Cook County Crime
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Would-be Chicago bomber resentenced to 27 years after original term deemed too lenientJul 20, 2024 1:08 pm - A Hillside man was re-sentenced to 27 years in federal prison Friday after authorities said he attempted to detonate a 1,000-pound bomb outside a Chicago bar in 2012.
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Sentenced to life for gruesome Barrington killing, he’s now free at 49. Here’s whyJul 11, 2024 10:31 pm - Less than three decades after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a grisly suburban murder, Paul Modrowski quietly left the Stateville Correctional Center a free man last week. The release of the 49-year-old convicted of murdering a man found decapitated in Barrington, and the reasons for it, raise complicated questions about equal justice, rehabilitation, disability bias and survivors’ rights.
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Bartlett man convicted in beating of grocery bagger charged anew for attacking neighborJul 09, 2024 7:45 pm - Police arrested a Bartlett man Monday on charges of assault, battery and resisting arrest after responding to a fight with a neighbor last month.
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Police: Man on parole for murder now faces gun chargeJun 30, 2024 3:09 pm - An Addison man on parole on a second-degree murder charge has been charged with possessing a loaded machine gun.
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‘You can’t do this on your own’: Cook Co. sheriff’s program helps recovering addicts maintain sobrietyJun 19, 2024 5:52 pm - Four decades into his recovery, self-described former street hustler and ex-convict Benny Lee still attends weekly meetings that help him maintain sobriety. “I’ve sat where you sit,” he told more than 40 people at Ready 4 Recovery, a Cook County sheriff’s department program for individuals who’ve completed drug and/or alcohol treatment and need ongoing support.
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Roommate charged in murder of 61-year-old Elgin manMay 20, 2024 7:34 pm - The roommate of an Elgin man who was found dead earlier this month in his residence has been charged with his murder. Joseph A. Duran, 52, was charged with first-degree ...
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Libertyville man accused of stabbing an elderly man in Chicago faces multiple felony chargesMay 09, 2024 8:27 pm - A Libertyville man wanted on a charge of attempted murder in the stabbing of an elderly man on a public bus in Chicago recently was taken into custody by a fugitive task ...
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Local law enforcement agencies find success in crisis intervention teams, trainingMay 03, 2024 11:43 pm - On April 9, Lake County sheriff’s deputies responded to the home near Deerfield of a man in a mental health crisis and armed with a gun. A caller had dialed 911 and feare...
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How’s cashless bail going? Here’s what the data saysMay 02, 2024 12:12 pm - Editor’s note: A previous version of this article incorrectly described the status of Frank Walaitis car and bicycle. About seven months after Illinois ended cash bai...
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Cook County jail program is rescuing dogs and detainees. And now it’s expandingMar 21, 2024 5:04 pm - A corrections officer could be heard shouting commands Thursday morning in a concrete yard of Division 19 at the Cook County jail. But the detainees weren’t being bossed...
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