Aurora Crime
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Man charged with possessing, disseminating child pornographyJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect town for the defendant. A Campton Hills man has been charged with child pornography crimes. Michael C. Willis, 42, of the 39W80...
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Looking for answers and hope in Willowbrook Corner: Community leaders join forces to offer helpJun 26, 2023 1:00 am - The Rev. Betty Starks left Anne M. Jeans Elementary School cautiously optimistic that change would come to Willowbrook Corner. Starks was among 25 invited guests who met...
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Questions remain as business owners regroup after fatal Juneteenth party shootingJun 20, 2023 1:00 am - Bullet holes and shattered glass Tuesday provided grim reminders of Sunday's deadly shooting near Willowbrook as Somerset Plaza shop owners returned to their businesses....
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Did misogyny, inept police work and more let a suburban killer evade justice?Jun 16, 2023 5:30 am - When Chris Loudon became a Lisle police detective, the job came with an assignment: Try to solve three cold cases. One was the rape of an elderly woman in the early 1990...
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Man gets 75 years in prison for Aurora murder, where victim was mistaken as gang targetJun 16, 2023 1:00 am - An Aurora man essentially was given a life sentence Thursday for murdering a man who was mistaken for a gang member in January 2021. Kane County Judge John Barsanti sent...
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Aurora police: Man battered, threatened to shoot victimJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - A man has been charged with several crimes after battering and threatening to shoot a person inside a home on the 1800 block of Lily Street in Aurora, authorities said. ...
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Sex offender sentenced to 20 years for Aurora rapeJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - A Chicago man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he admitted June 9 that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2021, the Kane County state's attorney's office announce...
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Aurora man charged in Batavia crash that critically injured teen on bikeJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - An Aurora man has been charged in a crash that critically injured a teenage bicyclist on May 31 in Batavia. Batavia police said Wednesday that Cesar A. Gandarilla, 38, o...
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School financial secretary charged with stealing from Indian Prairie Dist. 204Jun 14, 2023 1:00 am - An Indian Prairie Unit District 204 worker has been accused of using a district credit card to buy things for herself. Tracie Mondell, 39, of the 400 block of Gartner Ro...
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From Sicily to Downers Grove and beyond: Preserving a family's rare tomato, even in DuPage jailJun 13, 2023 5:30 am - When Enrico Inciardi's family emigrated to the United States around 1900, they secretly brought a taste of their Sicily home with them. Fearing U.S. Customs authorities ...