Articles filed under Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
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'We're disheartened': Suburban chiefs disappointed by criminal justice bill
Jan 15, 2021 9:08 AM - Suburban police leaders say they welcome efforts to improve their profession and make it easier to get rid of bad cops, but that a sweeping reform bill passed by the Illinois General Assembly this week misses the mark.
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'We know how bad it is out there': How Wheeling police are helping people in need
Jan 8, 2021 6:28 AM - Wheeling police and a village grocery store know people in the community are hurting, so they stepped up their efforts behind the annual "Wheeling Police Arrest Hunger" food drive. It paid off big time.
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The odd cases and unusual suspects of an unprecedented year
Jan 1, 2021 9:00 AM - Between the COVID-19 pandemic, a presidential election that's still in dispute and national turmoil over policing, 2020 was like no year we've seen before. But one constant upon which we can always rely -- a spate of baffling, birdbrained and bizarre crimes across the suburbs. Here's our annual recap of some of the odd cases and unusual suspects of the year.
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What's Christmas Day like for police, jail officers?
Dec 25, 2020 5:30 AM - Santa's not the only one on duty today. Police officers tell us what it's like to work on Christmas.
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Casstevens talks about police reforms, meeting with Barr
Dec 18, 2020 5:30 AM - In part two of our Q&A with Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Casstevens, we discuss police use-of-force police, work to stop the rising number of law enforcement suicides and meeting with Attorney General William Barr hours before his resignation was announced Monday.
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Buffalo Grove chief had big plans for international police group in 2020. Fate had other ideas.
Dec 11, 2020 8:58 AM - Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Casstevens had big plans for what he hoped to accomplish during his year as president of the world's largest assocition of law enforcement leaders. Fate had other ideas.
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Beware of dog: Pet scams surge as demand for 'quarantine puppies' rises
Dec 4, 2020 2:14 PM - Scam artists have no qualms about tugging on our heartstrings, and that includes when we're getting a fluffy kitten or playful "quarantine" puppy to keep us company as we hunker down at home through the pandemic.
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Murder suspect from Aurora added to U.S. Marshals Most Wanted list
Nov 27, 2020 5:30 AM - The 3½-year international manhunt for a man wanted in the 2017 slaying of a Northwest suburban attorney got a shot in the arm this week with his addition to the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted List.
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'I feel I had to protect myself': Rittenhouse offers no regrets in first public comments
Nov 20, 2020 5:00 AM - In his first public comments since his arrest, Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teen accused of killing two men and wounding another during violent demonstrations this summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, told the Washington Post he has no regrets.
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License to patrol? State lawmakers consider plan to make cops get a license
Nov 13, 2020 5:30 AM - Your hairstylist, plumber, lawyer, doctor and even your exterminator all need a license from the state of Illinois to do their jobs. Who doesn't? The person with a gun, a badge and the authority to put you in handcuffs. But that may soon change.
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