Batavia Crime
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Help instead of handcuffs: Kane County launching pre-arrest diversion programJul 16, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Anyone who's seen an episode of "Cops" knows how it goes: Police respond to the scene of a crime, fi...
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Case against man accused of trying to kidnap girl in Carol Stream droppedJul 09, 2021 5:30 am - It was a pretty stunning case last summer. A man ran up to a 13-year-old girl, grabbed her around the waist and tried to carry her away on Aug. 7, 2020, near a Carol Str...
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Chicago man pleads guilty to Carpentersville robbery where accomplice was killedJul 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to robbing a Carpentersville business at gunpoint in September 2016, in a case where another suspect was shot and killed by one of the b...
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Man charged with reckless homicide for West Dundee crashJul 08, 2021 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Carpentersville man has been charged with reckless homicide, accused of killing a man in a car crash May 8 in West Dundee. Bail was set at $100,000 Tuesday...
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Elgin man guilty of sexually abusing childJun 30, 2021 1:00 am - A Kane County jury has found an Elgin man guilty of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. It reached its verdict against Jacob Headtke on June 23, according to court records...
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Authorities: Man backed over his sister-in-law during argumentJun 01, 2021 1:00 am - A Batavia-area man is facing multiple charges after authorities say he backed over his sister-in-law with a vehicle, injuring the woman severely. Shane Schrauth, 41, of ...
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Batavia man sent to prison for six yearsMay 24, 2021 1:00 am - A Batavia man was sentenced to six years in prison Monday for domestic battery.. Steven C. LeMons, 51, of the 600 block of Park Street, was convicted in September of tw...
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Sheriff's office says driver had stolen handgun in carMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - A Michigan man was arrested Wednesday for possession of a stolen firearm on I-90 west of Elgin after being stopped for multiple traffic violations, the Kane County sheri...
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Police: Batavia man charged with aggravated assault after threatening workersMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - A Batavia man has been arrested after police say he threatened construction workers with a knife Tuesday. Batavia police charged Hayden J. Hogan, 26, with two counts o...
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Batavia police: Man threatened construction workersMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - Batavia police are searching for a man who confronted two construction workers and threatened them with a knife. Police were called to the 100 block of Shumway Avenue ab...