Charles Keeshan
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Oath to serve: West Chicago detective helps lead Special Olympics campaignMay 18, 2018 5:30 am - West Chicago Detective Robbi Peterson loves a chocolate-glazed long john and intends to snag at least one, maybe more, Friday morning at the Dunkin' Donuts at Route 59 a...
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A year later, questions about deadly Delnor standoff remain unansweredMay 11, 2018 5:30 am - It's been a year since a Kane County jail inmate got hold of an officer's gun at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, took two nurses hostage and beat and sexually assaulted one b...
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Cops & Crime: How Hanover Park woman got 'Justice for Buddy'May 04, 2018 5:12 am - This story has been updated to correct a misspelling and the name of Sen. Laura Murphy. Buddy, an 8-pound Yorkshire terrier and member of the Dary family for a deca...
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Aurora library apologizes for display criticized as IslamophobicApr 22, 2018 1:00 am - Aurora Public Library officials apologized Sunday after a poetry exhibit drew harsh criticism that it included an Islamophobic display encouraging violence against Musli...
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One shift, two lives saved: How Bartlett cop won officer of the yearApr 20, 2018 5:30 am - 2017 was a good year for Bartlett police officer John Maertzig. It was even better for all the Bartlett residents whose lives he saved. Those feats, plus his role protec...
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Legislation would let police withhold arrest details for weeksApr 13, 2018 5:30 am - Imagine a host of police cars and first responders swarming into your neighborhood one night. Not long after, you see someone being led away in handcuffs. Another person...
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Good news for students, bad for teachers in crime-in-schools reportApr 06, 2018 5:33 am - Students are assaulting and committing other criminal acts against one another at the lowest rates in more than two decades, according to a new federal report about crim...
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Police: Driver in Rand Road crash left injured girlfriend behindApr 04, 2018 1:00 am - A 29-year-old man is facing multiple charges alleging he was driving drunk early Monday when his car crashed into a wooded area in Des Plaines, then fled the scene, leav...
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Why a convicted killer claimed he got off easy with 47-year sentenceMar 30, 2018 5:00 am - Why would a convicted murderer file an appeal arguing that his 47-year prison term is too light? In the case of Adam D. Belmont - locked up for the 2012 slaying of forme...
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Skunks fought the Round Lake Park law, and no one wonMar 23, 2018 5:33 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas In his decadeslong law enforcement career, Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko has faced off against killers, hardened ga...