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Chicago Heights man charged in Loop armed robbery
CHICAGO - A Chicago Heights man was arrested less than an hour after he allegedly robbed a woman in the Loop. Richard McCalellan, 58, allegedly robbed a 29-year-old woman at gunpoint in the 200 block of Stetson Avenue at 9:12 p.m. on Monday. He was arrested less than an hour...
Naperville Traffic Stop Yields Major Felony Drug Charges for Harvey Man
A routine traffic stop in Naperville landed a Harvey man behind bars on serious drug charges, police said. Erskine Wheeler, 44, was busted with a smidgen of crack cocaine in his car on May 15, and that was just the tip of the iceberg. According to a Naperville Police Department...
Crown Point Police Purchase Body Cameras
Effective this fall, all Crown Point police officers will wear a body camera while on duty. At its Wednesday, May 15, meeting, the Board of Public Works and Safety unanimously approved the purchase of body cameras and new TASERs for the Crown Point Police Department. Currently, the department has 51 full-time sworn officers.
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