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Verdict reached in trial of suburban man accused of fatally stabbing Palestinian-American boy
After less than an hour of jury deliberations, a verdict was been reached in the trial of a suburban man accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
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Plainfield man accused of fatally stabbing Palestinian-American boy found guilty of murder
After less than an hour of jury deliberations, a verdict was been reached in the trial of a suburban man accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
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Attorneys rest in trial of man accused of fatally stabbing Palestinian-American boy
Prosecution and defense attorneys each rested in the murder trial of a suburban man accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
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Attorneys rest in Plainfield hate crime, murder trial
Prosecution and defense attorneys each rested in the murder trial of a suburban man accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, as Christian Farr reports.
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Plainfield man accused of hate crime was bloody, sweaty after 6-year-old found stabbed, deputy testifies
Joseph Czuba, the Plainfield man accused of stabbing 6-year-old Wadee Al Fayoumi to death, was found bloody and sweaty by Will County sheriff’s deputies investigating the attack.
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Deputy who arrived at scene of 2023 stabbing of 6-year-old testifies in trial
Joseph Czuba, the Plainfield man accused of stabbing 6-year-old Wadee Al Fayoumi to death, was found bloody and sweaty by Will County sheriff’s deputies investigating the attack. NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.
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Mother of Palestinian American boy slain in 2023 Plainfield hate crime testifies at trial
Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago landlord took a knife from a belt holder and attacked a Palestinian American woman before fatally stabbing her young son 26 times in 2023. The landlord, Joseph Czuba, is accused of fatally stabbing 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and wounding his mother Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Shaheen...
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Mother of slain 6-year-old Palestinian American boy testifies in suspect's trial
The mother of Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy from Plainfield who was killed in an October 2023 attack that also seriously wounded herself, testified in the alleged assailant’s trial Tuesday. NBC Chicago’s Patrick Fazio reports.
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Driver escapes serious injury when semi drives off I-55 overpass in Plainfield
A driver sustained non-life threatening injuries when a semi drove off an overpass along Interstate 55 and landed on the train tracks below on Sunday morning in southwest suburban Plainfield, authorities said.
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Shelter-in-place lifted for Plainfield Township following barricade incident
A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for Plainfield residents Friday morning and a man was taken into custody following a barricade incident that prompted a large police and SWAT response.
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Chicago suburb named fastest-growing ‘boomtown' in Illinois, according to study
A southwest Chicago suburb that has expanded rapidly over the past two decades has been named Illinois’ fastest-growing “boomtown,” according to a study from GObankingrates.
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After long search, suburban woman receives life-saving kidney donation
A Plainfield woman who was in search of a kidney donor for over a year has received a life-saving donation after looking at baseball games in Chicago.
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After long search, local baseball fan receives life-saving kidney donation
Following a long search that included searching for donors at Cubs and White Sox games, a local baseball fan has received a life-saving kidney donation. NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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US Senate passes resolution honoring Palestinian-American boy killed in alleged Plainfield hate crime
The Senate passed a resolution this week honoring Wadea Al-Fayoume, the 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy from Plainfield murdered last October in what authorities called an anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian hate crime.
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Plainfield residents mourn college gymnast killed in Wisconsin
Friends and family are remembering a suburban college student who was shot and killed near the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Friday.
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Plainfield residents mourn college student killed in Wisconsin
Friends and family are remembering a suburban college student who was shot and killed near the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Friday. Patrick Fazio has the story.
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College gymnast from Chicago suburbs shot and killed near University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
A Chicago-area college student, who was a gymnast at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, was shot and killed in an apartment late Friday night, Whitewater police said.
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Plainfield church community mourns after girl, 12, struck and killed by car
A suburban faith community was left grieving after a 12-year-old girl was struck and killed while exiting her family’s vehicle following an earlier crash. Gianna Lamb had attended a student ministry event at Community Christian Church in Plainfield prior to the collision on Wednesday night. “Sweet girl. In fact, the last thing that she left with from her student...
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Plainfield church community mourns after girl, 12, struck and killed by car
A suburban faith community is grieving after a 12-year-old girl was struck and killed while exiting her family’s vehicle following an earlier crash, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.
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Man charged with hate crime in killing of 6-year-old Muslim boy in Plainfield appears in court
Joseph Czuba, the man charged with a hate crime in the Plainfield killing of Wadee Al Fayoume, a 6-year-old Muslim boy, appeared in court on Wednesday, NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.