Articles filed under Crime
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Police accuse two Lake Villa teens of spray painting swastikas, hate speech on Round Lake-area businessesAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - Two Lake Villa-area teens have been charged with multiple felony hate crimes in connection with antisemitic graffiti sprayed on several Round Lake-area businesses. Roun...
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State looks to curb vehicle theft with grants to police task forcesAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Six interagency law enforcement task forces received grant funding this spring to combat car thefts through an initiative of Secretary of State Alexi Giann...
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Judge refuses to deny bail for man accused of stealing car in Downers GroveAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge on Tuesday refused a prosecutor's request to deny bail for a man accused of stealing a car in Downers Grove. Judge Daniel Guerin set bail at $150,0...
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2 plead guilty in connection with Mariano's store theft in WestmontAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - Two women charged with stealing nearly $1,300 worth of items from a Westmont grocery store have pleaded guilty. Debra Ziko, 56, of the 5300 block of North Lincoln Avenue...
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Palatine man pleads not guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault of underage victimAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - A 32-year-old Palatine man pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Lake County to aggravated criminal sexual assault of a minor. Antioch police opened an investigation in...
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Lake Villa man charged in vehicle theft spreeAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - A Lake Villa man arrested Tuesday after a golf cart theft in Wauconda admitted to stealing at least three carts and a 1962 Porsche that day, Wauconda police said. Police...
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Leaders condemn bomb threats directed at suburban librariesAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - Bomb threats made to some suburban libraries in the past week have forced buildings to close and drawn condemnation from state officials and the local American Civil Lib...
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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...