Cook County Crime
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Palatine man accused of criminal sexual abuseMar 10, 2024 8:28 pm - A Cook County judge ordered the pretrial detention Sunday of a 40-year-old Palatine man charged with sexually abusing a woman in her home, authorities said. Juan Ramirez-...
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Office morale, performance key issues for Democratic Cook Co. state’s attorney candidatesFeb 16, 2024 5:56 pm - Democratic candidates vying to replace Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx cite staffing and morale as key issues facing the next top prosecutor.
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Cook County state’s attorney candidates discuss juvenile crime in Democratic primary debateFeb 09, 2024 11:08 am - Retail theft prosecution and juvenile crime were among the topics retired Illinois Appellate Court Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke and former Cook County prosecutor Clayton Ha...
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Lurie Children’s hospital has taken its networks offline after a cyberattackFeb 05, 2024 2:40 pm - Chicago children's hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified cyberattack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication...
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Authorities: Four killed in the South Suburbs after domestic-related shooting, police have a suspectJan 21, 2024 8:22 pm - A man shot four people dead in a “domestic-related” incident in the South Suburbs, officials said Sunday. Police arrived on the scene shortly before 11:30 a.m. and found ...
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Four charged in August slayings of teenage brothers near GlenviewDec 20, 2023 6:29 pm - A pair of teenage brothers fatally shot outside their Glenview-area home in August were killed in revenge for an earlier altercation, authorities said Wednesday in announ...
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Chicago man charged with promoting prostitution, who skipped court date, arrested at Naperville motelNov 21, 2023 5:23 am - Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested a man at a Naperville motel after he'd failed to appear for a court hearing, officials said S...
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Amid rash of human trafficking cases, Dart calls on website operators to work with policeOct 25, 2023 6:56 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is calling on website managers to work with police to prevent human sex trafficking and labor exploitation, after his investigators' work he...
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Freed after serving 16 years for Rolling Meadows murder, he now seeks accountability for 'miscarriage of justice'Oct 13, 2023 9:29 am - Nearly 12 years ago, after a Cook County judge sentenced him to life in prison for the 2006 murder of aspiring Rolling Meadows rapper Marquis Lovings, Patrick Taylor ins...
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'Hate has been mainstreamed': Report details surge in extremism in IllinoisOct 08, 2023 8:11 am - From the vandalism of a Lake in the Hills bakery to prevent a drag performance to antisemitic comments shouted at Deerfield High School soccer players to white supremaci...