Articles filed under Crime
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Police investigating fight at Bartlett High School that sent three students to hospitalApr 17, 2024 5:06 pm - Criminal charges are pending as Bartlett police investigate a fight involving four male students at Bartlett High School that sent three of them to the hospital Wednesday...
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Des Plaines moves to ban sale of unregulated hemp productsApr 15, 2024 8:39 pm - The Des Plaines City Council on Monday took a big step toward outlawing the local sale of potentially intoxicating products made from hemp or kratom plants. Without oppos...
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‘Still too trusting’: Officials warn of surge in driveway paving scamsApr 15, 2024 4:44 pm - Suburban officials and the Better Business Bureau are warning of a surge in scammers swindling thousands of dollars from homeowners and leaving behind shoddy or nonexiste...
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Man charged with home repair fraudApr 15, 2024 4:11 pm - A man has been charged with aggravated home repair fraud, accused of charging an elderly Wheaton resident four times the market rate for blacktopping a driveway. Richard ...
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Why Des Plaines might ban selling unregulated ingestible hemp productsApr 13, 2024 4:00 pm - Concerned about retailers selling intoxicating products without any governmental oversight or safety controls, the Des Plaines City Council on Monday will debate banning ...
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Bartlett man found guilty but mentally ill in murder of his motherApr 12, 2024 4:29 pm - A Bartlett man who stabbed his elderly mother to death in 2019 was found guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder on Friday. Edward Mitzelfeld, 69, knew what he was...
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Senior follies: Police say high school ‘Assassins’ game is dangerousApr 11, 2024 5:42 pm - A group of masked men entered a Gurnee restaurant Tuesday morning, armed with what appeared to be handguns and seeking several people. But before they could find their ta...
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Two charged with calculated drug conspiracyApr 11, 2024 4:36 pm - Two people are accused of selling more than 900 grams of cocaine in DuPage County. Honorio De Los Santos, 37, and Alondra Diaz-Maldonado, 40, of the same address in the 3...
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Naperville police make weapons-related arrest at TopgolfApr 10, 2024 5:26 pm - Naperville police made a weapons-related arrest on Monday in the Topgolf parking lot. Leroy Slater, 37, of Hazel Crest, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weap...
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Des Plaines woman loses $8,000 to man posing as federal agent, police sayApr 09, 2024 3:41 pm - A man posing as a federal agent scammed a Des Plaines woman out of $8,000 last week, police said. The impostor called the woman on April 5 and said he was with U.S. Custo...