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Police: Geneva man crossed line with harassing letters
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 20, 2018 6:45 PM - A Geneva man has been accused of targeting people who posted on a local community Facebook site with harassing letters containing slurs about Latinos, immigrants and gays. Anton Purkart, 50, was arrested last week on charges of misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
Teen gets 6 years in 2017 carjacking of Elgin man trying to sell car
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 19, 2018 4:58 PM - An 18-year-old from Chicago accused in a November 2017 knife-point carjacking of an Elgin man who was trying to sell his car pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Man arrested in Aurora robbery in which shot was fired
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 19, 2018 2:19 PM - A 22-year-old Aurora man has been arrested and charged with the armed robbery of a near westside convenience store in late June in which a shot was fired into a ceiling during a struggle.
Schaumburg man who pleaded guilty in Gilberts killing gets 2½ years probation
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 18, 2018 7:25 PM - A 50-year-old man was sentenced to 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to second-degree murder of a man he had met through church and taken in to his Gilberts townhome. Su Won Kil, now of Schaumburg, was originally charged with first-degree murder in 2010 and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in May.
Kane state's attorney: Consecutive terms needed to protect public in some cases
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 17, 2018 5:39 PM - If a defendant commits a Class X or Class 1 felony and inflicts "severe bodily injury" on a victim while committing another felony, a judge can issue consecutive prison terms served one after the other. "Sometimes that means giving people a second or third chance. Other times, that means the full weight of the government resources coming to bear on a career criminal," said Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon.
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Jul 17, 2018 1:00 AM - Kane County police reports.
McMahon: Felony cases up 7 percent in Kane County from last year's first half
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 16, 2018 4:56 PM - Felony cases charged in Kane County are about 7.6 percent higher at the midway point of the 2018 than they were during this same time last year. State's Attorney Joe McMahon said there are several factors for the increase: more state police arrests from patrols on Interstate 90; his office upgrading charges on repeat offenders; and the cyclical nature of crime itself.
Child sex offender charged with loitering near Elgin park
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 13, 2018 5:08 PM - A homeless man and child sex offender was arrested Thursday on felony charges he was loitering around Festival Park and splash pad in downtown Elgin.
Third person sought in Elgin home invasion, shooting over marijuana
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 12, 2018 4:09 PM - A third person is wanted in the May 29 home invasion and shooting in Elgin over an ounce of marijuana. Demetrius Cochran, 19, is wanted after failing to appear in court this week on an unrelated charge.
28-year prison term for man in brutal Elgin home invasion
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 12, 2018 8:20 AM - An Elgin man was sentenced this week to 28 years in prison for his role in a June 2012 home invasion and attempted murder in which two people were brutally beaten in Elgin. Jaime Zarate, 32, was on parole for a 2006 attempted murder when he was arrested and a 5-year-old boy witnessed part of the attack.

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