Barbara Vitello
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Treatment programs cut, while heroin abuse tops nationJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - A Roosevelt University study released this week pronounced the heroin abuse problem that plagues Chicago and its suburbs as the worst in the nation. And the bad news di...
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Youth gets probation on arson chargeJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A 17-year-old from Buffalo Grove was sentenced to 24 months probation Thursday for setting a fire in the sporting goods section of a Wheeling Walmart store. Aaron Gutie...
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Feds may probe Cook Co. use of police surveillance fundingJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - The federal Government Accountability Office would investigate Cook County's use of funds for a police surveillance system, if a proposal by U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk is appro...
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Domestic battery case ruled out in murder trialJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge denied the state's request to inform a jury of the domestic battery charges brought against a 24-year-old Aurora man months before they say he killed...
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Teen gets 10 years for Streamwood shootingJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Adolfo Perez Arreguin celebrated his 18th birthday Thursday by pleading guilty to a gang-related shooting last year in Streamwood. In exchange, he got something of a gi...
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Steve Cochran returns to the MetropolisJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Cochran at Metropolis WGN radio personality and comedian Steve Cochran brings his stand up comedy show to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre this weekend. Coch...
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Man indicted in Wheeling home invasion, assaultJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County prosecutors announced indictments Thursday against a 32-year-old Chicago man who they say sexually assaulted a woman late last month in Wheeling. Matthew Sch...
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Judge praises suspect but won't cut her bondJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - By her attorney's description, Latifah Johnson has done well in the Cook County sheriff's female furlough program requiring defendants to report daily to the jail for tr...
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Judge says sex offender's sentence keeps him 'on bigger hook'Jun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The five months in Cook County Jail and four years of intensive probation imposed on Concepción Junetti Padilla Monday afternoon fell short of the three-year prison sent...
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Immigration sweep nets suburban residentsJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - A government sweep targeting illegal immigrants suspected of having ties to street gangs resulted in 26 arrests, including several suburban residents, this week. Among ...