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NBC 5 Investigates: Weapons detector faces scrutiny amid growing industry
A months-long investigation by NBC 5 Investigates found these scanners have limitations – and at times have failed to detect certain weapons.
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How do scores of Chicagoans arrested for sex crimes stay off the sex offender registry once convicted?
When John heard the news on a recent Friday, it hit him hard: Elliott Nott, a former Chicago public schoolteacher and John’s former colleague, had been arrested and charged with three counts of child exploitation, after allegedly exposing himself to three girls – ages 10, 9, and 7.
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Records reveal problems with lap bars, safety switch on ride that injured boy
In the hours after a young boy was seriously hurt and airlifted after being thrown from an amusement ride at a summer festival last year, state inspectors almost immediately identified problems with the ride, according to reports obtained by NBC 5 Investigates.
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Chicago's sex crime conviction rate among worst of major U.S. cities
An unprecedented investigation by NBC 5 Investigates found sexual assault cases in Chicago rarely led to an arrest and almost never led to a sex crime conviction with prison time, according to our review of more than 21,000 reported sex crime complaints in Chicago.
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Thousands of sexual assault cases die each year inside Chicago's justice system
NBC 5 Investigates conducted a six-month investigation that found sexual assault charges were never filed or were dropped in favor of non-sex charges time and time again. Find our extensive “Dismissed” series here. Trigger warning: the following investigative reports discuss issues of sexual violence. After it was over, she had a rape kit collected but waited to tell the police….
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Dismissed: Behind the NBC 5 and Telemundo Chicago investigation
NBC 5 Investigates – along with Telemundo Chicago Investiga – spent six months looking at every account of sexual assault, sexual abuse, incest, child pornography, sex trafficking and other sex crimes documented on the Chicago police crime database.
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Left for Dead: Records reveal new details on hit-and-run as Illinois State Police continue to withhold videos
More than two years after a deadly hit-and-run, Illinois State Police are still withholding records related to a pursuit that preceded the crash, now defying a judge’s order to produce the materials after NBC 5 Investigates sued the agency for violating the state’s Freedom of Information Act.
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Left for Dead: Why Did It Take 5 Years for Chicago Police to Make An Arrest in This Hit-and-Run?
In one of the exceedingly rare Chicago hit-and-runs that actually saw an arrest, investigators not only had an image of the van that killed a man, it had a phone number painted on the side – but it still took five years for police to close the case.
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When 30 Minutes Late Is ‘On Time': NBC 5 Investigates PACE Paratransit's Late Pickups
When is late – really late? Less than a quarter of pickups by Pace paratransit occur within 10 minutes of their scheduled time, an analysis of Pace’s own data shows. But under the standards set by federal law, paratransit services are allowed to be up to a half hour late and still be considered on time – a window that...
