Campton Hills Crime
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South Elgin man facing weapons charges after opening fire outside St. Charles barJun 06, 2025 8:17 am - A South Elgin man who used to work at a St. Charles bar is facing multiple weapons charges after police say he opened fire outside the bar earlier this week.
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Authorities: NIU student from Batavia was using AI to create fake nude images of former classmatesJun 05, 2025 8:47 am - A Northern Illinois University student was charged this week after police searched his dorm room in DeKalb and allegedly found more than 20,000 images depicting child sexual abuse on his electronics, many were digitally faked images of former Batavia classmates.
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18-year-old charged with trying to kill elderly relativeJun 02, 2025 1:06 pm - An 18-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder, accused of attacking an elderly relative in Big Rock.
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Two charged with hate crime in beating of woman at Carpentersville McDonald’sMay 27, 2025 5:35 pm - Two people are now charged with committing a hate crime, days after an attack on a woman authorities say was committed because of her sexual orientation.
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Police say attackers called her a slur. Why aren’t the suspects charged with a hate crime?May 23, 2025 5:15 am - A young woman was badly beaten May 13 at a Carpentersville restaurant, after police said her attackers called her a derogatory name based on her sexual orientation. The suspects have not been charged with a hate crime.
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‘Education and enforcement’: Why you can expect to see more police on Route 59 todayMay 09, 2025 5:30 am - Police departments across the suburbs — from Wauconda up north to Naperville down south and nearly everywhere in between — are teaming up for a regional traffic safety initiative all day Friday along the Route 59 corridor.
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Judge changes mind, orders child sex abuse defendant be detained pretrialMay 01, 2025 4:53 pm - A Kane County judge changed his mind Thursday and ordered that a Montgomery man charged with child sex crimes be detained pretrial.
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Geneva man accused of surreptitiously recording undressed teen girlMay 01, 2025 12:40 pm - A Geneva man has been accused of surreptitiously recording an undressed teen girl.
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Driving instructor convicted of sex abuse, after skipping trialApr 24, 2025 6:41 pm - A St. Charles driving school instructor was convicted last week, after skipping his trial, of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
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Kane County specialty courts participants use art to tell their storiesApr 21, 2025 1:41 pm - The artwork of participants in Kane County’s four specialty courts filled the jury lounge at the Judicial Center in St. Charles last week, many pieces telling their lives’ journeys.