Melrose Park Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Melrose Park, IL or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Strip Club Next To Stone Park Convent May Be Preparing To Open

  Wednesday May 23 | via CBS Local 

  The owner of a Stone Park strip club says some nuns who live nearby should not be judging his establishment. 3 comments

  Related Topix: Stone Park, IL, Melrose Park, IL

• Entire second printing of Kentucky author James Higd...

  Thursday May 10 | via The Courier-Journal 

  A semi trailer containing 1,600 copies of 'The Cornbread Mafia' by Kentucky author James Higdon was stolen from a storage lot in Elgin, Ill., on the night of April 28, according to police in the town, located about 40 miles west of Chicago.

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  Related Topix: Danville, KY

• Entire second printing of Kentucky author James Higd...

  Thursday May 10 | via The Courier-Journal 

  A semi trailer containing 1,600 copies of 'The Cornbread Mafia' by Kentucky author James Higdon was stolen from a storage lot in Elgin, Ill., on the night of April 28, according to police in the town, located about 40 miles west of Chicago.

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  Related Topix: Danville, KY

• Cook County sheriff's deputy charged with theft duri...

  Wednesday May 9 | via The News-Gazette 

  After years of complaints, a Cook County sheriff's deputy has been charged with federal theft charges for stealing from a home during an eviction.

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  Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Melrose Park, IL

• Cook Co Deputy charged with stealing $1,100 during F...

  Tuesday May 8 | via Illinoisreview 

  Cook County Sheriff's Deputy Samuel J. Spino was arrested today on federal charges after allegedly stealing $1,100 from a residence at which he and others were executing a judicial eviction order.

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  Related Topix: Cook County, IL, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Prison, Melrose Park, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law

• Sheriff's Deputy Arrested, Charged With Theft

  Tuesday May 8 | via WMAQ-TV 

  A Cook County Sheriff's deputy is facing federal theft charges for taking cash from a home on Chicago's south side, a crime captured on video in an FBI sting, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Melrose Park, IL

• David Koschman witness: I felt intimidated

  Sunday May 6 | via Chicago Sun-Times 

  The man actually was working on behalf of Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko, the nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley who's under renewed investigation in Koschman's 2004 death.

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  Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Wilmette, IL

• The Watchdogs: David Koschman witness: I felt...

  Sunday May 6 | via Chicago Sun-Times 

  The man actually was working on behalf of Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko, the nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley who's under renewed investigation in Koschman's 2004 death.

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  Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Wilmette, IL