Aurora Crime
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Downers Grove gymnastics coach faces child porn, sexual abuse chargesJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - This article has been updated to include a statement from the gymnastics business where Wyatt Kopka worked, and more information about the charges he faces. An inst...
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How Lake County plans to deploy 'interrupters' to fight surge in gun violenceJun 03, 2022 5:30 am - When a gunman approached two men outside a Waukegan restaurant Sunday and shot both in the head, killing one and gravely injuring the other in apparent retaliation for a...
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Aurora teen pleads guilty to shooting manJun 02, 2022 1:00 am - An Aurora teenager pleaded guilty Thursday morning to aggravated battery with a firearm for shooting a man in a gang-related incident. Christian O. Capuchino, 17, accept...
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North Aurora man faces child porn chargesJun 02, 2022 1:00 am - A North Aurora man was arrested Wednesday on charges of possession and reproduction of child pornography. Richard E. Suddoth, 70, of the 200 block of Larchwood Lane, is ...
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Naperville man charged in Aurora drug deathMay 27, 2022 1:00 am - A Naperville man is accused of dealing the ketamine that caused an Aurora man's death in 2020. Samuel Nesnidal, 25, of the 2300 block of Putnam Drive, was arrested with...
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Metea Valley sophomore accused of cutting another student during fightMay 26, 2022 1:00 am - A 16-year-old sophomore at Metea Valley High School has been charged with aggravated battery in a public place after cutting a student during a fight Wednesday in a bath...
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Two College of DuPage educators find common ground, build opportunities for former inmatesMay 25, 2022 11:00 pm - A chance conversation between two colleagues is opening educational doors for incarcerated individuals and college students in DuPage County going into justice studies a...
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Aurora man who threw lit firework at police officers gets year in prisonMay 25, 2022 1:00 am - A 21-year-old Aurora man received a one-year prison sentence after pleading guilty last year to throwing a lit firework at police officers in 2020 during civil rights pr...
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Child molester sentenced to 17 yearsMay 25, 2022 1:00 am - A man from New York has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexually assaulting an Aurora child in 2018. In March, a jury found Rene Cuanetl, a 36-year-old from Qu...
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Former Aurora kindergarten teacher gets 18 years for sexual abuse, assault of studentMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - A former East Aurora District 131 kindergarten teacher has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexually abusing and assaulting one of his students. Kane County Judg...