Dolton Crime

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• Dolton police: Man wounded while trying to rob off-d...

  19 hrs ago | via WGN-TV Chicago 

  One man was in custody and a second man airlifted to a Chicago hospital this afternoon after they allegedly tried to hold up an off-duty railroad police officer in Dolton.

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• Dolton police: Man wounded while trying to rob off-d...

  21 hrs ago | via WGN-TV Chicago 

  One man was in custody and a second man airlifted to a Chicago hospital this afternoon after they allegedly tried to hold up an off-duty railroad police officer in Dolton.

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• 1 dead, 1 wounded in Dolton crash involving a Chicag...

  Monday May 21 | via The Southtown Star 

  One motorist is dead and one other is wounded after a two-vehicle crash early Sunday on the Bishop Ford Expressway in Dolton where alcohol is believed to be a factor.

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• Autopsy results in Dolton crash involving a Chicago ...

  Monday May 21 | via The Southtown Star 

  A Monday autopsy found that Herbert T. Lewis died of multiple injuries from a Dolton crash and ruled his death an accident, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

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• 1 Dead 1 Wounded In Bishop Ford Crash

  Sunday May 20 | via Chicago Chronicle 

  DOLTON, Ill. One motorist is dead and one other is wounded after a two-vehicle crash early Sunday on the Bishop Ford Freeway where alcohol is believed to be a factor, state police said.

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• Brothers file excessive force suit against Riverdale...

  Thursday May 17 | via The Southtown Star 

  Two brothers are suing Riverdale and two of the village's police officers. The brothers claim they were beaten and falsely arrested in a 2010 confrontation.

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• Second driver in crash that killed Dolton man dies

  Wednesday May 16 | via The Southtown Star 

  A 24-year-old man involved in a wrong-way crash that killed a Chicago Tribune employee April 30 also has died.

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• Wrong-way driver in fatal crash dies

  Wednesday May 16 | via WGN-TV Chicago 

  A South Side man believed responsible for a wrong-way collision on the Bishop Ford Freeway last month that killed a longtime Chicago Tribune employee has died of his injuries, officials said.

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• Dolton, Sauk Village settle bias lawsuits

  Thursday May 10 | via The Southtown Star 

  Dolton has agreed to pay 10 officers a total of $165,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming that they were passed over for promotion because the results of a 2007 exam were rigged. 1 comment

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