Bloomingdale Crime
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He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Why did he spend just 14 days behind bars?Jun 28, 2024 5:15 am - Jonathan Franco was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in connection with a 2019 crash that killed a 35-year-old father from Carol Stream and then spent just 14 days behind bars. Here’s how that happened.
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Naperville man charged with sex assault at DuPage Co. Crisis CenterJun 23, 2024 11:32 am - A 34-year-old Naperville man was ordered detained Saturday after his arrest on accusations he sexually assaulted a woman at the DuPage County Crisis Center in Wheaton.
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Man sentenced to 50 years for killing disabled nephewJun 21, 2024 11:07 am - A former Bloomingdale man who strangled his blind nephew has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Dominick Taylor, 54, pleaded guilty in February to one count of first-...
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‘I feel like my brother has been neglected’: Questions linger one year after deadly mass shootingJun 17, 2024 4:58 pm - One year after his brother died during a mass shooting near Willowbrook, Darren Meadows is still searching for answers. A crowded Juneteenth celebration turned chaotic wh...
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Former Glendale Heights cop illegally used village credit card, prosecutors sayJun 15, 2024 10:43 am - A now-former Glendale Heights police officer broke the law by using a village-issued credit card to pay for gasoline for personal use, prosecutors said Saturday.
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Wrongful death lawsuit filed nearly a year after DuPage County mass shootingJun 14, 2024 1:34 pm - The fiancee of a man who was shot to death last year in an unincorporated area near Willowbrook is suing two stores in the strip mall where the mass shooting happened.
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Man charged with having automatic gun in NapervilleJun 12, 2024 7:07 pm - A Glendale Heights man who has a felony record is facing charges he had a gun modified to fire automatically.
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101-year sentence affirmed for kidnapping, rape of student in BloomingdaleJun 11, 2024 10:55 am - A state appellate court has upheld the 101-year prison sentence given to a man convicted of kidnapping a 21-year-old college student outside a Bloomingdale shopping center, then robbing and raping her.
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Hanover Park man admits to money laundering, gets 6 yearsJun 07, 2024 9:03 pm - A Hanover Park man who pleaded guilty to money laundering has been sentenced to six years in prison, officials announced Friday. Michael A. Venegas, 24, was first invest...
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Two state workers charged with PPP loan fraudJun 04, 2024 7:34 pm - Two state workers have been charged with committing Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud.