Bolingbrook Crime
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Testimony finished in Peterson trialAug 30, 2012 3:42 pm - A judge sent jurors home after they heard the last testimony at Drew Peterson’s murder trial on Thursday, saying they will return after Labor Day to hear closing argumen...
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Defendant ‘upbeat’ after recalling wife shot him, sergeant testifiesAug 29, 2012 5:00 pm - An Illinois State Police sergeant testified Wednesday that an Oswego man accused of shooting his wife and three children to death became “more upbeat” during a police in...
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Motorola trade secrets thief gets 4 yearsAug 29, 2012 4:17 pm - A Chinese-born American convicted of stealing trade secrets from Motorola was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison in a case that both the judge and prosecutors h...
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Defense rests in Peterson trialAug 29, 2012 4:00 pm - Drew Peterson’s son testified Wednesday at his father’s murder trial that he never believed his dad killed his mother. The 19-year-old child of the former Bolingbrook po...
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Jurors see video of man’s reaction to murder newsAug 27, 2012 6:23 pm - Prosecutors of Christopher Vaughn, who is accused of killing his wife and three children, played videotape of investigators questioning him about the crime, and which in...
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Peterson’s trial defense beginsAug 27, 2012 7:20 am - Drew Peterson’s lawyers began their defense Monday at the former Bolingbrook police sergeant’s murder trial, hoping to counter the state’s portrayal of him as a man pron...
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Elgin man charged with aggravated DUI in retired teacher’s deathAug 24, 2012 2:38 pm - Two weeks to the day after friends and family gathered to say farewell to a beloved retired music teacher from Bartlett, Cook County prosecutors announced aggravated DUI...
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2005 Aurora beating murder was over gang handshakeAug 24, 2012 1:30 pm - A 23-year-old Aurora man has been sentenced to 31 years in prison for a 2005 beating death that was triggered, in part, over a gang handshake. Juan Vargas, of the 200 bl...
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Peterson judge notes potential holes in caseAug 24, 2012 8:10 am - The judge at Drew Peterson’s murder trial exposed potential holes in the state’s case against the former Bolingbrook police sergeant, telling prosecutors Friday that the...
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Murder suspect visited gun range, strip club, witnesses sayAug 23, 2012 7:00 pm - In the days leading up to the killings of his wife and three children, an Oswego accused in the deaths spent nearly $5,000 at a strip club and visited a gun range for ta...