Blog Posts in October, 2011
Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
One man thought he could escape charges of possession by swallowing drugs during his arrest. This did not work well for him, as he choked on the drugs and died. According to the medical examiner on ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Admin
A Chicago physician who offered to trade prescription drugs on Craigslist was charged with handing out Xanax , Oxycontin drugs in exchange for sex , law enforcement said today. Pediatric neurologist ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Admin
Law enforcement were questioning a person of interest after a woman and a girl were found stabbed to death at a Skokie home this afternoon, officers said. Skokie officers and firefighters were ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Admin
Chicago law enforcement says a dispute early Sunday in a Bridgeport street ended when one man stabbed another, killing him. An 18yr old man has been charged with first-degree murder and was set to ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Admin
A certified nurse's assistant has been charged with sexually assaulting a disabled elderly woman at a Crystal Lake nursing home. The 22 year old man of Woodstock, was charged with felony criminal ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Probation is a way of serving out the remainder of your jail sentence from home. While probation has a number of perks over being in jail, it is still considered part of your criminal sentence and ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Admin
A Carol Stream man was charged today with bank robbery in connection with a holdup that occurred in that community earlier this month, officers said. He was arrested Thursday by Carol Stream police, ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Admin
Cook County jury today convicted a 25 year old woman of first degree murder in the 2009 slaying of a well-known candy shop owner in the Humboldt Park neighborhood after he had evicted her from an ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Admin
A 23 year old woman of Riverdale, received citations for two counts of DUI , as well as driving on a suspended license, driving without insurance, damage to public property, and failure to reduce ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Admin
Two men wanted on outstanding warrants, including one for murder , were arrested after officers stopped a car they were traveling in for a routine traffic stop. The traffic stop happened on Oct. 15 ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Although he is less than 30 years old, an Illinois man has already been arrested 65 times. Police records show that the 27-year-old was arrested for the 65 th time this week for the alleged assault of ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Admin
A Northwest Side man admitted to law enforcement that he shook his 3 month old daughter fatally injuring her, after he bumped her head against a wall twice and she would not stop crying, officers said ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2011 By Admin
A Chicago resident accused of shooting his ex- girlfriend in Joliet appeared in court today, a day after law enforcement arrested him on the South Side on an attempted murder warrant. He appeared ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By Admin
Charges were dismissed this morning against a woman in Will County being accused of fatally striking a man who accepted a $5 bet to take a punch from her. She had been on trial charged with reckless ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By Admin
Four teens in the south suburbs -- including the son of a police officer -- carried out a murder plot Sept. 10 they had been planning for two months, law enforcement said today. Three high school ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
What started as a simple fight between two men near Chicago turned into a robbery and police evasion. Officers in DeKalb, Illinois were called to the scene of a fight that was taking place in an ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Admin
A warrant was issued on Thursday for the arrest of a gang member in the connection of a fatal shooting that occurred last month in the west side of Chicago. Officers said the 26 year old man, an ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Admin
Police are looking for two or three men accused of robbing people while armed with a gun on the Near South Side. The individuals are wanted for at least three armed robberies that have accured this ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2011 By Admin
A former Glenbard student of West High School went on trial today on charges that he raped a girl an hour before he was in a car crash. After recovering from his injuries, the 19 year old man of Glen ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Thanks to determined citizens, as well as a criminal's ignorance, one man was captured for burglary last week in Riverside, Illinois. News sources claim that several items were stolen last month ...
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