Bloomingdale Crime
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Newborn's father testifies in mother's murder trialOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - "Hopefully, one day you can forgive me." That was the text message Misael Chavez says he received from his then-girlfriend Jessica Cruz on Nov. 4, 2011, a few hours afte...
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Attorney concerned with safety of woman who slashed daughter's throatOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Attorneys for a woman who slashed her 4-year-old daughter's throat in 2010 in Bloomingdale say the woman is now lucid and being mistreated at the secure mental health fa...
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No new trial for man convicted of Downers Grove murderOct 29, 2014 1:00 am - A former Joliet man found guilty last month of murder in the 1997 slaying of a Downers Grove man has been denied a new trial. Judge George Bakalis ruled Wednesday that p...
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Interrogation video played in Hanover Park woman's trialOct 29, 2014 1:00 am - “We're here because we found a baby and that baby was found dead. That baby was your baby. And I want you to explain.” Those were the words Streamwood detective Miguel ...
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Batavia man gets 16 years in prison after $2.7 million pot bustOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - As the economy crumbled in 2007 and 2008, so did Richard Ecklund's flooring business and his ability to pay his mortgage. So the 50-year-old Batavia man turned to dealin...
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Cruz lawyers argue baby died before birthOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - Emotions ran high in a Rolling Meadows courtroom Tuesday as testimony began in the trial of a Hanover Park woman charged with strangling her newborn baby nearly three ye...
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Addison robbery gets Chicago man 7 years in prisonOct 27, 2014 1:01 am - A Chicago man who pleaded guilty to the Dec. 20, 2011, armed robbery of an Addison clothing boutique had two more years tacked onto a prison stint he is already serving ...
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Testimony to begin in newborn death trialOct 27, 2014 1:00 am - Nearly three years after a Salvation Army store employee discovered the body of a newborn in a trash can, testimony will begin Tuesday in Rolling Meadows in the trial of...
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Northwest suburban police blotterOct 24, 2014 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Bloomingdale teen sentenced for summer 2013 'crime wave'Oct 24, 2014 12:00 pm - The first member of what DuPage County Judge John Kinsella called a “two-man crime wave” that preyed on suburban businesses last summer, is headed to prison. Nicholas Pa...