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Legally Speaking
You loved L.A. Law. You thought Twelve Angry Men was the best movie you ever saw. When the O.J. trial was over, you wept. Now's your chance to listen to WGN's award-winning legal talk show "Legally Speaking" with Chicago attorney Karen Conti. Even if you...Tags: Drew Peterson, Prosecution, Entertainment, Democratic Party, Justice and Rights
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Push to require criminal background checks for student teachers
WGN Radio NewsThe chairman of the Illinois House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee said he will work to pass a law requiring criminal background checks for student teachers in Illinois. Representative Mike Smith (D-Pekin) said he was shocked when he was...Tags: Schools, Prosecution, Crimes, Chicago Public Schools, Teachers
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State Sues Crestwood Officials Over Well
(WGN-AM)- Already facing a federal criminal investigation, Crestwood Mayor Robert Stranczek and his father were sued in state court Tuesday and accused of repeatedly lying about their secret use of a community well contaminated with cancer-causing...Tags: Trials, Water Supply, Politics, Consumer Confidence, Environmental Issues
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U.S. Attorney Tells Businesses to Hire Ex-Convicts
(WGN-AM) - U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says the business community can help reduce violence in Chicago by hiring ex-convicts. Fitzgerald told a Chicago civic club on Thursday that jobs help ex-offenders stay away from the criminal activity that...Tags: Patrick Fitzgerald, Employers, Justice System, Lawyers, Crimes
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Registered Sex Offender Charged with Distributing Child Porn
(WGN-AM) - Prosecutors have filed child pornography charges against a Joliet man who allegedly distributed sexually explicit images of children on the Web and went by the screen name "Pantielover."
Dennis Lee Garthus, 44, of the 2600 block of East Cass...Tags: Pornography, Sex, Entertainment, Prosecution, Gaming
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Lombard Man Gets 18 Months in Prison For Promoting Dog Fight
(WGN-AM)- A 22-year-old Lombard man who allowed his pit bull to fight another pit bull and then encouraged his animal during the battle pleaded guilty Tuesday to promoting a dogfight and was sentenced to 18 months in prison in what may be the first...Tags: Animals, Lombard, Trials, Dog (animal), Crimes
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State Sues Burr Oak, Freezes $2 Million in Trust Funds
(WGN-AM)- State officials Tuesday sued the corporate owner of Burr Oak Cemetery, accusing it of consumer fraud and violations of multiple laws related to the funeral and burial industry.
Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes and Attorney General Lisa Madigan...Tags: Cook County, Trials, Judges, Chicago Tribune, Justice System
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Prosecutors Charge Chicago Police Officer in Fatal Hit-and-Run Accident
(WGN-AM) - A 17-year-veteran Chicago Police officer was charged today in the fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a 13-year-old boy on the South Side Friday. Richard Bolling, 39, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence, leaving the...Tags: Prosecution, Transportation Accidents, Lawyers, Crimes, Chicago
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Receiver To Be Appointed For Burr Oak Operations
(WGN-AM)- A Cook County judge could appoint a receiver as soon as Wednesday to seize control of the operations at Burr Oak Cemetery. Attorneys from several county and state agencies, as well as a law firm representing more than 100 plaintiffs whose...Tags: Cook County, Trials, Judges, Chicago Tribune, Justice System
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Electronics Executive Returns to Chicago to Face Bank Fraud Charges
(WGN-AM) - Federal prosecutors said an executive of a now-defunct Wheeling-based electronics company has been brought back to Chicago to face charges he defrauded a bank of $17 million. Kevin Gore, 40, was charged in a criminal complaint in 2008 and...Tags: Prosecution, Entertainment, Gaming, Electronics, Banking
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17-Year-Old Charged In Infant's Kidnapping
(WGN-AM)- A 17-year-old girl has been charged with abducting the 4-month-old daughter of a family she had been living with on the West Side. Leeann Ravens, of the 1500 block of North Massasoit Avenue, was charged this morning with one count of aggravated...Tags: Cook County, Infants, Prosecution, Lawyers, Crimes
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Criminal Charges Filed Against Hernandez
(WGN-AM)- The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago charged David Hernandez with criminal mail fraud Wednesday for allegedly engaging in a Ponzi scheme.
A warrant has been issued for his arrest. The criminal charges are similar to the civil allegations...Tags: Securities, Criminal Laws, Trials, Lawyers, Crimes
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