Batavia Crime
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'Just a dad that needed to do something': How Naperville man changed law to help overdose victimsAug 27, 2021 5:00 am - If only those with Alex Green that early December morning in 2018 had sought help, maybe the 25-year-old would have gotten to spend another Christmas with his father. In...
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Kane County to consider new taxes to fund justice reformAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - Kane County residents may be forced to help pay for criminal justice reform with new taxes at the gas pump and on the sale of some retail items under proposals made by t...
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Kane County sheriff's office investigating fatal dog shooting involving Wayne president's husbandAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - Kane County sheriff's deputies are investigating allegations that the husband of Wayne Village President Eileen Phipps shot and killed a neighbor's dog without justifica...
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Campton Hills man admits to involuntary manslaughter for beating mother to deathJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - A Campton Hills man pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter, for beating his mother to death with a baseball bat in 2019 when he drunkenly mistook her for a...
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Rockford teen charged after stolen-vehicle chase near Campton HillsJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - A 15-year-old boy from Rockford faces possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing and eluding police charges, after a police chase near Campton Hills ear...
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How a St. Charles officer's quick actions saved a shooting victim's lifeJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas cops crime@dailyherald.com St. Charles patrol officer Steve Mattas was about halfway through his midnight shift June 27 when a bu...
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Scammers steal from Batavia homeJul 19, 2021 1:00 am - Batavia police are investigating a residential ruse burglary that occurred early Saturday afternoon, officials said. Officers responded at 6:53 p.m. to the 1100 block o...
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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...