Articles filed under Crime
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Effort under way to free Oswego man convicted of killing wife, 3 kidsSep 06, 2021 1:00 am - Nearly nine years after a judge handed four life terms to an Oswego man for the murders of his wife and three children, an effort is underway to free the person convicte...
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New Zealand attacker radicalized by neighbors, mother saysSep 05, 2021 7:00 am - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The mother of an Islamic State-inspired extremist who stabbed shoppers in a New Zealand supermarket said her son was radicalized by neighbors f...
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Park Ridge man uninjured in expressway shootingSep 05, 2021 1:00 am - A Park Ridge man escaped injury Friday when his vehicle was struck by gunfire while driving along Interstate 90 on Chicago's North side. Illinois State Police said Sunda...
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Antioch man charged in fatal overdose of Cary residentSep 05, 2021 1:00 am - A 21-year-old Antioch man is accused of providing fentanyl-laced painkillers to a Cary man who later died of an overdose. Jordan Schwamb, of the 200 block of Cedarwood L...
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'Brutal and heinous': Man gets 30 years in prison for Crystal Lake hammer attackSep 05, 2021 1:00 am - A 50-year-old Woodstock man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2019 attack along a Crystal Lake bike path that a McHenry County judge called "brutal and hein...
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Police: Wauconda officer injured after using squad to block wrong-way drunken driverSep 05, 2021 1:00 am - A Wauconda police officer suffered minor injuries early Sunday after steering his patrol vehicle into the path of a wrong-way driver to prevent him from hitting other ca...
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Ukraine says Russia has detained over 50 Crimean TatarsSep 04, 2021 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - More than 50 Crimean Tatars have been detained by Russian law enforcement officers in Crimea, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. Ukraine's human ri...
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Prominent lawyer shot and hurt months after wife, son slainSep 04, 2021 7:00 am - ESTILL, S.C. (AP) - A lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to death at their home three months ago was shot in the head an...
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Authorities worry new Texas gun law will increase violenceSep 04, 2021 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Texas' new law allowing most people to carry handguns in public without a permit or training came in part from the belief by many Texans that the best way...
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Extremist was released from New Zealand jail despite fearsSep 04, 2021 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand authorities imprisoned a man inspired by the Islamic State group for three years after catching him with a hunting knife and e...