Millions of dollars in stolen goods found in Chicago storage units
The stolen merchandise recovered by the Organized Retail Crime Task Force includes tens of thousands of products worth millions of dollars, December 10, 2021CHICAGO, Ill. (WIFR) -The first major bust made by the Organized Retail Crime Task Force was announced on...
Illinois coroner pleads not guilty to thefts from the dead
A Winnebago County grand jury indicted Hintz on the charges, which accuse him of stealing about $14,500 in cash belonging to dead people from the coroner’s office’s evidence vault. September 22, 2021ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois coroner...
Winnebago County Board asks coroner to resign
The latest indictments allege Hintz stole approximately $14,500 in cash that belonged to deceased individuals out of the coroner’s office’s evidence vault September 12, 2021OCKFORD—The Winnebago County Board has called for the resignation of county coroner...
New Illinois law provides sexual assault survivors the ability to track the progress of their rape kit processing
While the tracking system won’t tell them the results of their tests, they’ll know the date it was started or completed. July 1, 2021ROCKFORD (WREX) — When a person is sexually assaulted, advocates say it takes an incredibly amount of courage for them to...
