Bolingbrook Crime
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Kane prosecutors want to seize cash, coins after $2.7M pot bustFeb 26, 2013 4:30 pm - Kane County prosecutors want two suspects in a $2.7 million marijuana bust in late 2012 to forfeit nearly $28,000 in cash, along with cashiers checks, silver bars and co...
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Judge won't throw out charges in Aurora bird hoardingFeb 26, 2013 3:00 pm - A judge Tuesday declined to dismiss animal-hoarding charges against a man accused of keeping nearly 500 dead and living birds inside his Aurora home. The attorney for d...
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Naperville driver accused of going 142 mph pleads guiltyFeb 26, 2013 10:17 am - Editor’s note: Story updated on Feb. 27 to correct misinformation about terms of the suspect’s sentencing. A man accused of driving 142 mph when he crashed a year ago on...
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Peterson's prison home is PontiacFeb 25, 2013 2:00 pm - Inmate M35067 will spend 38 years in the maximum-security Pontiac Correctional Center for murdering his third wife. Prison officials confirmed Monday that Drew Peterson ...
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More honors for Aurora officers who helped free wrongly convicted manFeb 24, 2013 8:12 am - Aurora Police Investigators John Munn and Darrell Moore recently were named Co-Employees of the Year for their work to free a man serving 70-year prison term after being...
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Drew Peterson enters Stateville prisonFeb 22, 2013 3:02 pm - Less than 24 hours after screaming out his innocence in court, Drew Peterson was transferred to an Illinois prison to begin serving his 38-year sentence for the murder o...
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Slain Aurora teen hit 7 times with hammer, reports showFeb 21, 2013 12:36 pm - Not long before she was to start her shift as a waitress on Jan. 31, Aurora detectives claim, Abigail Villalpando met with two male friends to hang out at a home on the ...
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Furious Peterson sentenced to 38 yearsFeb 21, 2013 8:00 am - Drew Peterson — the swaggering Bolingbrook police sergeant who gained notoriety after his fourth wife vanished — lost his characteristic cool in court Thursday, screamin...
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Man gets 15 years for Aurora outlet mall robberyFeb 20, 2013 5:47 pm - A Chicago man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday for his role in a June robbery at the Chicago Premium Outlet mall in Aurora, according to a news release from t...
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Aurora man receives 4 years for 2012 Batavia offenseFeb 20, 2013 4:00 pm - A 57-year-old man who has spent time in prison for exposing himself in public was sentenced to four years in prison for a December 2012 incident in Batavia and failing t...