Articles filed under Crime
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Madigan quipped that his associates 'have made out like bandits' from ComEd deals, feds sayJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - In summer 2018, months before it became apparent they were the targets of a federal investigation, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was reminded by a longtime...
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Pritzker signs state's new ban on high-powered weapons: The final detailsJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation banning the purchase, sale and manufacture of some semi-automatic weapons, .50 caliber rifles and ammuniti...
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Two men charged after carjacking outside Rivers CasinoJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Editor's note: Several details in this story, including the defendant's addresses, have been updated since the initial report. Two men are being held without bail o...
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Hanover Park man charged with sexually assaulting two girlsJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - A 42-year-old Hanover Park man was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges he sexually assaulted two girls over the course of several years. Herminio Rosales-Ramir...
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Duo charged with luring victim to West Chicago apartment to rob himJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Two West Chicago residents have been accused of luring a man to their apartment to rob him last week. DuPage County Judge Michael Reidy was set Tuesday at $250,000 for B...
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Wheaton man charged with two home invasionsJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Bail has been denied for a Wheaton man accused of breaking into a neighbor's apartment and attacking her, then going to one of his former homes and attacking the current...
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Elgin man charged with shooting two men in a Huntley home held without bondJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - A 27-year-old Elgin man was ordered held without bail Monday on allegations pushed his way into a Huntley home in July, "pistol-whipped" a woman and shot two men before ...
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Expressway shootings dropped by nearly 40% in 2022. Here's why and where they occurred.Jan 09, 2023 4:30 am - After an eruption of violence in 2021, expressway shootings dropped by nearly 40% in 2022, Illinois State Police data shows. Reports of highway gunplay, almost all in Ch...
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'We finally got the job done for them': Former Palatine chief traces the trail to Brown's killersJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - John Koziol had been with the Palatine Police Department for eight years, rising from patrol officer to detective sergeant, on the morning the Brown's Chicken victims we...
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'It was a tragedy': Top prosecutor made his presence felt during Brown's Chicken murder trialJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - Former Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine didn't often make personal appearances in the courtroom. But the chief prosecutor made an exception in April 2006 when Ju...