Batavia Crime
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$2M bail set for 2 charged with heroin, cocaine conspiracy in Kane, Kendall countiesJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - Two men have been arrested and charged in a conspiracy to transport and distribute heroin and cocaine in the Kane and Kendall County areas. Gabriel Aguilar-Velez, 28, an...
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State's attorney says he's grateful for jury that acquitted Daniel Rak of murderJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon said he is not disappointed, but grateful, for the jury that found a 31-year-old man innocent of the first-degree murder of his ...
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Jury acquits son accused of killing father in Burlington TownshipJul 25, 2017 1:00 am - A Kane County jury took less than three hours Tuesday to acquit a man of the most serious charges filed after the death of his father in February 2016. Daniel R. Rak wa...
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Delnor nurses allege sheriff was told inmate wasn't being guarded properlyJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Delnor Hospital workers complained at least once to the hospital's security company and to the Kane County sheriff's department that jail inmate Tywon Salters was not be...
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Attorney: Investigators rushed to judgment in Burlington man's deathJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Defense attorneys for a man accused of murdering his father last year in his Burlington Township home argued Monday that investigators made quick and erroneous assumptio...
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Police investigating message on pizza box sent to jurors in murder trialJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - A message in a pizza box threw the Daniel Rak murder trial for a loop Friday. Fifteen jurors were questioned, individually, about whether seeing the phrase “They're inno...
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Burlington Township murder suspect admits to throwing bottle at, punching dadJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Angry that his father walked in on his girlfriend taking a bath, Daniel Rak went to his dad's bedroom to deliver a bottle of vodka and to tell him to show respect. "Here...
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Burlington murder trial focuses on cluttered home; experts coming nextJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - The trial of Daniel Rak, accused of killing his father in his Burlington Township home in February 2016, focused Wednesday on the dirty, cluttered conditions in the home...
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Attorney: Light 'bop' from son didn't kill Burlington Township manJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - An earlier version misspelled the name of witness Brittani Decker. Was Jeffrey Rak punched in the face, or merely "bopped?" And was the brain injury found at his au...