Tag result for article published on Wed May 16 2012 3:34 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: drone, Elgin, NATO
VIDEO: A drone UAV spotted in the Elgin area on Saturday, May 12, 2012. A man with a video camera at a soccer field in Elgin, Illinois has captured on May 12, 2012 what appears to be a drone unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that he reports was flying toward Chicago the weekend before the NATO [...]
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Posted in Air Travel, Preparedness, Terrorism
Tag result for article published on Tue May 15 2012 12:25 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Elgin, missing, missing teen, South Elgin
Sara Moreno, 15, has been missing since mid-April after leaving Gifford Street High School in Elgin and not arriving at home. The 15-year-old, believed to be a runaway, did not extra take clothes with her when she left home. Any citizens with information are urged with information are urged to call Detective Brian Lawrence at [...]
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Posted in APB
Tag result for article published on Sun November 20 2011 2:16 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Elgin, Pingree Grove Fire & Countryside Fire Protection District, plane crash, small plane crash
Pingree Grove Fire & Countryside Fire Protection District firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:00 p.m. Sunday to a report of a small plane crash at Olson Airport — a private airport at 9n733 Kendall Road, Elgin. Firefighters reported the plane was on its roof and the pilot was trapped in the plane. No report of any fire [...]
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Posted in FIREBLOG C
Tag result for article published on Thu August 18 2011 4:25 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Elgin, fatal hit-and-run, hit-and-run, SUV vs. motorcycle
Francisco Acevedo, 25, of Elgin, was killed in a collision with a 1999 GMC Suburban that turned left from Mosley to Walnut Avenue, while Acevedo was riding his 2001 Yamaha motorcycle west on Walnut Avenue. The crash occurred about 7:00 p.m. Wednesday. Francisco Acevedo was transported to Provena St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin where he was [...]
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Posted in CRIME BLOG C
Tag result for article published on Sun September 26 2010 7:50 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Beverly Road, Elgin, fire, garbage fire, Hoffman Estates, Hoffman Estates Fire Department, I-90, IFERN, Interstate 90, mulch fire, mutual aid, northwest suburbs fire, Prairie Stone Parkway, South Barrington, tire fire
VIDEO: Large smoke/header in the sky near Sears Centre Arena and Life Changers International Church at Plote Construction. Video begins with view from Payton Hill in Arlington Heights — 13 miles away. Hoffman Estates Fire Department fought a large fire in a mulch and tire pile at the Plote Construction property near Interstate 90 and [...]
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Posted in FIRE BLOG
Tag result for article published on Mon May 24 2010 11:06 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Elgin, fatal stabbing, homicide, stabbing
Elgin police responded to the 300 block of N. Jackson Street at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday morning after reports of a person lying in the street. Police arrived on the scene to discover a male/teen with a stab wound to the chest. He was transported to Provena St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he later died. Witnesses [...]
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Posted in Crimes Notebook
Tag result for article published on Fri April 23 2010 3:07 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Elgin, FBI, manhunt, murder suspect
Amilkar “Tony” Caro — “Armed and Dangerous” A man wanted by Elgin police in a February murder in the northwest suburb is now the subject of an international manhunt led by the FBI. Amilkar A. “Tony” Caro, 32, is wanted by Kane County authorities, Elgin police and the FBI in the Feb. 4 slaying of [...]
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Posted in CRIME BLOG, CRIME BLOG B
Tag result for article published on Fri February 05 2010 10:18 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Elgin, Elgin Police Department, gunshot, homicide, love triangle, multiple gunshots
Amilkar “Tony” Caro — “Armed and Dangerous” UPDATE: Elgin police charged Alexis I. Cruz, 18, of the 1300 block of Dakota St., Elgin, with felony obstruction of justice in the murder of victim identified as Hugo A. Navarro, 29, Thursday morning at 774 Adams. Elgin police are investigating the shooting death of a 29-year-old Elgin [...]
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Posted in APB, Crimes Notebook
Tag result for article published on Thu February 04 2010 11:11 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Elgin, Elgin Police Department, shooting, shooting death
Elgin police responded to a report just after 2:00 a.m. Thursday of a man shot in the 700 block of West Adams Street. The man was found unresponsive on the sidewalk. He was pronounced dead by the Kane County Coroner’s Office. A woman was taken into custody Thursday from the 200 block of Dexter Avenue. [...]
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Posted in Crimes Notebook