Barbara Vitello
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Testimony continues in Wheeling rape trialJun 08, 2011 12:00 am - A police officer’s testimony suggested how an assailant might have accessed the second-floor Wheeling condominium where prosecutors say Matthew Schaffer, 33, raped a 31-...
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Victim in Wheeling rape case describes attackJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - A description of what prosecutors called “every woman's worst nightmare” marked Tuesday's start of Matthew Schaffer's trial on charges of rape, home invasion and armed r...
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Trial begins for man accused of a Wheeling rapeJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Opening statements begin Tuesday in the trial of a Chicago man who authorities say raped a woman in May 2010 at the Wheeling condominium where she was staying. Matthew ...
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Defendants plead not guilty in Arlington Heights murderJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Four men charged with the April 12 slaying of an Arlington Heights widower pleaded not guilty Monday in a Rolling Meadows courtroom. Mathew Nellessen, 19, of Arlington ...
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Elgin woman charged with sixth DUI comes to court drunk, authorities sayJun 04, 2011 12:00 am - An Elgin woman charged with her sixth DUI had her bail revoked this week when she showed up for court intoxicated, court records show. Sandra Uher, 54, of the 1200 block...
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Chicago-set murder-mystery premiere cracklesJun 02, 2011 12:00 am - By this point in her redoubtable career, it's easy to imagine Barbara Robertson playing Gertrude. Hamlet, not so much. Except that the exceptional Robertson does exactl...
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Palatine man charged with molesting a childJun 01, 2011 12:00 am - A 51-year-old Palatine man who authorities say has no criminal background faces charges that he sexually abused a child. A Cook County judge set bail at $200,000 for Mi...
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Teen gets supervision for damaging Mount Prospect lawnsMay 31, 2011 12:00 am - A Des Plaines teen admitted damaging the lawns of Mount Prospect homeowners during an early morning incident that occurred in January. In exchange for his guilty plea t...
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Great Lakes man sentenced to prison for sexual abuseMay 31, 2011 12:00 am - A 21-year-old man from Naval Station Great Lakes has pleaded guilty to molesting a teenage girl he met on a social networking site last year. In exchange for Steve Burt...
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Cook jail program offers veterans another chanceMay 29, 2011 12:00 am - It's been a long time since Robert Nathaniel has lived among so many military men. Once a U.S. Marine, the 52-year-old is incarcerated at Cook County Jail in a special u...