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Sad by True: Baby Wilson's 15-year-old Mom Gets Probation for wrapping newborn's head in plastic

Sad by True: Baby Wilson's 15-year-old Mom Gets Probation for wrapping newborn's head in plastic

cbs2chicago.com

A 15-year-old mother who pleaded guilty to wrapping her newborn in a plastic bag and leaving the baby outside her Uptown apartment building in July was sentenced Tuesday to probation and community ser

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Chicago man sentenced to 32 years for kidnapping woman, stuffing her in trunk at gunpoint to get her pin #

abclocal.go.com

Demarcus Dunn was sentenced Monday after he and co-defendant Tyre Howard were convicted in June of aggravated kidnapping, armed robbery and aggravated vehicular hijacking.

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Sign of the times goes missing — from Blago's alley

Sign of the times goes missing — from Blago's alley

suntimes.com

One of Chicago's numerous "Target Rats" signs immortalized in a Sun-Times photographer's picture of embattled Illinois Gov.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 3 weeks 4 days ago
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Feds probe NU hospital for fraud

Feds probe NU hospital for fraud

suntimes.com

Northwestern University hospital is the subject of a Medicare fraud investigation that began in August.

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Rogers Park residents, police mobilize to fight gangs, public drunkenness

chitowndailynews.org

Rogers Parks residents are trying to get a handle on crime in some pockets of the neighborhood. They are coming up with ideas to deal with problems like drug and gang activity and public drinking.

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Frank Made popular 6 weeks 2 days ago
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Police seek volunteers to monitor surveillance cameras

chitowndailynews.org

The cameras are mounted on streetlights and used by police to spot illegal activity, including loitering, drug dealing and other crimes.

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Pickpocketed Chicago official warns: be careful

Pickpocketed Chicago official warns: be careful

suntimes.com

Chicago senior services commissioner Joyce Gallagher cautions shoppers to beware pickpocket specialists this holiday season.

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Opponents plan second protest over M4 rifles

chitowndailynews.org

Members of a Chicago youth advocacy group are planning to stage another protest tonight against a city police proposal to arm street cops with military-style assault rifles.

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Frank Made popular 7 weeks 1 day ago
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Life imitates art: Writer's Lincoln Park mugging similar to book incident

Life imitates art: Writer's Lincoln Park mugging similar to book incident

suntimes.com

Novelist Laura Caldwell was mugged while jogging in Lincoln Park in an incident eerily similar to a scene from her upcoming book "Red Hot Lies."

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Darryl Swint Made popular 7 weeks 4 days ago

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