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🌱 Patch AM: Ex-Chicago Heights Cop Had 75 Child Porn Files On Phone: Report

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Good day Chicago Heights! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Longtime Chicago Heights officer jailed after child exploitation investigation

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Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Friday: Clouds and sun; less humid, temps: high: 74, low: 64.
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📰 News we're reading

• Ex-Chicago Heights Cop Had 75 Child Porn Files On Phone: Report (patch.com) — Residents of Chicago Heights are learning that a longtime local police officer, now also serving with Prairie State College police, is jailed without bond after investigators allegedly found more than 75 child sexual abuse material files linked to his phone. Authorities say a tip from a messaging app led them to his Chicago Heights home, where they seized evidence and connected it to an account that reportedly communicated with users posing as minors.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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