of his wife and...