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COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY EILEEN O’NEILL BURKE’S PROPOSAL ON FELONY GUN POSSESSION DIVERSION PROGRAM SIGNED INTO LAW

 

New law improves process for first-time offenders in non-violent, low-level gun possession cases to obtain FOID card upon successful compliance with a diversion program 

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PALATINE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER’S AIDE INDICTED ON CHARGES OF REPRODUCING AND POSSESSING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IMAGES

CHICAGO — Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke today announced the indictment of Bradley Robertson, 41, a teacher’s aide at northwest suburban Palatine High School, for allegedly possessing multiple files depicting child sexual abuse images on his cell phone. An investigation…

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MEASURE BEFORE GOV. JB PRITZKER WOULD STREAMLINE FIREARMS ID PROCESS FOR LOW-LEVEL GUN OFFENDERS

Measure before Gov. JB Pritzker would streamline firearms ID process for low-level gun offenders…

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COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HOSTS FIRST IN-PERSON NATIONAL PROSECUTORIAL SUMMIT ON COMBATING MACHINE GUN CONVERSION DEVICES

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Full day of programming…

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COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COORDINATES FIRST-EVER NATIONAL RETAIL CRIME BLITZ ACROSS 28 STATES

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ICYMI — CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL BOARD: “EILEEN O’NEILL BURKE IS A MARVEL SO FAR AS STATE’S ATTORNEY. HER OFFICE NEEDS MORE RESOURCES.”

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CHICAGO — Over the weekend, the …

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JURY FINDS MAN GUILTY OF KILLING 11-YEAR-OLD JAYDEN PERKINS AS THE BOY PROTECTED HIS MOTHER.

Jury finds man guilty of killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins as the boy protected his mother

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CROSETTI BRAND CONVICTED OF STABBING PREGNANT WOMAN AND KILLING HER SON

Crosetti Brand convicted of stabbing pregnant woman and killing her son

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COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY BURKE DETAILS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE WITH ABC7 INVESTIGATIVE TEAM

Structural changes ensure experienced prosecutors handle domestic violence homicides; detention sought for offenders in domestic violence batteries

 

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COOK COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY BURKE ISSUES TRANSITION REPORT

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