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Serial scammer Candace Clark moved to prison in central Illinois
Clark, 52, is serving a five-year prison sentence on six felony convictions, including theft by deception and impersonating a state employee.
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Clark, 52, is serving a five-year prison sentence on six felony convictions, including theft by deception and impersonating a state employee.
Just days before her trial had been scheduled to begin earlier this month, Clark agreed to a plea deal on the six felony charges she had been facing.
Clark has now pleaded guilty to five counts of theft by deception and one count of impersonating a state employee.
Accused serial scammer Candace Clark got evicted from another home while awaiting trial for theft and fake ID charges.
She faces six felony charges: One for impersonating a state employee and five for theft by deception.
Candace Clark is a serial con artist, who has been scamming people for years. CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker has been tracking Clark's moves.
After accused serial scammer Candace Clark rejected a plea deal that would have seen her sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison, a Cook County judge scheduled a jury trial for April 18.
Another delay for accused serial scammer Candace Clark, who did not show up for her latest court date on Monday, after she was hospitalized with COVID symptoms.
Cook County prosecutors are negotiating a possible plea agreement with accused serial scammer Candace Clark, whose story CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker has been following for more than two years.
There were new developments Wednesday in the case of accused serial scammer Candace Clark – whose story CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker has been following for more than two years.
Accused serial scammer Candace Clark ran into yet another phone problem during a virtual court hearing on Monday.
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Stories by the CBS 2 Investigators led to the arrest of Candace Clark, who is accused of scamming some of Chicago's most vulnerable people – and now her case is moving forward in court.
Remember Candace Clark, the accused serial scammer at the heart of many of our CBS 2 investigations? She was back in court on Thursday.
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Accused serial scam artist Candace Clark had been expected to be released from the Cook County Jail Thursday, but she was not.
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Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
Four people were killed in a mass shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park on Monday morning. All four victims were passengers on a Blue Line train as it was headed into the Forest Park terminal when they were shot shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Forest Park Police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin.
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Newton County Sheriff's Corporal Brandon Schreiber was helping deputies in Iroquois County, Illinois, respond to an incident Sunday evening, when he was shot.
Police said a man stabbed the 37-year-old victim after a fight on the train near the Wilson stop.
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Newton County Sheriff's Corporal Brandon Schreiber was helping deputies in Iroquois County, Illinois, respond to an incident Sunday evening, when he was shot.
Police said a man stabbed the 37-year-old victim after a fight on the train near the Wilson stop.
A suspect was located on a CTA Pink Line train and was taken into custody. A weapon was recovered.
Kara Welsh was set to begin her senior year at UW Whitewater on Tuesday. She was a standout on the vault. Police say she was shot during a fight with a man she knew.
The San Francisco 49ers said Ricky Pearsall was recovering from a bullet wound to his chest.