Charles Keeshan
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New state law on FOID cards aims to stop tragedies like Henry Pratt mass shooting in AuroraJan 21, 2022 4:20 am - On Feb. 15, 2019, a disgruntled employee walked into the Henry Pratt Co. factory in Aurora and killed five co-workers before being fatally wounded in an intense firefigh...
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New state law on FOID cards aims to stop tragedies like Henry Pratt mass shooting in AuroraJan 21, 2022 4:20 am - An earlier version gave an incorrect time for the North Shore Legal Aid Clinic's cooking demonstration. ...
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Behind-the-scenes heroes honored for work that led to arrests in Oakbrook mall shootingJan 14, 2022 4:10 am - DuPage County this week honored the behind-the-scenes heroes whose work played an essential role in the capture of two suspects in the shooting at Oakbrook Center mall t...
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Sheriff: Pedestrian killed after lying in road near MundeleinJan 10, 2022 12:00 am - A 42-year-old Mundelein-area man was killed when he was struck by two vehicles after lying in the road late Sunday night, Lake County authorities said Monday. The Lake C...
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Woman who killed young daughter in Bloomingdale asks U.S. Supreme Court for releaseJan 07, 2022 4:20 am - A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her 4-year-old daughter has taken her fight for freedom from a state psychiatric hospital to the U.S. Supreme...
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District 300 canceling classes Monday due to COVID-19 cases among staffJan 02, 2022 12:00 am - With a large number of staff members testing positive for the coronavirus over winter break, Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 is canceling classes Monday, Sup...
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Two charged with carjacking in West Chicago garageJan 02, 2022 12:00 am - A pair of Chicago men are behind bars in the DuPage County jail facing charges alleging they carjacked a man at gunpoint in his West Chicago garage last week. Tyrell Lou...
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The 'evolving crisis' that has law enforcement across the suburbs and country worriedDec 31, 2021 4:30 am - When the Arlington Heights Police Department put out a call for recruits in 2014, 589 would-be officers downloaded an application, and 243 of them passed a test to quali...
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How Lake County police are taking a new approach to people in mental health crisisDec 17, 2021 4:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Since 2018, Lake County sheriff's deputies have had more than 2,100 encounters with people suffering...
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Roselle man killed, second person injured in Streamwood shootingDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - A 21-year-old Roselle man was killed and a second person wounded when they were shot in a vehicle late Tuesday afternoon in Streamwood, authorities said Thursday. Stream...