Charles Keeshan
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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...
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Lake County giving free tablets to jail inmates, but some say there's a catchNov 02, 2018 5:30 am - Most jails issue inmates little more than an orange jumpsuit, slip-on shoes and some sparse bedding when they arrive at the lockup. Detainees at the Lake County jail soo...
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How police are using 'ghost cars' to catch traffic violatorsOct 26, 2018 5:00 am - Just in time for Halloween, here's a ghost story. These ghosts haunt many suburban roadways, appearing without warning seemingly out of nowhere, but the only people they...
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Texts to cop lead FBI to Grayslake man suspected in pair of bank heistsOct 24, 2018 1:00 am - Less than an hour after robbing a Lake Forest bank earlier this year, Rajko Bozic texted a police officer acquaintance who'd responded to the heist, federal authorities ...
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Eyes in the sky: Why more suburban police are using dronesOct 19, 2018 5:00 am - Earlier this year, Aurora police found themselves in a dangerous situation: traipsing through head-high brush and plants in a forest preserve, searching for a suicidal w...
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FBI: Bank robbery suspect captured after trying to use stolen cashOct 15, 2018 1:00 am - A 39-year-old Barrington man linked to three recent suburban bank robberies was captured last week after he tried to use stolen cash to make a wire transfer at his own b...