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Cook County officials are warning residents to be weary of a circulating text message scam that falsely claims to require payment for unpaid charges.

Before presiding over his courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building each morning, Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles was known to rise early and go to the gym. But unbeknownst to him, ...