Carol Stream Crime
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3 charged with stealing $1,668 in perfume from Walgreens store, fleeing policeFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - Three people have been charged with stealing perfume and other items from a Walgreens store in Willowbrook on Tuesday, then leading police on a chase through several com...
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Hanover Park teen accused of threating to kill students at Glenbard NorthJan 31, 2023 12:00 am - A Hanover Park teen was charged with disorderly conduct after threatening to kill a student and his friend Monday at Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream, authorit...
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022Jan 20, 2023 4:00 am - We all know you can't bring a gun aboard a commercial flight, but that didn't stop a record 6,542 failed attempts last year, according to the Transportation Security Adm...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Former high school volleyball coach faces child pornography chargesJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect time period for the alleged online relationship. A former coach for the Bartlett High School volleyball program has been charge...
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Wheaton man charged with two home invasionsJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Bail has been denied for a Wheaton man accused of breaking into a neighbor's apartment and attacking her, then going to one of his former homes and attacking the current...
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Criminal trespass reported in Wheaton subdivisionJan 05, 2023 12:00 am - Wheaton police are investigating a criminal trespass and battery report in the Briarcliffe Lakes subdivision. The investigation on Thursday morning drew a police presenc...
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State Supreme Court halts abolition of cash bailDec 31, 2022 12:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court halted the abolition of the cash bail system in the state on Saturday, just a day before that landmark criminal justice reform was poised to t...