Elk Grove Village Crime

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• Pit bull dies after being Tasered by police

  Tuesday May 15 | via Chicago Sun-Times 

  Police used a Taser to subdue a pit bull, which later died, after it attacked a woman last week in west suburban Roselle.

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• Driver dies after car hits construction vehicle in n...

  Tuesday May 15 | via Morris Daily Herald 

  The man, believed to be in his 50s, was declared dead at 3:06 p.m. at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, following the crash near Busse Road and Estes Avenue in the northwest suburb, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

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• Pit bull dies after being Tasered by police

  Tuesday May 15 | via WLS-AM Chicago 

  Police used a Taser to subdue a pit bull, which later died, after it attacked a woman last week in west suburban Roselle.

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• Police Investigate Death of Tasered Dog

  Tuesday May 15 | via NBC Chicago 

  Roselle police are investigating how a dog died after it was tasered for severely biting a woman inside her home.

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• Couple say Roselle cops didn't need to Taser dog

  Tuesday May 15 | via Daily Herald 

  A 2-year-old pit bull named Chooch died last week when Roselle police officers used a stun gun to subdue the dog after he bit a family member.

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• Police investigate death of terrier that was Tasered

  Tuesday May 15 | via Chicago Tribune 

  Police in west suburban Roselle are investigating the death of a dog that was Tasered last week after it bit and severely injured a woman inside her home, authorities said.

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• Driver killed in Elk Grove Village crash

  Monday May 14 | via Daily Herald 

  Elk Grove Village police are investigating a crash that killed a driver on Busse Road in a construction zone Monday afternoon.

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• Roselle police open inquiry into terrier's death

  Monday May 14 | via Chicago Tribune 

  Police in west suburban Roselle have launched an investigation into the death of a dog that was tasered last week after it bit and severely injured a 55-year-old woman inside her home, authorities said.

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• Former money manager pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme

  Friday May 11 | via Chicago Tribune 

  A former money manager already imprisoned for financial crimes pleaded guilty today in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme and was ordered to pay $10 million in restitution.

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• Woman charged with 24 counts of forgery

  Thursday May 10 | via Daily Chronicle 

  An Elk Grove Village woman charged with more than 20 counts of forgery is accused of forging advertising contracts for Home Pages directories earlier this year.

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• Teacher who changed grades now charged with forgery

  Thursday May 10 | via MSNBC 

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• James S. Smoczyk

  Thursday May 10 | via The Northwoods River News 

  He was born on July 13, 1932, in Stanley, to Stanley and Mary Smoczyk. Jim attended schools in Stanley, graduating from the Stanley High School in 1950.

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• Woman who changed grades charged with forgery

  Thursday May 10 | via Daily Chronicle 

  SYCAMORE – Court records show a former teacher who pleaded guilty in February in Lake County to changing high school football players' grades had begun forging advertising contracts for a DeKalb business by that time.

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• Ex-Antioch teacher who tampered with grades faces ne...

  Wednesday May 9 | via Daily Herald 

  A former Antioch High School teacher who admitted to tampering with students' grades is facing new charges alleging she provided false contracts to an employer to collect on commissions, according to police.

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• Teacher Who Changed Athletes' Grades Now Charged Wit...

  Wednesday May 9 | via CBS Local 

  Sara M. Glashagel, 27, was arrested Friday on a forgery warrant and subsequently charged with 24 counts of forgery, DeKalb police Lt.

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• Generosity, skepticism greet begging family

  Monday May 7 | via Daily Herald 

  April Hamilton, 29, lives with Joey Giancaspro, 38, in a hotel in Arlington Heights with their son Gavin and their two dogs.

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• Weekend Police Reports

  Sunday May 6 | via Daily Chronicle 

  Editor's note: Information in Police Briefs is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and city police departments.

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• Call to eliminate unincorporated land gets mixed rea...

  Thursday May 3 | via Daily Herald 

  Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan gave a flat "no" Wednesday to a Cook County task force study calling for municipalities to annex all unincorporated areas to save the county money.

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