Jake Griffin
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How investigators determined Gliniewicz killed himselfNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - In the beginning, it was the unthinkable. So implausible, in fact, that it would be weeks before the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force even began seriously considering...
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Why Lake County employee health bonuses cost taxpayers $167,373Nov 03, 2015 12:00 am - When Lake County's annual 5K run got underway last year it cost taxpayers an additional $11,850. That's because 237 government employees registered for the race and rece...
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College of DuPage legal fees hit $1.3 million in three monthsOct 27, 2015 1:00 am - Attorneys working for the College of DuPage were paid $1.3 million during a recent three-month span, nearly six times the college's combined legal expenses in the three ...
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Why school districts are spending bus taxes elsewhereOct 21, 2015 5:22 am - One of the smallest school districts in DuPage County bused just 429 students last year, but the cost to taxpayers to bus those students was one of the highest. That's b...
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Cubs bloggers riding wave of hopeOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - Even with Cubs blue running through his veins, Jacob Misener took a job with a minor-league affiliate of his favorite team's archrival St. Louis Cardinals while in colle...
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Rolling Meadows man pleads guilty in Uber fightOct 13, 2015 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Rolling Meadows man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony count of criminal property damage that stemmed from a fight with an Uber driver in June. Alan Slawso...
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Lookout in Streamwood grocery robbery gets 15 yearsOct 13, 2015 1:00 am - The Chicago man convicted of serving as the lookout during an armed robbery of a Streamwood grocery store in 2012 was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday. Joseph Bob...
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How much is Gliniewicz investigation costing taxpayers?Oct 07, 2015 5:30 am - In the first three weeks after the still-unsolved Sept. 1 shooting death of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, taxpayers in 50 suburban jurisdictions paid mo...
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Grand jury subpoenas COD records on Waterleaf spendingSep 29, 2015 1:00 am - A DuPage County grand jury has subpoenaed spending records by College of DuPage officials at a now-defunct upscale campus restaurant as part of an ongoing criminal inves...
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If bag was a hoax, what happens to Patrick Kane investigation?Sep 25, 2015 1:00 am - About the only thing legal experts can agree on about the latest twist in the Patrick Kane sexual assault case is that it's "weird." "It's flat out crazy everything that...