Articles filed under Crime
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Defense rests without Mapes taking standAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - Lawyers are set to give closing arguments Wednesday in Tim Mapes' trial. A jury could begin deliberating the fate of Michael Madigan's former chief of staff as soon as W...
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How Trump's attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypesAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Donald Trump's aggressive response to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has long used against legal and political opponents:...
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Man charged with fleeing police after West Chicago traffic stopAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - A man from Algonquin has been accused of trying to flee West Chicago police in a car chase. Germaine Sharpe, 48, of the 2300 block of Dawson Lane, is charged with aggrav...
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British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life in murders of 7 babies and attempted murders of 6Aug 21, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - A former neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to ...
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Des Plaines woman loses $45,000 to cyber scammersAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - A Des Plaines woman lost $45,000 to scammers who said her computer had been hacked, police said Monday. The 73-year-old victim first heard from the scammers Aug. 16. The...
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Juvenile injured in Hoffman Estates shooting Aug. 9 now facing chargesAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - A 17-year-old boy hospitalized after an Aug. 9 shooting in Hoffman Estates now faces multiple charges in juvenile court, police said Monday. The teen is charged with agg...
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False 911 call about man with gun clears Schaumburg office buildingAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - Schaumburg police are investigating a Monday morning "swatting" incident in which officers responded to a 911 call falsely reporting a man with a gun at an office buildi...
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19-year-old man murdered Sunday night in AuroraAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - A 19-year-old man was murdered Sunday night in Aurora, authorities said. Aurora police responded at 7:24 p.m. to reports of a man being shot and a crash on the 1300 bloc...
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Trump's bond set at $200,000 in Georgia case as he says he'll surrender ThursdayAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face charges in the case accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his...
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Jury finds Ingleside man guilty of aggravated DUI in fatal crashAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - A Lake County jury found a 41-year-old Ingleside man guilty on one count of aggravated DUI resulting in death last week, prosecutors announced Monday. The verdict means ...