Articles filed under Crime
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Carpentersville man arrested after Des Plaines bank scammed out of $20,000, police sayDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - A Carpentersville man accused of scamming a Des Plaines bank out of more than $20,000 was arrested this week after trying to open an account at a different bank, police ...
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Cop, armed robbery suspect shot in LombardDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - A Lombard police officer and a suspect in an armed robbery were both shot Thursday, authorities said. The armed robbery happened at the Pipes & Tobacco Smoke Shop at Mai...
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Prosecutors say ex-Campton Hills man, now a Batavia resident, secretly recorded minors for child pornDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - A former Campton Hills man is facing 70 charges accusing him of surreptitiously videotaping minors and making and possessing child pornography. Bail was set at $250,000 ...
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Fox River Grove man accused of firing shots in neighborhood gets probationDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - A 55-year-old Fox River Grove man accused of firing a gun three times while parked in his driveway pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a semi-automatic handgun without...
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FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minorsDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did n...
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Police: Naperville man found dead in BolingbrookDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - A Naperville man was found dead Tuesday, shot multiple times, inside a vehicle in Bolingbrook, officials said Wednesday. Eric O. Stubblefield, 38, of the 200 block of E...
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'We got him': Former Wheeling resident wanted in teen's 2020 killing capturedDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - A former Wheeling resident suspected of fatally shooting a Mundelein teen has been captured after a 2½-year international manhunt. Alessis Botello, 20, was arrested on a...
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Town hall meeting Dec. 15 in Buffalo Grove to focus on SAFE-T ActDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - How the SAFE-T Act will be implemented in Lake County is the topic of a public town hall meeting Thursday, Dec. 15, in Buffalo Grove. State Rep. Daniel Didech, Lake Cou...
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Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrestsDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - BERLIN - German police seized dozens of people including a self-styled prince, a retired paratrooper and a former judge on Wednesday, accusing the suspects of discussing...
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Scammer takes Des Plaines bank for more than $20,000, police sayDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - A scammer used fake ID to open an account at a Des Plaines bank and then steal more than $20,000, police said this week. The thefts occurred at Village Bank and Trust, 1...