Charles Keeshan
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Why suburban police have high hopes for new Batman-worthy restraint gadgetDec 14, 2018 4:30 am - Catching bad guys might never be the same. At least that's the hope for police in Aurora, where they're testing a new nonlethal restraint tool they say can safely immobi...
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The new sheriffs in town: Hain, Idleburg, Mendrick discuss first days on the jobDec 07, 2018 4:30 am - It wasn't just the political landscape in the suburbs that shifted dramatically last month when ballots were counted after the Nov. 6 election. Voters in DuPage, Kane an...
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'They never gave up on the case': DuPage detectives honored for solving Wesselman murderNov 30, 2018 4:28 am - The hunt for 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman's killer was more than three decades old by the fall of 2015, but it wasn't a "cold" case. Not for Kristy's family, and not for...
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How you can avoid holiday scams this seasonNov 22, 2018 12:00 am - While most of us hope to spend the next month spreading goodwill and holiday cheer, you can bet that some grinches are out there just waiting to take advantage of you in...
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Cook County 'Tails' program offers redemption for inmates, dogsNov 22, 2018 12:00 am - Cookie was a troubled girl. Her large size, mixed background and bad manners made it unlikely anyone was going to adopt her. That was until she and five other unwanted ...
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Hate crimes are down in the suburbs, but not when it involves religion, FBI saysNov 16, 2018 4:25 am - Editor's note: This story was changed to correct the gender of the perpetrator in the Mount Prospect hate crime. If you can find good news in a federal report showi...
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Brighten the holidays for Prospect Hts. fire victimsNov 13, 2018 10:00 pm - When you hear about a family losing everything to a fire, the obvious things are first to come to mind - clothing, furniture, family photos and assorted keepsakes. But s...
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Nerheim: Federal agent's fatal shooting of Waukegan man 'appropriate'Nov 05, 2018 12:00 am - A federal agent's deadly shooting of a Waukegan man authorities say tried to rob her at gunpoint on a Zion street in March was reasonable and appropriate, Lake County St...
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18-year-old who was a suspect in car break-ins dies after he's struck in AuroraNov 03, 2018 1:00 am - An 18-year-old Aurora man killed Friday night when hit by an SUV on the city's west side was a suspect in earlier vehicle break-ins police were investigating at the time...
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8 years later, hit-and-run driver who killed Maine West student still unknownNov 02, 2018 5:30 am - Monday marks the eighth anniversary of the death of Choice Taylor, a popular Maine West High School student struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as he walked across...