Aurora Crime
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Dent scammers are at work in the suburbs. Here's what you should knowSep 08, 2023 5:30 am - Picture yourself driving home from the store, minding your own business, when another driver urges you to pull over because your vehicle is damaged. You stop and, before...
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'A passion project for us': Kane County jail's Recovery Pod makes Amazon Prime time in documentarySep 01, 2023 5:00 am - Fernando Marin, in a cocaine-fueled mania, once fired a gun over the head of Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain as Hain was trying to arrest him. It wasn't an ideal start to t...
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3 teens charged with shooting, killing man in AuroraAug 29, 2023 1:00 am - Three boys have been charged with first-degree murder, accused of killing a man in Aurora. A 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy, both of Aurora, and a 15-year-old boy...
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Aurora man gets 6 years for fatal DUI crashAug 29, 2023 1:00 am - A man who killed his passenger in a drunken driving crash while they were going to pick up a pizza was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison. Gustavo Gonzalez-Aguilar...
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Man accused of firing gun at driver who honked at himAug 26, 2023 1:00 am - A DuPage judge set a $600,000 bond for a man charged with firing a handgun at a vehicle on Route 83 in Burr Ridge Thursday afternoon after the driver honked at him, auth...
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'Flat-out lied': Ex-Gurnee man imprisoned 29 years on bad conviction sues police, prosecutorsAug 25, 2023 5:00 am - Herman Williams spent almost three decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of his former wife's 1993 murder. Now the former Gurnee resident and Gulf War veter...
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Aurora man gets 17 years in prison for sexually assaulting a childAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to 17½ years in prison for sexually assaulting a child. Alberto Huerta, 56, of the 700 block of Grand Avenue, pleaded guilty Aug. 18 to ...
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3 men charged with murdering Aurora man in May shootingAug 23, 2023 1:00 am - Three people are facing murder charges in connection with the shooting of a man in May in Aurora. Kevan S. Spatz, 36, of the 1400 block of North Menard Avenue in Chicago...
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19-year-old man murdered Sunday night in AuroraAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - A 19-year-old man was murdered Sunday night in Aurora, authorities said. Aurora police responded at 7:24 p.m. to reports of a man being shot and a crash on the 1300 bloc...
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Treasurer is accused of stealing from Naperville Boy Scout troopAug 18, 2023 1:00 am - An Aurora man has been charged with stealing $21,838 from a Naperville Boy Scout Troop. Naperville police say John R. Miller was the treasurer for Troop 1776, and they r...