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An 18-year-old Hoffman Estates woman faces misdemeanor disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property charges after police determined she had a BB gun at a village intersection Wednesday morning, causing a school bus driver to report her as a threat.

An 18-year-old Hoffman Estates woman faces misdemeanor disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property charges after police determined she had a BB gun at a village intersection Wednesday morning, causing a school bus driver to report her as a threat.

Hoffman Estates police and the Cook County medical examiners office are awaiting the results of toxicology tests before determining the cause and manner of death of a 44-year-old Arlington Heights woman found unresponsive and not breathing Tuesday afternoon.

Updated 1/6/2021 7:59 PM A Hoffman Estates man has been charged with aggravated battery in the Dec. 30 stabbing of another man in the village, police announced Wednesday. Quinn L. Donovan, 21, who was struck and injured by a vehicle on Golf Road in Schaumburg about 30 minutes after the reported stabbing, is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 20 on the felony charge.   Hoffman Estates police Sgt. John Bending said no further details about the crime would be released or confirmed. But Horacio Sa...

The suspect in an early morning stabbing Wednesday in Hoffman Estates was struck by a car on Golf Road in Schaumburg shortly after the assault, authorities say, leading to his capture and a temporary closure of the heavily traveled roadway during the morning rush.