Yorkville Crime
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Police: Yorkville woman going 106 mph, 3x legal limit in 4th DUI arrestJul 18, 2019 12:29 am - A Yorkville woman faces her fourth DUI charge after being arrested early Monday on Interstate 88 near North Aurora when she was nearly three times the legal blood-alcoho...
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'It is a principle issue': Why a Tesla owner is fighting a $75 cellphone-use ticketJul 02, 2019 10:27 am - Why would a guy who can afford to drive an $80,000-plus Tesla Model X SUV bother fighting a $75 traffic ticket? “Well, to me it is a principle issue. It has nothing to d...
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Yorkville woman found dead in Aurora apartment complexJan 16, 2019 5:36 pm - Aurora police have opened a death investigation after the body of a 29-year-old Yorkville woman was found Tuesday morning in the basement of an apartment on the city's w...
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Authorities: Warrenville neurologist inappropriately touched female patientDec 28, 2018 9:41 am - A Warrenville neurologist has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery. According to court documents, Dr. Henry Echiverri, who at the time was associated with...
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The fleecing of a food pantry: Records detail suburban family's extensive theftSep 18, 2018 7:00 am - "They should have just fricking paid me." That's what the late Maria Spaeth told Yorkville police Detective John Hunter when he questioned her about using Kendall Count...
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Man sentenced to prison in street-racing crash that killed Aurora fatherApr 24, 2018 10:43 pm - A Yorkville man who pleaded guilty to street racing in a crash that killed an Aurora father was sentenced to 2½ years in prison Monday, according to the Will County stat...
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Second guilty plea received in Kendall food pantry theftApr 24, 2018 1:58 pm - A second man has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the Kendall County Food Pantry. William Crowley, formerly of Illinois and now of Scottsdale, Arizona, pleaded guil...
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17-year-old arrested on gun charges in AuroraMar 29, 2018 6:42 am - A 17-year-old from Yorkville was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Aurora on weapons charges. About 4 p.m., while checking a vehicle at an apartment building on the 2000 blo...
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Skunks fought the Round Lake Park law, and no one wonMar 23, 2018 7:40 pm - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas In his decadeslong law enforcement career, Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko has faced off against killers, hardened ga...
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Former Kendall food pantry treasurer pleads guilty to stealing from itMar 13, 2018 5:54 pm - The former treasurer of the Kendall County Food Pantry pleaded guilty Monday to stealing from the pantry. Kenneth Spaeth agreed to spend 24 months on probation, perform ...