Aurora Crime
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Sentencing set for Downers Grove man in student's drug deathDec 17, 2018 12:00 am - A 38-year-old Downers Grove man who faces eight to 35 years in prison for giving a fatal dose of methadone to a 15-year-old foreign exchange student from Spain will lear...
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$7.9 million settlement in Delnor Hospital hostage lawsuitDec 17, 2018 12:00 am - An earlier version incorrectly stated how Tywon Salter and a nurse entered a decontamination room. He forced her in to the room. A Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hosp...
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Why suburban police have high hopes for new Batman-worthy restraint gadgetDec 14, 2018 4:30 am - Catching bad guys might never be the same. At least that's the hope for police in Aurora, where they're testing a new nonlethal restraint tool they say can safely immobi...
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Wheaton middle schooler charged with false threat to the schoolDec 13, 2018 12:00 am - For the second time in three days, a DuPage County middle school student has been accused of threatening the school and placed on home confinement by a judge. A male Edi...
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Suburban bomb threats likely part of nationwide threat scamDec 13, 2018 12:00 am - Bomb scares targeting several government buildings and businesses in Geneva, Aurora and elsewhere in the suburbs likely were part of a nationwide spate of threats made i...
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Longtime Kane judge valued 'collective wisdom' of juries, variety of rolesDec 13, 2018 12:00 am - Jury duty can be a thankless and disruptive task, especially if a person reports and isn't called to a courtroom to potentially serve. That's where James Hallock, a judg...
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Jury trial set for former DuPage County sheriff dispatch supervisor facing public indecency chargeDec 13, 2018 12:00 am - A former longtime dispatch supervisor in the DuPage County sheriff's office, indicted on official misconduct and public indecency charges, has opted for his case to be t...
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Naperville student on home confinement, accused of posting threat to junior highDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - A Washington Junior High School student has been released to his parents after being arrested on charges of threatening to "shoot up the school" in an online chat room. ...
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Three arrested in east side Aurora armed robberyDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - Three people, including a juvenile, have been arrested and charged with beating a man they knew and robbing him at gunpoint of his cellphone and wallet on Aurora's near ...