Articles filed under Crime
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Man charged with storming Capitol made rap videos about riotJan 13, 2022 6:00 am - A South Dakota man charged this week with storming the U.S. Capitol last year performed rap songs about the riot in videos posted on his YouTube channel, federal authori...
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Film armorer blames ammo supplier in deadly 'Rust' shootingJan 13, 2022 6:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A new lawsuit accused an ammunition supplier Wednesday of creating dangerous conditions on a movie set where a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin kille...
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Despite rise in gunfire, Elgin crime rate at 50-year lowJan 13, 2022 4:00 am - Elgin's crime rate reached a 50-year low in 2021, police chief Ana Lalley told Elgin City Council members Wednesday. Lalley provided the committee of the whole with an o...
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Republicans call for hearings on DCFSJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - Three Republican state House members called for hearings into the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Thursday out of concerns for workers' safety, im...
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Woodstock nurse charged with tampering with patients' morphine medicationJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - A registered nurse from Woodstock has been accused of diluting patients' morphine medication, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Sarah Diamond, 29, faces two counts...
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Lake County prosecutors snare grant for DNA testing to reduce wrongful convictionsJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - The Lake County state's attorney's office has landed a federal grant for DNA testing to reduce the number of wrongful convictions. “It's an important tool in looking at ...
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Villa Park gunrunner sought as he escapes custody after attending his brother's funeralJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - A Villa Park man who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for gunrunning is now accused of escaping custody by cutting off a GPS monitor. He did it while on furlough atte...
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Police: Hoffman Estates woman with BB gun charged with misdemeanorsJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - An 18-year-old Hoffman Estates woman was charged with misdemeanors after police determined she had a BB gun at a village intersection Wednesday morning, causing a school...
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Man gets 20 years for wrong-way DUI crash that killed 2 in Clarendon HillsJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - A Chicago man who killed two people in a wrong-way head-on crash in Clarendon Hills has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. DuPage County Judge Daniel Guerin pronounce...
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Chairman says McHenry County will have to cancel its ICE contractJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - McHenry County will have to cancel its contract with the federal government to house federal immigration detainees, the county board chairman said Thursday. A 7th U.S. C...