Crime
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Security detail opened fire at carjacker outside Preckwinkle's home, but details remain sketchy
Oct 07, 2021 1:00 am - A security detail exchanged gunfire with a carjacker outside the Hyde Park home of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle last week, but neither she nor other offi...
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Carol Stream woman gets jail time for Yellowstone grizzly close encounter
Oct 07, 2021 1:00 am - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A judge has sentenced a Carol Stream woman to four days in jail for not moving away while a grizzly bear with two cubs came dangerousl...
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Westmont man charged after authorities say he beat officerOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect bail amount. A Westmont man accused of beating a police officer and attempting to take his Taser was charged with three felonie...
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Oswego man found guilty of sexually abusing childOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - An Oswego man was found guilty of sexually abusing a child, authorities said. Mark A. Hampton, 48, of the 600 block of Mansfield Way, was charged with the Class X felon...
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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
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Lawyer charged in Durham probe demands more info about case