Aurora Crime
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Detroit man pleads guilty to Oak Brook sledgehammer robberySep 30, 2013 12:00 pm - A Detroit man who was shot in Oakbrook Center mall after he tried to rob a jewelry store with a sledgehammer pleaded guilty Monday to attempted armed robbery. Levert Jo...
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Woman found buried in Glen Ellyn stabbed 34 timesSep 30, 2013 10:00 am - A woman found buried in a shallow grave over the weekend in Glen Ellyn had been stabbed dozens of times, a law enforcement source said Monday. One man was being questio...
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Aurora man gets 4 years for beating kids with metal rodSep 27, 2013 6:09 pm - An Aurora man was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for beating his girlfriend’s three children with a metal rod, prosecutors said. Oscar Leija, 41, of the 500...
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Man falsely arrested by Elgin police in trouble againSep 27, 2013 6:05 pm - A 36-year-old man, who was charged with felony robbery two years ago but released after an Elgin cop admitted he planted a evidence at a crime scene, is in trouble again...
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Guilty plea from one of four connected to Batavia burglariesSep 27, 2013 5:43 pm - A 26-year-old Maywood man, one of four people implicated in a spate of nighttime burglaries in Batavia in August, pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen credit card an...
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Lombard suspect in custody after police-involved shootingSep 27, 2013 5:22 pm - A Lombard police officer opened fire early Friday after being confronted by a man brandishing a handgun, officials said. No one was injured in the shooting at a home on...
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Terror suspect's lawyer pushes for documentsSep 26, 2013 3:00 pm - A lawyer for an Aurora teenager accused of terrorism says the government's bid to restrict access to some potential evidence on security grounds hinders her legal defens...
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Probation for Elgin teen made false rape reportSep 26, 2013 12:10 pm - A teen who falsely claimed she was sexually assaulted in March near an Elgin townhouse complex where a murder had just occurred, was sentenced to 18 months probation and...
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Carpentersville man charged with Kane County courthouse bomb threatsSep 26, 2013 11:27 am - A 21-year-old Carpentersville man faces felony charges in connection to a Sept. 4 bomb threat that caused the evacuation of four courthouses in St. Charles, Elgin and Ca...
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35-year term for 2008 attempted murder in ElginSep 25, 2013 7:01 pm - A Kane County judge Wednesday sentenced a 26-year-old Elgin man to 35 years in prison for shooting the mother of his child three times in 2008. A jury in May convicted B...