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Chicago Crimes Against Children

Man pleads guilty in suburban home invasion and kidnapping of 5-year-old girl

A second man has now pleaded guilty to a home invasion and kidnapping that terrorized a Carpentersville family last year. Antonio E. Espino, 23, of...
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Former teacher sentenced for sex abuse of middle school student

A former suburban teacher is sentenced to three years in prison for the sexual abuse of a student but he faces even more time if convicted in two...
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Crime bytes: MySpace sex abuse, child porn arrest, N. Aurora pot bust-slideshow

A 20-year-old man from suburban Great Lakes is charged with the criminal sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl he allegedly met on MySpace. ( See also...
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Man photographs teen sex assault, photos put on Facebook

A Ford Heights man is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl and sending out photos of the act that were then posted on Facebook. Cook...
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4 charged in videotaped gang-rape of girl, 14

The dangers of meeting up with strangers encountered on the Internet are highlighted in the story of a 14-year-old girl who police say was gang...
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Child,14, shot and killed while playing video games in bedroom

Will County police are investigating the murder of a 14-year-old boy, shot in the head as he played video games with friends inside the bedroom of...
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Crime bytes: child sex charges, rapist brothers sentenced, inmate sex assault

Crime bytes is a roundup of crime and court news over the past 24 hours. Click on the slideshow for mug shots. Click on links for previous stories...
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Child porn producer gets 27 years, Naperville man charged with porn possession

There’s a pair of local child pornography cases to report – one case concluding, the other just starting.The U.S. Attorney’...
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Missing 11-year-old girl found alive, man questioned in dissapearance

Chicago police are questioning a middle-aged man in the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl who was found late last night in an apartment on the...
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Arlington Heights man charged in sex assaults on teen

An Arlington Heights man is arrested on charges he repeatedly sexually assaulted an underage girl after first getting her doped up on drugs and...
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