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FBI, police investigating after suspect robs Chase Bank in Barrington and escapes area

The FBI says they are investigating after a suspect robbed a Chase Bank branch in Barrington and escaped the area Tuesday afternoon. The Barrington Police Department and FBI Chicago Field Office responded around 1 p.m. Tuesday to Chase Bank, 136 West Northwest Highway in Barrington, for a report of a bank robbery. Officers arrived and […]

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FBI: Beach Park resident convicted with others of conspiring to abduct victims at gun point in Chicago area

A Beach Park resident is facing life in federal prison for conspiring with a Chicago man and others to abduct victims at gunpoint in the Chicagoland area, authorities said. Tai Hon La, 34, of Beach Park, and Sedgwick Williams, 47, of Chicago, conspired with each other and others to carry out abductions in the fall […]

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FBI warns about ‘alarming increase’ in sextortion incidents targeting children in northern Illinois

The FBI is warning parents about an “alarming increase” in children being coerced into sending explicit images and extorted for money in northern Illinois. The Federal Bureau of Investigation Chicago said this week that the numbers are rising exponentially nationally and even faster in the Chicago area when it comes to “financial sextortion.” The FBI […]

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FBI issues national public safety alert on financial ‘sextortion’ schemes targeting children

The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations have issued a national warning to parents regarding an “explosion in incidents” of children being coerced into sending explicit images and extorted for money. The FBI said the crime is known as “financial sextortion.” Law enforcement has received over 7,000 reports in the past year related to the online […]

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FBI releases surveillance image after employee physically assaulted during armed bank robbery in Buffalo Grove

The FBI has released a surveillance photo after an employee was physically assaulted during a bank robbery in Buffalo Grove where two suspects were armed with guns. The Buffalo Grove Police Department responded around 12:15 p.m. Saturday to Bank of America, 55 West Lake Cook Road in Buffalo Grove. Police officials said a call was […]