Aurora Crime
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Prison sentence for 2005 slaying of Aurora woman voidedJun 14, 2013 6:39 pm - A state appellate court on Friday voided a 35-year prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to killing a woman in Aurora in 2005. Gareng Deng, now 21, was 17 when he...
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Atty: Woman accused of ramming teens was unaware of injuriesJun 14, 2013 5:00 pm - A 34-year-old Chicago woman accused of purposely running down two teens in Carpentersville with her SUV and then leaving the scene did not know she hit anyone, her defen...
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Aurora man wins civil rights case against copJun 13, 2013 4:52 pm - A federal jury awarded an Aurora man $50,000 as part of a civil rights lawsuit against an Aurora police officer. The jury ruled Kurt Kopek was a victim of excessive for...
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‘It’s my fault’: Emotional apologies in hearing on fatal North Aurora DUIJun 13, 2013 4:10 pm - Lee R. Patterson III acknowledged the forgiveness shown by the mother of the 22-year-old woman he killed while driving drunk 20 months ago in North Aurora. “Whether I wa...
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Libertyville family relives horrible moments after son was killed on Chain O' LakesJun 13, 2013 10:00 am - Jim Borcia said he can't shake the memory of his 10-year-old son's mangled body in the water moments after he was run over by a speed boat on Petite Lake last July. Dur...
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Police: Elgin man fakes ‘slip and fall’ injuriesJun 12, 2013 10:50 pm - A 52-year-old man has been charged with insurance fraud after admitting to authorities that he filed a series of fake “slip and fall” lawsuits against fast food restaura...
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Former Elgin deputy chief on unpaid leave from new chief postJun 12, 2013 7:47 pm - A former Elgin Deputy Police Chief accused of identity theft and official misconduct made his first appearance in Kane County court Wednesday. Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgi...
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Grim details emerge on murder-suicide near DarienJun 12, 2013 9:55 am - A Darien-area man may have been upset about his finances and losing his job when he opened fire on his family Tuesday, killing his wife and two daughters and then turnin...
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4 killed in apparent DuPage County murder-suicide, sources sayJun 11, 2013 6:30 pm - Four family members were killed in an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday in unincorporated DuPage County, according to multiple law enforcement sources. The bodies were fou...
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Police: Aurora man tried to foil drug testJun 11, 2013 10:26 am - A 22-year-old from Aurora got a second chance after being caught with a small amount of marijuana earlier this year. But Dedrick Glover Pool, of the 1400 block of Golde...