How many fewer criminal charges were filed last year due to pandemic The main DuPage County courthouse in Wheaton. Daily Herald file photo/2010
While thousands in the suburbs are scrambling to get in line for a COVID-19 vaccine, scammers are scrambling to take advantage of people eager to get inoculated, according to the Better Business Bureau. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
DuPage County State s Attorney Robert Berlin. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Posted1/29/2021 5:22 AM
You can count suburban criminal court filings among the many items the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on in 2020.
Whether it was a lack of opportunity when stores, restaurants and other businesses were shut down, fewer drivers on the road, or police and prosecutorial staffs being stretched by quarantines, felony and misdemeanor filings took big drops compared to 2019 numbers.
December 20, 2020
RAPID CITY, S.D. The efforts to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine will also be an opportunity for some to try and take advantage. Officials are already ramping up efforts to prevent the sale of fake vaccines. Scammers are taking advantage of fears surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
“These robocalls are getting so bad, the government impostors, we’re advising consumers not to answer their phones, ” said Steve Bernas, President and CEO at the Better Business Bureau of Chicago.
As the first FDA approved coronavirus vaccine rolls out across the US, the Better Business Bureau has issued a warning: be wary of COVID-19 vaccine cons.
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