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Prosecutors: Buffalo Grove pizzeria cover for drug operation
Tribune reportersAn Arlington Heights couple who owns a pizzeria allegedly used the business to cover up their role in a drug trafficking operation to bring heroin from Mexico to the Chicago area, officials said today. Maria Garza, 37, and Carmelo Rios, 35, along with...Tags: Chicago, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Prosecution, Methamphetamine (drug), Justice System
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Supreme Court considers whether lab analysts are 'witnesses'
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON - Supreme Court justices were sharply divided Tuesday over whether a lab analyst who did a crucial DNA test that identified a Chicago rapist must testify at his trial, deepening a split that defies the usual conservative and liberal lines....Tags: Chicago, Health, Prosecution, Samuel A. Alito, Justice System
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Memorial honors firefighters on first anniversary of death
WGN News, Chicago TribuneChicago Firefighters gathered at the site of vacant lot Thursday morning, which was the scene of a large fire exactly one year ago. Two firefighters were killed in that fire, after the roof collapsed on them. Thursday's memorial at 1744 E. 75th Street in...Tags: Prisons, Chicago Tribune, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Are lab analysts 'witnesses'? Supreme Court considers
Nation NowSupreme Court justices were sharply divided Tuesday concerning whether a lab analyst who did a crucial DNA test that identified a Chicago rapist must testify at his trial.... -
Cynic, optimist examine Alvarez' new 'philosophy'
Change of SubjectWhat prompted Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to announce Thursday a "change in philosophy" and the formation of a special unit in her office to review claims of wrongful convictions? The cynic wonders what took so long. Alvarez has...... -
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make us a match-up
Change of SubjectUnder “Relationships” in the personal ads today, we might find something like this: Grand, old party seeks plausible candidate to make a nonsymbolic run for the office of Cook County state’s attorney in November. Us: In disarray... -
Candidate filing for 2012 primary begins
Hundreds of candidates for the state legislature, countywide offices and Chicago ward committeeman began filing today for the March 20 primary.
In Springfield, the line stretched from the door of the State Board of Elections for more than a block, a...Tags: Voting, Chicago, Chatham, Donne E Trotter, Cook County
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Contractor with links to Blago gets probation, $200K in fines
Tribune reporterA former state contractor with close ties to ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay $200,000 in fines and restitution Monday after pleading guilty to billing the state for drug tests her company never...Tags: Science and Technology, Prosecution, Justice System, Rod Blagojevich, Lisa Madigan
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Woman recorded cops after harassment claims ignored
Tribune reporterA former stripper who is accused of illegally recording a conversation with two Chicago police internal affairs detectives cried on the witness stand Tuesday as she admitted being mad at the time because she thought her sexual harassment complaint wasn&...Tags: Domestic Violence, Hammond, Chicago, Prosecution, Justice System
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9 charged in sex trafficking investigation: 'So much of this out there'
Tribune reportersDozens of girls, some as young as 12, were pulled into a human trafficking ring that forced them into prostitution, State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said today. The girls and women, some of them homeless, were recruited on CTA trains, the Internet or...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Social Issues, Prostitution
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Victim who changed testimony charged with perjury
Tribune reporterA Louisiana man was charged with perjury in Cook County after he recanted his identification of two gunmen he testified against in a murder trial in 1994. Willie Johnson, 40, pleaded not guilty today to an indictment charging him with two counts of...Tags: Lawyers, Murder, Louisiana, Prosecution, Justice System
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Lawyer gets 6 years for $2M worth of questionable billing to Calumet Park
Tribune reporterA Chicago attorney accused of billing Calumet Park $600 per hour for work he never did pleaded guilty to theft on Monday. Mark McCombs, 50, was sentenced by Cook County Judge Jorge Alonso to six years in prison for an overbilling scheme that spanned...Tags: Chicago, Lawyers, Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, Local Government
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