Crime Stories from August 4, 2022
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Typically bombastic Alex Jones makes for complicated court
Aug 5, 2022 8:48 AM - Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones bulled through the first trial that could decimate his personal fortune and media empire in his usual way: Loud, aggressive and talking about conspiracies both in and out the courtroom
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Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen
Aug 5, 2022 8:15 AM - The Associated Press has obtained nearly 12,000 pages of sealed records from a child sex abuse lawsuit against the Mormon church
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Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M
Aug 4, 2022 10:32 PM - A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over Jones' repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax
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Sandy Hook lawyer: Jan. 6 panel asked for Alex Jones' texts
Aug 4, 2022 9:04 PM - An attorney for two parents suing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre says the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years' worth of records from Jones' phone
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Recount confirms that indicted Colorado clerk lost election
Aug 4, 2022 6:25 PM - Colorado's secretary of state says a statewide recount has confirmed that an indicted county clerk who alleged voting fraud lost her primary election last month
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Former worker in assessor's office admits to scheme
Aug 4, 2022 5:49 PM - A former longtime Cook County assessor's office employee agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors Thursday as he admitted helping lower taxes on certain Cook County properties by at least $1 million in exchange for benefits like home improvements.
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DuPage judge denies bail for man facing drug, weapon chargesAug 4, 2022 5:28 PM - A DuPage County judge has denied bail for a Chicago man arrested on drug, weapon charges.
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Ruse burglary in Des PlainesAug 4, 2022 4:11 PM - A team of thieves stole jewelry from a house in Des Plaines on Monday as one crook distracted a resident while posing as a water department employee, police said.
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State seeks to revoke Furry Babies' stores' dog-dealing licensesAug 4, 2022 4:09 PM - The state wants to revoke the dog-dealing licenses for the Furry Babies dog shops at Aurora, Lombard, Rockford malls.
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U.S. Justice Department charges 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid
Aug 4, 2022 2:58 PM - The federal government filed civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose fatal shooting helped fuel the racial justice protests that rocked the nation in 2020.
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