Articles filed under Crime
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Why you should think twice before posting back-to-school photos onlineAug 15, 2024 9:31 pm - It’s a back-to-school tradition - the kids line up donning new clothes, stuffed backpacks and big smiles while their parents snap a photo to mark the end of summer and the return to classes. But you might want to think twice before posting those photos to social media, the Better Business Bureau is warning.
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Sheriff warns of drug-soaked pieces of paperAug 14, 2024 8:55 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart issued a warning Wednesday about the danger of paper soaked with synthetic drugs, after his investigators seized several pieces from inmates at the county jail recently.
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Carol Stream man sentenced to 7 years for shooting at ex-girlfriend’s carAug 14, 2024 4:57 pm - A former Carol Stream man who pleaded guilty to shooting at his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
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‘A lapse in judgment’: Cartoon in GOP newsletter bashed by suburban Democrats and RepublicansAug 14, 2024 12:42 pm - A cartoon circulated by the Vernon Township Republican organization is being criticized as “disgusting” and “outrageous” by Democrats and fellow Republicans
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Victims, attacker identified in fatal Woodridge shootingAug 13, 2024 5:12 pm - The two people killed in a shooting Friday night in Woodridge have been identified.
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Authorities: Kane County man lied on FOID applicationAug 12, 2024 11:10 am - The Illinois Attorney General’s Office has charged an Aurora man with felony forgery and falsifying information on a Firearm Owners Identification card application he submitted to the Illinois State Police, according to a news release.
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Woman accused of cutting man with knife, spitting on officers in Fox River GroveAug 12, 2024 11:08 am - A 19-year-old woman is accused of cutting a man’s face with a steak knife in Fox River Grove and then later spitting on two police officers and shattering a police phone Sunday night, according to court documents.
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Woodfield jewelry store robbery joins litany of high-profile suburban heistsAug 09, 2024 11:08 pm - The recent tunneling burglary at a Woodfield Mall jewelry store adds another chapter to the chronicle of major and memorable thefts, break-ins, heists and holdups in the ...
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Man gets 31-year prison sentence for Darien home invasionAug 09, 2024 2:35 pm - A former Chicago man was sentenced Thursday to 31 years in prison after pleading guilty in April for his role in a 2019 Darien home invasion, prosecutors said.
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Police, Woodfield remain tight-lipped as bold jewelry heist remains unsolvedAug 08, 2024 4:57 pm - Asma Anwar and Shazad Malik are still searching for answers about last week’s overnight burglary of more than $1 million of merchandise from their Woodfield Mall jewelry store, as well as the future of the 13-year-old business they built together.