Aurora Crime
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Two workers at Aurora driver services facility chargedFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Two workers at the Illinois driver and vehicle services facility in Aurora are facing official misconduct charges for creating fake lien releases and issuing fraudulent ...
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Aurora gunfire under investigationFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - The Aurora Police Department is investigating after shots were fired Sunday evening on the 2800 block of Ogden Avenue. No one was injured, and police are investigating ...
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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As crashes, injuries mount, task force takes aim at Move Over violatorsFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - You couldn't blame Illinois State Police for feeling like it's déjà vu all over again, in the worst possible way. Two years after a rash of roadside crashes left two sta...
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Aurora man charged with Sunday carjackingFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - An Aurora man accused of stealing a car at 1 p.m. Sunday, then crashing it in to another vehicle now faces a vehicular hijacking charge, police said Tuesday. Bail was se...
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Aurora remembers victims on second anniversary of Henry Pratt shootingFeb 15, 2021 12:00 am - Five white crosses — surrounded by candles, stuffed animals, fresh flowers and cards — stand in the front window of the David L. Pierce Art and History Center in Aurora....
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ACLU sues DuPage sheriff to ensure future inmate doesn't go through withdrawal symptomsFeb 12, 2021 4:30 am - Withholding methadone from a person addicted to opiates would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. So says the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit it...
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DeKalb man denied bail in West Chicago shootingFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was denied Friday for a DeKalb man accused of shooting and critically injuring a man outside his West Chicago workplace last month, officials said. Ahmad Steele, 34...
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Aurora man found guilty of sexually assaulting 71-year-old womanFeb 11, 2021 12:00 am - An Aurora man was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a 71-year-old acquaintance. Kane County Judge David Kliment found Khamsaume Xayvong, 59, guilty of aggrav...
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Bensenville man charged with robbing 3 convenience stores, threatening to kill clerkFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - A Bensenville man is held without bail on charges he robbed convenience stores in December and January, tied up two clerks and threatened to kill another. Marquelle Will...