Articles filed under Crime
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Plainfield playground dedicated to Muslim child killed in alleged hate crimeFeb 14, 2025 9:45 am - A sensory playground in Plainfield has been dedicated to the memory of a Muslim child who was killed in a 2023 stabbing incident that resulted in hate crime charges.
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Defense in Drew Peterson case again seeks mental fitness exam for ex-copFeb 14, 2025 9:43 am - Defense attorneys once again seek to have a neuropsychologist evaluate a former Bolingbrook police sergeant who wants his murder conviction vacated.
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Teen faces weapons charges after suspicious vehicle reportFeb 12, 2025 10:14 am - A Chicago teen faces felony weapons charges after a suspicious vehicle investigation in Naperville over the weekend, authorities said Wednesday.
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‘We’re here to help’: Secret Service agent gives cybersecurity advice to Schaumburg business communityFeb 11, 2025 2:26 pm - Cybersecurity expert Joe Kefer told members of the Schaumburg Business Association how to protect themselves from cyber crimes and fraud during a talk Tuesday morning.
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Hanover Park reports lowest crime levels in village’s historyFeb 10, 2025 3:43 pm - Major crimes in Hanover Park declined in 2024 to the lowest levels the village has experienced in at least 50 years.
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Man pleads guilty to reckless homicide in crash with school bus that killed 2 of his passengersFeb 05, 2025 1:30 pm - A man who hit a stopped school bus in a 2022 crash that killed two of his friends has pleaded guilty to committing reckless homicide.
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Woman gets 40 years for murder involving beating, stabbing, strangling and setting victim on fireFeb 04, 2025 4:40 pm - Woman sentenced to 40 years in prison for murder where victim was strangled, stabbed, beaten, run over and set on fire.
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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the USFeb 03, 2025 1:39 pm - President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually.
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DuPage County dropping some marijuana impairment cases due to faulty lab testingJan 31, 2025 5:45 pm - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin is dismissing charges in 19 marijuana-related cases because laboratories incorrectly detected or measured THC in defendants’ bodies.
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‘Losing this funding will cause deaths’: Suburban leaders blast Trump’s federal funding freezeJan 30, 2025 12:34 pm - Suburban gun violence prevention efforts, counseling programs for sexual abuse victims and road improvement projects would be crippled if President Donald Trump’s controversial order to freeze spending on federal grants and loans stands, advocates for those causes said Thursday.