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School Bus Incident Involving Child With Autism Caught On Tape
In NBC 5 Investigates, a troubling episode on a school bus involving a child with autism was caught on tape. Phil Rogers reports.
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School Bus Incident Involving Child With Autism Caught On Tape
Warning: Details in this story may be disturbing to some. Reader discretion is advised. A troubling episode on a suburban Chicago school bus involving a 9-year-old child with autism is now the subject of a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court. During that incident, captured on the school bus security camera, the child, Aiden Sanchez, appears to first be…
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Suburban Families Who Lost Homes in Fire Get Holiday Surprise
More than two dozen suburban Chicago families lost everything last week in an apartment fire, but the spirit of giving is it alive and well thanks to a holiday surprise. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.
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Teen Killed in Suburban Shooting, 77-Year-Old Woman Wounded While Gardening Nearby
An 18-year-old man was killed Sunday in a shooting that also wounded a 77-year-old woman gardening nearby in suburban North Chicago.
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Illinois Child Welfare Employee Investigated After Boy Dies
Illinois prosecutors are investigating a former child welfare agency employee who supervised an abuse claim involving a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy later found beaten to death, documents show. Prosecutors are exploring whether to charge Andrew Polovin with child endangerment related to Andrew “A.J.” Freund, The Northwest Herald reported. McHenry County state’s attorney investigator Robert Diviacchi filed a search warrant affidavit this...
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On First Nice Day, Suburban Chicagoans Focus on Social Distancing Outside
How to pass others on a walking trail was top of mind as people in suburban Chicago took advantage of the nice weather while social distancing during Illinois’ stay-at-home order. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.
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Lakemoor Police Officer Responds to Facebook Post, Donates Kidney to Stranger
Police officers take an oath to serve and protect, but one suburban Chicago officer took it a step further. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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Family of Woman Killed in Deerfield Parking Lot Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of a 53-year-old woman fatally struck by a vehicle last week in a Deerfield parking lot has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the alleged driver. The woman had just picked up a cake for her daughter’s birthday when she was struck about 1:50 p.m. Sept. 13 in the Deerfields Bakery parking lot in the 800 block of...
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Markham Police Recover $1M in Stolen Goods Following Burglary Ring Bust
Police in Markham arrested six people and recovered more than $1 million in stolen goods following the bust of a “sophisticated” burglary ring, police said on Friday.
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Woman Found Dead, ‘Partially Burned' in Riverdale Was Strangled: Autopsy
A woman whose body was found partially burned earlier this month behind a building in south suburban Riverdale died of strangulation, authorities have ruled. A Riverdale village inspector on a “routine inspection” found Rachel Catledge, 34, dead about 11:30 a.m. Sept. 5 in an alley behind a building in the 14000 block of South Atlantic Avenue, according to a statement...
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Driver Taken Into Custody After 1 Killed in Hit-and-Run in Deerfield, Police Say
The driver of a vehicle was taken into custody on Friday afternoon following a hit-and-run crash that killed one person in north suburban Deerfield, police said.
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1 in Custody After Deadly Hit-and-Run in Deerfield, Police Say
The driver of a vehicle was taken into custody on Friday afternoon following a hit-and-run crash that killed one person in north suburban Deerfield, police said. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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Family Searches For Answers After Woman Found Dead in Riverdale
A family in south suburban Riverdale gathered on Monday to search for answers in their loved one’s death, three days after her body was found. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.
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‘I Wouldn't Wish This on Anybody:' Family Searches For Answers After Woman Found Dead in Riverdale
A family in south suburban Riverdale gathered on Monday to search for answers in their loved one’s death, three days after her body was found.
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11-Year-Old Suburban Chicago Boy Charged With Sexual Assault
A suburban women discovered her son had sexually assaulted a minor. He has since been referred to juvenile court.