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Driver Charged With DUI In Crash That Hurt 4 Cops
CHICAGO (STMW) – An allegedly drunk driver has been charged in connection with a three-vehicle crash that injured nine people — including four police officers — early Monday on the Far South Side. A...
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Man Pleads Guilty To Aggravated DUI For Crash That Killed 11-Year-Old
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – A DeKalb County man pleaded guilty Thursday to driving under the influence of heroin when his SUV struck a car on a snow-packed highway last winter, killing an 11-year-old...
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Police: Drunk Ambulance Driver Caused Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) – A man who crashed a private ambulance into another vehicle on the North Side this week was arrested for driving drunk. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports 31-year-old John Lara,...
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Prosecutors: Drunk Father Didn’t Notice Son Ejected In Fatal Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – The crash sent 4-year-old Franklin Jackson flying through the rear window of the car his dad was driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway. But his father, also named Franklin Jackson, was...
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Dad Charged With DUI In Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Daughter
Lauren Smith, 8, was killed as a result of a rollover crash. (Family handout) CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was charged with DUI early Friday in connection with a South Side crash on Christmas Eve that killed...
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Aurora Man Charged In Crash That Killed Naperville Woman
WHEATON, Ill. (STMW) – A convicted burglar who also spent time in jail 11 years ago for inebriated driving stands accused of having been under the influence of narcotics when his pickup truck allegedly...
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Man Charged In Eisenhower Crash That Killed Two Women
(STMW) – A man has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs in connection with a crash that killed two women on the Eisenhower Expressway in west suburban Forest Park Sunday...
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Man Charged With Drunk Driving In Fatal Crash On I-80
MINOOKA, Ill. (STMW) – A southwest suburban man has been charged with DUI after a Bridgeview man in his pickup truck was killed in a crash early Thursday on I-80 in Minooka. The crash happened on I-80...
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Sentencing Delayed For Driver In Crash That Killed Boy, 11
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – On Thursday afternoon, Benjamin Black sat on the witness stand in a Kane County courtroom and looked into the devastated eyes of the Ranken family. The 29-year-old Sycamore...
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Prosecutors: Hit-And-Run Victim Was Trying To Stop Drunk Driver
CHICAGO (STMW) – Shane Stokowski thought the man he spotted leaving a West Town bar was too drunk to drive, so he followed him out to the parking lot, according to Cook County prosecutors. Stokowski...
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Man Gets 12-Years For DUI Crash That Killed Sycamore Boy
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – A Sycamore man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for driving under the influence of heroin and killing an 11-year-old boy last year. Benjamin Black, 29, was sentenced...
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Teen Pleads Guilty To DUI In Drag Race That Killed Antioch Girl
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) – Antioch teenager Jeremy Betancourt pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated DUI for a crash that caused the death of 16-year-old Antioch High School student Cynthia Perez. Under a...
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Man Charged In Hit-And-Run That Critically Injured Pedestrian
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man has been charged with DUI after allegedly striking a woman with his vehicle Saturday evening in the North Side Norwood Park neighborhood. Ciprian Tanase, 34, faces felony counts...
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$500K Bond For Driver In Norwood Park Hit-And-Run
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was ordered held on $500,000 bond Tuesday after allegedly striking a woman with his vehicle Saturday evening in the North Side Norwood Park neighborhood. Ciprian Tanase, 34,...
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Man Charged With DUI After Killing Pedestrian In Des Plaines
DES PLAINES, Ill. (STMW) – Police say a northwest suburban man was driving under the influence of alcohol when he fatally struck a Chicago man Wednesday night in Des Plaines. Robert Grossman, 44, is...
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Driver In Wrong-Way Crash On Lake Shore Drive Released On Bail
CHICAGO (STMW) – A suspected wrong-way driver involved in a deadly crash on Lake Shore Drive early Friday was released from jail Monday night after posting bail. Erik Johnson, 23, of the 3500 block of...
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Highland Park Teen’s Fatal DUI Trial Set To Start Tuesday
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) – Following failed attempts to reach a negotiated deal, the trial of 19-year-old Carly Rousso for allegedly running over and killing a 5-year-old girl while driving under the...
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Trial Begins For Teen Accused Of Huffing Before Fatal Crash
Updated 05/27/14 – 5:35 p.m. WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) – A teenager accused of huffing computer cleaner before running over a 5-year-old girl two years ago has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, but still...
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Man Charged With DUI After Fatally Striking Panhandler
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man is facing DUI charges after he fatally struck a panhandler early Sunday in the West Town neighborhood. Manuel Guerrero-Lopez, 26, of the 8100 block of South Kostner Avenue, faces...
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Man Charged With DUI After Fatal Burbank Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – A southwest suburban man was charged and ordered held on $500,000 bond in connection with a Burbank crash that killed an elderly Chicago man. Nicholas Raspanti, 42, of Hickory Hills,...
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