Carol Stream Crime
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The year in crime: First-degree murder, DUI-related deaths, sexual assault among the major suburban crimes for 2021Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - For the first time in 27 years, the Cook County medical examiner's office registered more than 1,000 homicides in 2021. While a majority of the 1,087 homicides - 836 - ...
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West Chicago man who carjacked someone a half-hour after release gets 11 yearsJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - A West Chicago man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for carjacking a motorist at knifepoint just a half-hour after being released on a no-money bond on another c...
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Bail set at $500,000 for West Chicago man accused of trying to suffocate his motherDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $500,000 for a West Chicago man who was accused of trying to suffocate his mother with a pillow in Wheaton, authorities said. Bryan Jones, 39, of the 20...
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Berwyn man gets six months for not reporting fatal crash near LombardDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - A Berwyn man pleaded guilty to felony failure to report an accident causing death for an August 2019 crash that killed a pedestrian near Lombard. Luciano Pantaleon, 50, ...
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Bail set for Carol Stream man accused of firing into homeDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $250,000 Monday for an 18-year-old man accused of firing several times into a Carol Stream home. Jimmy Calan, of the 600 block of Burns Street in Carol S...
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'This is a miracle': Bensenville cop shot in line of duty returns homeDec 18, 2021 12:00 am - Bensenville police officer Steven Kotlewski thought he might cry Saturday, as he came home for the first time since he was shot six weeks ago. Instead, he could not stop...
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Police: Man used knife to rob Naperville Dollar TreeDec 18, 2021 12:00 am - A man who authorities say robbed a Naperville Dollar Tree store on Thursday at knifepoint has been charged with felony armed robbery. A judge set bail for Melvin Lewis, ...
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Suburban school districts respond to unspecified social media threatDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - Area school districts are responding to a nationwide social media post about an unspecified threat, a TikTok post referencing "school shootings and bomb threats for ever...
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Texas men plead guilty to burglarizing Wheaton Chick-fil-A restaurantDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: A previous version gave an incorrect length of the prison sentences. Two Houston men have pleaded guilty to burglarizing a Chick-fil-A restaurant in ...
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Man found guilty of kidnapping woman in Bloomingdale, robbing and raping herDec 13, 2021 12:00 am - A former DuPage County man has been found guilty of kidnapping a woman from the parking lot of a Bloomingdale shopping center, robbing her and raping her. A DuPage jury ...