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Teen gets 6 years in 2017 carjacking of Elgin man trying to sell car
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 19, 2018 4:58 PM - An 18-year-old from Chicago accused in a November 2017 knife-point carjacking of an Elgin man who was trying to sell his car pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Schneider wants hearing over fatal crash blamed on Cook forest preserve driver
By Chacour Koop
Jul 12, 2018 4:52 PM - A suburban Cook County commissioner is calling for a hearing to investigate the circumstances that allowed a 20-year-old seasonal employee of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to be driving a truck blamed for a six-vehicle pileup that killed a Bloomingdale man.
Third person sought in Elgin home invasion, shooting over marijuana
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 12, 2018 4:09 PM - A third person is wanted in the May 29 home invasion and shooting in Elgin over an ounce of marijuana. Demetrius Cochran, 19, is wanted after failing to appear in court this week on an unrelated charge.
Elgin man who bit off part of finger in fight gets jail, probation
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 2, 2018 12:04 PM - An Elgin man accused of biting off part of a man's finger during a fight in late 2017 has been sentenced to jail time, probation and ordered to undergo an evaluation.
Prosecution witness says Rudd's wife's death was no accident
By Barbara Vitello
Jun 29, 2018 5:26 PM - A prosecution witness in the murder trial of former Northwest suburban attorney Donnie Rudd said his second wife died from several blows to her head and not injuries she sustained during a car accident nearly 45 years ago.
Rudd's medical expert says wife died from 'internal decapitation'
By Jake Griffin
Jun 28, 2018 8:59 PM - At Donnie Rudd's murder trial Thursday, medical experts offer differing causes for what killed Noreen Kumeta 44 years ago.
Pathologist testifies head injury, not broken neck, killed 19-year-old bride
By Barbara Vitello
Jun 27, 2018 7:26 PM - Noreen Kumeta's only injuries were skull fractures and bleeding that caused her death, forensic pathologist Dr. Hilary McEllgiott testified Wednesday. Kumeta was married in 1973 to attorney Donnie Rudd, who is accused of killing her less than a month later and staging her death as a car accident.
Prosecutors in murder trial: 19-year-old bride 'a means to an end'
By Barbara Vitello
Jun 26, 2018 9:09 PM - Testimony begins in the trial of Donnie Rudd, a former Northwest suburban attorney charged with murdering his second wife, 19-year-old Noreen Kumeta Rudd, in 1973 to collect $120,000 in insurance payouts.
Trump backer to sign thieves: Just pay up to avoid prosecution

Jun 15, 2018 5:30 AM - When he installed a big pro-Donald Trump sign in his front yard last week, Mount Prospect resident Ernest Lasse suspected not everyone would agree with it. And so, he also installed a camera to keep guard over it. Sure enough, a pair of young men swiped the sign last Friday night. Now Lasse has an interesting offer for the thieves.
Two charged in May 29 shooting, marijuana robbery in Elgin
By Harry Hitzeman
Jun 4, 2018 3:10 PM - Two people have been charged in connection with a May 29 robbery and shooting on Elgin's near west side, according to authorities and court records.

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