Five thousand pounds of high-powered fireworks were stolen from a storage facility in DuPage County, which worries authorities because improper usage could be fatal.
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Beecher Woman Busted for Sneaking Loaded Gun Into Courthouse
A Beecher woman was being held on $100,000 bond after being arrested for allegedly bringing a loaded handgun into a Cook County courthouse in downtown Chicago.
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Chicago cops have to buy their own uniform and gear, and they are pricey
Officers get a yearly stipend for equipment and a bulletproof vest, but the costs are still far more than the stipend covers.
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Chicago cops: Spider-Man skills used in thefts
Fact: I will gladly read any article involving someone using Spider-Man skills.
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Chicago couple plead guilty after posing as refugees and scam nuns
A Chicago couple posed as Kenyan refugees, got over $1 million from nuns and then gambled nearly all of it away.
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Chicago H.S. sex case: Ex-coach admits he bought sex toys and undies for 15-year-old
An ex-basketball coach at Walter Payton College Prep High School on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two 15-year-old students acknowledged buying sex toys and underwear for one of the girls and
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Chicago cops: Spider-Man skills used in thefts (Tobey Maguire not sighted in Chicago)
He allegedly scaled buildings like Spider-Man -- not to rescue citizens from distress, but to steal from them.
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Poll: Do more police make you feel safer?
This year, they beefed up security at the Taste of Chicago. It's probably a reasonable response to what happened last year. The assumption is that more police makes people feel safer.
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Seniors Targeted for Phone Scams
Con artists are preying on senior citizens' desire to help family members in the latest phone scam.
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Bring appetite, not handgun to Taste
Acting on a tip, police confiscate handgun from man at Taste of Chicago security checkpoint Saturday evening.
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