Articles filed under Crime
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Bartlett man pleads guilty to drug-induced homicideJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Bartlett man has agreed to a 12-year prison sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to the drug-induced homicide of a woman in July 2018. Joseph P. Pryor, 44, of the ...
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Wheeling police expanding social worker programJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - As activists across the U.S. call for police budgets to be slashed and more funding for social services, the Wheeling Police Department is set to expand its social worke...
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Wheaton woman charged with election-related perjury, forgeryJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Wheaton woman who ran unsuccessfully this spring for Milton Township trustee has been charged with election-related forgery and perjury. Susan Cain, 64, of the 1600 bl...
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Elgin police seek suspect in Taser attackJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin police are looking for a man who they say stunned a person with a Taser. Officers were called at 3:49 p.m. Thursday to a business in the 0-100 block of Clock Tower...
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Ring video captures road rage, hit-and-run in StreamwoodJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Ring video camera on a home in a Streamwood cul-de-sac recorded footage of an apparent road rage incident that turned into a hit-and-run in which a baby appeared to be...
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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 1/2 years for killing George FloydJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvi...
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Judge appears skeptical over effort to dismiss Dominion suitJun 24, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over baseless 2020 electio...
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Closed trial begins for Belarus opposition leader's husbandJun 24, 2021 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A closed trial for the husband of Belarus' opposition leader began Thursday at a jail in the city of Gomel. Siarhei Tsikhanouski faces a sentence of...
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Greece: Priest held for psychiatric exam after acid attackJun 24, 2021 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A defrocked Greek Orthodox priest arrested following an acid attack that injured seven senior bishops and three other people was undergoing psychia...
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In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black AmericansJun 24, 2021 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down on his bedroom f...