Articles filed under Crime
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Elgin man convicted of murder in stabbing deathSep 15, 2025 11:42 am - An Elgin man was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday in the stabbing death of a woman in 2024.
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Trial begins for man accused of kicking wife to deathSep 09, 2025 4:24 pm - A murder trial began Tuesday for a Naperville man accused of kicking his wife to death. But his defense attorneys argue other factors may be responsible for her dying.
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Wauconda man pleads guilty to having 11 pounds of pot on bus in LITH; gets 6 yearsSep 09, 2025 1:37 pm - A Wauconda man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing 11 pounds of marijuana, which was found by police in a suitcase on a bus parked in a Lake in the Hills industrial park.
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‘You are not alone’: Suburban communities try to reassure residents ahead of threatened immigration raidsSep 05, 2025 12:58 pm - As the Chicago area girds for federal immigration raids, some communities are publicly supporting local immigrants and trying to relieve growing anxiety.
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Man gets 6 years for drunken crash that killed bicyclistSep 04, 2025 10:43 am - A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a drunken crash that killed a bicyclist in Elgin.
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More than 30 years on, hope endures in unsolved 1992 killingAug 30, 2025 4:00 am - New DNA techniques are raising hopes anew that Illinois authorities will find out who killed a Greeneville, South Carolina, woman whose car broke down on I-80 near LaSalle in 1992.
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‘I shouldn’t have to live in fear like this’: 2 dogs killed, owner injured, in attack by neighboring dogsAug 25, 2025 5:59 pm - Streamwood police have filed a request for a dangerous dog investigation by Cook County Animal Control following an attack by a pair of dogs last Wednesday that killed two neighboring Yorkshire Terriers and injured their 74-year-old owner.
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Was man insane when he stabbed mother to death? Judge to announce decision Sept. 25Aug 25, 2025 4:41 pm - A Kane County judge will decide Sept. 25 whether a South Elgin man was insane when he stabbed his mother to death.
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Streamwood teen facing firearm charges after shooting last weekAug 25, 2025 10:52 am - An 18-year-old Streamwood man was arrested Friday in connection to a report of gunshots in the village.
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Police: Des Plaines shooting that left teen wounded was drug-relatedAug 25, 2025 10:21 am - A shooting in Des Plaines last week that left a teenager with a minor wound appears to have been drug-related, police said Monday.