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Arson - Click here to view all posts
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  • Woman Who Started Brush Fires Arrested for Arson
    A woman in San Rafael believed to have started two brush fires was taken into custody last weekend. According to police reports, 38-year-old Hope Windom visited the San Rafael police department last ...
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  • Judge May Lose Position after Outburst
    It is rare to remove a judge from a bench on short notice. However, that is exactly what happened in Cook County, Illinois earlier this month. The judge in question is set to undergo a medical ...
  • Online Video Leads Officers to Suspects Involved in Violent Beating
    Chicago's head of police is trying to mitigate the press surrounding a very brutal and public beating that took place earlier this month. He claims that although the attack was undeniably brutal, ...
  • Numerous Fights Ensue at Football Game
    Two long-time football rivals played each other last Sunday in Wisconsin. Tensions were so high that when the game finally ended, twenty people had been arrested for causing fights. The game between ...
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  • Judge May Lose Position after Outburst
    It is rare to remove a judge from a bench on short notice. However, that is exactly what happened in Cook County, Illinois earlier this month. The judge in question is set to undergo a medical ...
  • Numerous Fights Ensue at Football Game
    Two long-time football rivals played each other last Sunday in Wisconsin. Tensions were so high that when the game finally ended, twenty people had been arrested for causing fights. The game between ...
  • A Chicago Man beat an Elderly Nurse to Death
    A Chicago man on parole for an attempted murder conviction beat an elderly nurse to death in her Bridgeport garage, stole her wedding and engagement rings and used them to propose to his girlfriend, ...
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  • Man Charged in Bank Robbery and is Suspect in Others
    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, ...
  • 3 Men Wanted for Armed Robbery
    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 ...
  • Burglar's Silly Move Leads to His Capture
    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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  • Police Locate Kidnapping Victim with Heart Condition
    Thanks to the quick efforts of two police departments, a little boy with a serious heart problem was found in Chicago, Illinois. His own father kidnapped him, for reasons unknown, and absconded with ...
  • Father Accused of Sex Offenses against His Children
    Chicago police caught a man last week that is believed to have molested at least one of his own children. The 400-pound man was discovered hiding out in an apartment complex and detained on multiple ...
  • DUI Offender Hits Two Women on Horseback
    A man will have to spend several years behind bars for the accident that took the life of a young woman last year. The defendant, 42-year-old A.L., was given nine years in prison for the DUI accident ...
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  • Father Arrested for Abuse after Posting Pictures of Daughter Online
    A community is outraged over the horrible actions of a father against his baby girl. The man was arrested last week on multiple charges of violent crimes . It is unknown why exactly the 21-year-old ...
  • Cupcake Attack Leads to Domestic Violence Arrest
    What has officers laughing in Chicago is actually a serious crime. One woman was arrested last week in the South Side for physically assaulting her husband. In addition to throwing punches and ...
  • NOT GUILTY - Domestic Battey
    People vs. J.B. NOT GUILTY Domestic Battery The Defendant was charged with Domestic Battery, a Class A Misdemeanor in the State of Illinois. It was alleged that the Defendant beat her children with a ...
Drug Crimes - Click here to view all posts
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  • Officers Arrest Two for Sale of Synthetic Marijuana
    Now that synthetic marijuana is illegal in the state of Illinois, the sale of it is also a crime. Two men learned that the hard way when they were arrested for possessing over $1 million worth of fake ...
  • New York Concerned with Marijuana
    Even though New York City is constantly battling threats of terrorism and other serious crimes, state officials are still concerned with marijuana. According to recent statistics, the business of ...
  • Cab Driver Wanting to Hire Hit Man
    A Chicago cab driver tried to hire a hit man to kill someone who owed him money. He wanted the 38-year-old target dead because he still owed $26,000 that he had paid to bail the victim out of jail on ...
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DUI - Click here to view all posts
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  • DUI Offender Hits Two Women on Horseback
    A man will have to spend several years behind bars for the accident that took the life of a young woman last year. The defendant, 42-year-old A.L., was given nine years in prison for the DUI accident ...
  • Son of Mike Ditka has DUI Charges Dismissed
    Several news sources have reported that Mike Ditka's son had his felony DUI charges dismissed last week in Illinois. Michael P. Ditka was arrested last April when police found him behind the wheel ...
  • Drunk Driving Case Stirs Reaction from Family
    A case in Chicago, Illinois has the local community up in arms about the death of a young woman. People are now blaming the police department for her death. Three months ago police arrested the ...
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Felony Charges - Click here to view all posts
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  • Murder Case Involving Jennifer Hudson's Family Still Ongoing
    The case involving singer Jennifer Hudson's family is still ongoing despite happening several years ago. Hudson's family was found murdered in their home in the south side of Chicago in 2008. ...
  • Police Track Down Murderer After One Year
    It took Chicago police over one year to pin charges onto the man thought to have murdered another man in the city. The 24-year-old suspect now faces multiple charges that could land him decades behind ...
  • Murder Suspect Detained
    Police finally caught up with the man believed to be responsible for shooting and killing a 48-year-old woman. Last week the man, a housekeeping employee at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois, entered ...
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  • NOT GUILTY - THEFT
    People v. M.G. NOT GUILTY - THEFT The Defendant was charged with Theft in that she allegedly stole a Chicago Police Department ticket book. The Defendant did steal this item. However, the reason why ...
  • Traffic Court Lawyer Arrested for Fraud, Not Actually an Attorney
    The Cook County sheriff's department has arrested a man who was posing as a traffic court attorney. 47 year old Tahir Malik had allegedly pretended to be a licensed attorney representing people on ...
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  • Man Critically injured after Being Shot in the Face
    A man was critically injured after being shot in the face in the Park Manor neighborhood, officers said. The shooting occurred at about 2:38 p.m. on the 6700 block of South Cottage Grove, said a ...
  • Two Shootings this Morning
    Earlier this morning, two men were shot as they sat in their car in the West side. This shooting left one of the men (28 years old) and the other in critical condition. The second shooting occurred ...
  • 14 year old boy shot dead in Austin neighborhood
    Police said a 14-year-old boy, was shot and killed execution-style Sunday afternoon several blocks from the Austin neighborhood group home where he'd been staying the past month. According to the ...
Juvenile Crimes - Click here to view all posts
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  • Teenager Accused of Having 15 Year Old Girl Work as a Prostitute
    Chicago police have their hands busy with one teenager who has been arrested twice for pimping a fifteen-year-old girl. Either Jonathon Padilla, 18, doesn't care about being discovered or he truly ...
  • 16 Year Old Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
    Kawanis Trotter, who is now 16, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a crime that he committed when he was 14. He was charged with felony murder , felony armed robbery and armed burglary . Two ...
  • Two Women Found Guilty in Acid Attack Case
    More than two years after the attack, two women have each been convicted of 3 counts of heinous battery for hiring three teenagers to throw acid on another woman, and then beat her with a bat and ...
Kidnapping - Click here to view all posts
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  • Girl Escapes Kidnapper
    A 17-year-old girl was standing at a West Side bus stop Monday morning when a man inside a purple van allegedly abducted her and later held her inside a garage, law enforcement said. The van ...
  • NOT GUILTY Attempted Aggravated Kidnapping / Child Abduction
    People of the State of Illinois v. B.G. NOT GUILTY Attempted Aggravated Kidnapping / Child Abduction The Defendant was charged with Attempted Aggravated Kidnapping and Attempted Child Abduction . In ...
  • Kidnapped Baby Finds Family After 23 Years
    When Carlina White was only 19 days old, she was kidnapped from the Harlem Hospital by a woman who had been dressed as a nurse. Her parents, Joy White and Carl Tyson, had lost hope that they would ...
Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege - Click here to view all posts
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Manslaughter - Click here to view all posts
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  • Two Shootings this Morning
    Earlier this morning, two men were shot as they sat in their car in the West side. This shooting left one of the men (28 years old) and the other in critical condition. The second shooting occurred ...
  • 14 year old boy shot dead in Austin neighborhood
    Police said a 14-year-old boy, was shot and killed execution-style Sunday afternoon several blocks from the Austin neighborhood group home where he'd been staying the past month. According to the ...
  • Adamant 'Not Guilty' Plea for Michael Jackson's Doctor
    Doctor Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor who was present at the time of his death, was charged with involuntary manslaughter after his death. His trial is set to begin soon, and he has entered a ...
Miranda Rights - Click here to view all posts
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  • You Have the Right to Remain Silent!
    If you are arrested, it is unspeakably important that you remember that you exercise your right to remain silent. Police officers, investigators, prosecutors, and detectives are not your friends, no ...
Murder - Click here to view all posts
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  • 1996 Murder Suspect Caught by Police
    Although the incident had been placed into a cold-case file, Chicago police are now actively working on a lead for a 1996 murder . Reports indicate that the suspect has been located in Los Angeles, ...
  • Murder Case Involving Jennifer Hudson's Family Still Ongoing
    The case involving singer Jennifer Hudson's family is still ongoing despite happening several years ago. Hudson's family was found murdered in their home in the south side of Chicago in 2008. ...
  • Police Track Down Murderer After One Year
    It took Chicago police over one year to pin charges onto the man thought to have murdered another man in the city. The 24-year-old suspect now faces multiple charges that could land him decades behind ...
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  • Gang Members Arrested Fighting with the Police
    In Summit three alleged gang members were arrested after one of the individuals fought with police officers. The police recovered 12 grams of heroin and 8 grams of cocaine . The arrest occurred as the ...
  • NOT GUILTY - THEFT
    People v. M.G. NOT GUILTY - THEFT The Defendant was charged with Theft in that she allegedly stole a Chicago Police Department ticket book. The Defendant did steal this item. However, the reason why ...
  • Judge Rules Iraq Protesters Can Sue Chicago
    Just a few days before the anniversary of the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to the Huffington Post, a judge ruled that a group of protesters would be allowed to file a lawsuit against ...
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  • When Does Probation Violation Occur?
    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 ...
  • Routine Traffic Stop Results in Warrant Arrest
    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 ...
Robbery - Click here to view all posts
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Sex Crimes - Click here to view all posts
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  • Father Accused of Sex Offenses against His Children
    Chicago police caught a man last week that is believed to have molested at least one of his own children. The 400-pound man was discovered hiding out in an apartment complex and detained on multiple ...
  • College Student Caught with Child Pornography on His Computer
    Fellow classmates at a Connecticut University recently learned that a student was being charged with child pornography. The former football player and Chicago native was found to have dozens of ...
  • Priest Arrested for Sex Crimes
    Some criminals are apprehended immediately. For others, it takes years for the justice system to catch up with them. Such is the case for a 67-year-old man arrested last week in Chicago, Illinois on ...
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  • Defendant may be Responsible for 10 Chicago Robberies
    Local authorities worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to capture the man believed to be responsible for robbing ten banks in Chicago, Illinois. The young man was detained outside his ...
  • Robber Jumps Out of Window to Avoid Capture
    One man tried desperately to escape U.S. Marshals that were trying to arrest him. He jumped out of a third-story window and instead of making a quick get-away, he was transported to a Chicago hospital ...
  • Teens Used Tag Removal Device to Shoplift
    In the state of Illinois, news sources report that two teenagers stole hundreds of dollars worth of clothes from a local retailer. However, they did not make it past the parking lot before store ...
Traffic Charges - Click here to view all posts
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  • Car Crash Sends 8 People to Area Hospitals
    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 ...
  • Routine Traffic Stop Results in Warrant Arrest
    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 ...
  • Man Charged in Car Chase
    A Northwest Side man was issued numerous felony charges and traffic citations in connection with a car chase Sunday that ended when the car the man was driving crashed in the Lakeview neighborhood, ...
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  • Judge May Lose Position after Outburst
    It is rare to remove a judge from a bench on short notice. However, that is exactly what happened in Cook County, Illinois earlier this month. The judge in question is set to undergo a medical ...
  • 1996 Murder Suspect Caught by Police
    Although the incident had been placed into a cold-case file, Chicago police are now actively working on a lead for a 1996 murder . Reports indicate that the suspect has been located in Los Angeles, ...
  • Murder Case Involving Jennifer Hudson's Family Still Ongoing
    The case involving singer Jennifer Hudson's family is still ongoing despite happening several years ago. Hudson's family was found murdered in their home in the south side of Chicago in 2008. ...
Weapons Charges - Click here to view all posts
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  • Zien Resident charged shooting Ex-Roommate
    A 24 year old woman was charged with shooting an ex-roommate in Zion after an argument broke out between them over a previous theft at their home, officers said today. The shooting happened Sunday at ...
  • Woman Convicted of Murder Charges
    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 ...
  • Teenager and his Friends Charged with Murder of his Parents
    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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