Naperville Crime
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One dead after ‘domestic-related incident’ near Clarendon HillsMar 17, 2024 8:48 pm - DuPage County sheriff’s police said they are investigating a “domestic-related incident” that left one person dead and another injured Saturday near Clarendon Hills. Auth...
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Naperville residents have lost $750K to crypto scams this month. Here’s how to avoid falling preyMar 14, 2024 4:17 pm - Last week, while police departments across the suburbs were urging citizens to “Slam the Scam” as part of a national anti-fraud campaign, investigators in Naperville were...
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‘This is my closure’: Charges dropped in 1972 Naperville cold case following suspect’s deathMar 13, 2024 3:34 pm - More than half a century after her 15-year-old sister, Julie Ann Hanson, was found stabbed to death in a Naperville cornfield, Jill Steininger still has questions about w...
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Three charged with illegal gun sales in DuPage CountyMar 14, 2024 12:55 pm - A statewide grand jury has indicted three Cook County residents on charges they bought and sold guns illegally in several counties, including DuPage. Brothers Gabriel Buc...
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Lombard woman charged with cruelty, neglect of dogsMar 12, 2024 5:36 pm - A Lombard woman has been charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals. Sharon Manuel, 59, of the 1000 block of South Route 53, was released on her own recognizance Monday,...
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Man sentenced to life in prison for murder and rape in attack on Naperville woman and friend in GermanyMar 11, 2024 5:44 pm - BERLIN — An American man was convicted of murder and other charges on Monday for brutally attacking two American women near Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein castle last sum...
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Insane or just irked? Bartlett man on trial, accused of killing motherMar 07, 2024 10:29 pm - Edward Mitzelfeld knew what he was doing when he stabbed his 93-year-old mother to death in their Bartlett home nearly five years ago, prosecutors say. “He had motive: He...
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Naperville man charged with burglaryMar 07, 2024 8:05 pm - A Naperville man already being held in jail on domestic battery and assault charges is now facing charges he burglarized a Walgreens store the day before. Ronald Rueckhei...
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‘Compelling, interesting and tragic case’: Lemak continues to seek clemencyMar 03, 2024 4:39 pm - Marilyn Lemak was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing her three children 25 years ago. Now, she wants clemency.
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Woman pleads guilty to bringing gun to DuPage County courthouseFeb 24, 2024 5:51 pm - A woman who brought a gun in to the DuPage County Judicial Center in Wheaton has pleaded guilty to illegally carrying a concealed gun. Suheir Barham, 47, was sentenced Tu...