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Authorities: Woman who posed as drug counselor pleads guilty to forgery
Special to the TribuneA woman who authorities say posed as a licensed drug councilor in Glencoe will be sentenced in June on charges that she committed forgery when she deposited insurance company checks to her bank account, even though the checks were made out to the father...Tags: McHenry, Skokie, Crime, Law and Justice, Glencoe, McHenry County
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Lawsuit against ex-Jesuit priest McGuire settled for $19.6M
Tribune reporterLawyers for six plaintiffs on Tuesday announced a $19.6 million settlement of a lawsuit against the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus involving allegations of sex abuse by now-defrocked Jesuit priest Donald McGuire. Lawyers said the settlement...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Wilmette, Lawyers, Trials
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Logan Square residents sue Tribune, partner over coupon circulars
Tribune reporterFed up with the unwanted weekly delivery of RedPlum/ShopLocal coupon packages, some two dozen Logan Square residents have sued its distributors -- the Chicago Tribune and Valassis Communications -- to stop receiving the savings offers. The lawsuit,...Tags: Litigation, Chicago Tribune, Laws, Media Industry, Justice System
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Borizov trial seen as successful test of cameras in state courtrooms
Their deliberations completed, the jurors marched into the courtroom, and the judge asked if they had reached a verdict. The foreman said they had. Soon the clerk read from the signed verdict forms: "We, the jury, find Johnny Borizov guilty of first-...
Tags: Photography, Darien (DuPage, Illinois), Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Illinois Supreme Court
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Tribune subscriber class-action suit settled
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Tribune began mailing out a proposed offer Thursday to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two subscribers who claimed the newspaper illegally charged increased rates to subscribers' credit and debit cards. The suit, filed in December...Tags: Chicago Tribune
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Boogaards file wrongful death suit
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Boogaards file wrongful death suit Derek Boogaard's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the NHL, according to multiple reports. The family claims the league is responsible for the brain damage that Boogaard sustained during...Tags: The New York Times, Laws, National Hockey League Players' Association, ESPN (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
PURDUE-PLANE INTO FENCE Plane found in Purdue airport fence; pilot safe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that veered into a fence at the Purdue University Airport says the aircraft was experiencing engine trouble before the...Tags: Endangered Species, Disasters and Accidents, Conservation, Psychologists, University of Oxford
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County to reopen part of juvenile jail that was shut last year
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle is temporarily reversing her signature initiative to shrink the Juvenile Detention Center because a federally appointed administrator says there are too many youths being detained there to safely reduce its size....
Tags: Toni Preckwinkle, Local Government, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency
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Environmental laboratory receives accreditation, and more
News briefs from St. Charles, Batavia and Geneva. St. Charles Collection for crisis center Sensible Threadz, 208 S. Kirk Road, is collecting food items in May for the Community Crisis Center in Elgin. Customers to the discount retail and resale...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Elections, St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Environmental Issues
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Orland Park theft leads to 3-year sentence for two brothers
Two brothers were sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections last week after pleading guilty to stealing catalytic converters from two vehicles in Orland Park in March. Nicolas Orbeck, 31, and Philip Orbeck, 28, both of the...
Tags: Bridgeview, Theft, Punishment, Orland Park, Trials
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Lawsuit: Baseball coach coerced college player into sex
Tribune reporterA former Concordia University Chicago student has filed a lawsuit against the university and its former baseball coach alleging the coach coerced him into performing sexual acts more than a dozen times in exchange for helping him get drafted to a major...Tags: Laws, Pittsburgh Pirates, Concordia University Chicago, College Baseball, Crime, Law and Justice
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Preckwinkle dealt setback in effort to shrink juvenile detention center
Clout StreetCook County President Toni Preckwinkle is temporarily reversing her signature initiative to shrink the Juvenile Detention Center because a federally-appointed administrator says there are too many kids being detained there to safely reduce its size....Tags: Toni Preckwinkle, Local Government, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency
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