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Chicago Physician Arrested for Trading Prescription Drugs for Sex

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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Man Questioned after Mother and her Child Stabbed to Death

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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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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Man Exposed Himself to a Young Girl

A girl from the Clearing neighborhood on the Southwest Side, claims to have seen a man exposing himself. He first called her over while sitting in his vehicle, to question her about a missing dog. ...
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A Man Faces Additional Charges of Child Pornography

An Antioch man who has previous child sex charges has been charged once again with aggravated child pornography , law enforcement said. He currently remains in custody today in lieu of $500,000 bond. ...
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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 ...
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Man Charged with Killing a man and with Aggravated DUI

A Near West Side man has been charged with striking and killing a Washington man in a drunk driving accident on Lake Shore Drive near Millennium Park over the weekend. He was charged with aggravated ...
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83 year old Woman Sexually Assaulted

Orland Park police and other area police departments searched for an individual sexually assaulted an 83-year-old woman in a field behind a home-repair store late this morning after she tried to help ...
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Correctional Officer charged with Crminal Sexual Assault

A Cook County sheriff's correctional officer has been charged with the 1997 rape of a 10-year-old girl in south suburban Harvey after a DNA test allegedly linked him to the crime, the Cook County ...
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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 ...
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Officers Seize 1,000 pounds of Marijuana

Officers received a tip Tuesday that suspicious packages were delivered to a freight yard in Wheeling, and after drug dogs indicated there was marijuana inside, officers obtained a search warrant and ...
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Woman Shot last month in Oak Forest Dies

One of two women shot allegedly by the same man in the south suburbs late last month has died, authorities said this morning. A 28 year old woman from Hazel Crest , died at Advocate Christ Hospital at ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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