Carpentersville Crime
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Public defender: Elgin man accused of murdering, dismembering his mother acted in self-defenseJan 25, 2022 12:00 am - Attorneys for an Elgin man charged with murdering and dismembering his mother said Tuesday that Brian Peck acted in self-defense after his mother became violent followin...
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Two injured in early morning shooting in ElginJan 23, 2022 12:00 am - Elgin police are investigating an early morning shooting Sunday that left two people wounded. According to police, officers called to the 1300 block of Eagle Road at 4:...
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Kane County woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty over dogs' starvation, deathsJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - A woman accused of maltreating 14 dogs, three of which died, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor animal cruelty. Emily Chesterfield, who lived near South Elgin and no...
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Carpentersville man sentenced to 45 years in sex abuse caseJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - A Carpentersville man was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison for sexually abusing and grooming a 13-year-old girl. Constantino Vasquez-Juan, 38, of the 7000 block...
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Before trial, family recalls Elgin woman whose son is charged with killing, dismembering herJan 15, 2022 12:00 am - More than four years after an Elgin woman lost her life over what authorities describe as a dispute involving loud music, the trial of her son - the man charged with kil...
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Despite rise in gunfire, Elgin crime rate at 50-year lowJan 13, 2022 4:00 am - Elgin's crime rate reached a 50-year low in 2021, police chief Ana Lalley told Elgin City Council members Wednesday. Lalley provided the committee of the whole with an o...
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Elgin man pleads guilty to drug-induced homicide of West Dundee womanJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - An Elgin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug-induced homicide for supplying the narcotics that killed a woman in 2018. Gehovani R. Gomez, 25, of the 800 block of Rode R...
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Authorities investigating death of Kane County jail inmateJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - The Kane County Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the death of an inmate at the Kane County jail. Sheriff Ron Hain reported that corrections officers noticed that...
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Awaiting trial for murder, Algonquin eye doctor dies of COVID-19Jan 08, 2022 12:00 am - An Algonquin eye doctor who had been awaiting trial for the 2019 first-degree murder of his girlfriend, and who was investigated in his wife's suspicious death eight yea...
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Woman who killed young daughter in Bloomingdale asks U.S. Supreme Court for releaseJan 07, 2022 4:20 am - A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her 4-year-old daughter has taken her fight for freedom from a state psychiatric hospital to the U.S. Supreme...