Downers Grove Crime
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First of two men to plead guilty in armed robbery sentenced to 12 yearsOct 22, 2018 1:00 am - An armed robbery that netted some cigarettes has cost a Glen Ellyn man 12 years of his life. Joshua Phillips, 21, of the 300 block of Alder Lane, was sentenced Monday to...
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Eyes in the sky: Why more suburban police are using dronesOct 19, 2018 5:00 am - Earlier this year, Aurora police found themselves in a dangerous situation: traipsing through head-high brush and plants in a forest preserve, searching for a suicidal w...
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Bartlett man who had drugs mailed to him pleads guiltyOct 19, 2018 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Bartlett man who had drugs mailed to his Roselle post office box this year has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempting to manufacture or posse...
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Willowbrook man charged in 2002 murder free to get driver's licenseOct 19, 2018 1:00 am - A former Willowbrook man recently granted a new trial on charges he murdered a 2-year-old boy he was caring for in 2002 took another step toward a normal life Friday. Wh...
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Driver acquitted in Carol Stream armed robberyOct 18, 2018 1:00 am - The man who walked into a Carol Stream 7-Eleven about 10:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2015, and put a gun in the face of two clerks, demanding their money and the store's money, ...
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Trial begins for man charged in 2015 Carol Stream armed robberyOct 17, 2018 1:00 am - The clerk was wrapping up his shift at a now-shuttered Carol Stream 7-Eleven around 10:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2015, when a man entered the store, stuck a gun in his face an...
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Wheaton man released from mental health center on 'trial basis'Oct 16, 2018 1:00 am - A 31-year-old Wheaton man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2014 battery and sexual assault of an ex-girlfriend could be released by the end of the year from...
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'About doing what's right': Kane prosecutor McMahon on taking the McDonald murder caseOct 13, 2018 1:00 am - Forty-five minutes. That's how long Joe McMahon waited alone to hear a Cook County jury's verdict in the first-degree murder trial of former Chicago police officer Jaso...
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Survey: We knew we deserved those speeding ticketsOct 12, 2018 5:35 am - We grumble when we get a speeding ticket, but it turns out the vast majority of us know that we deserve it. That's according to the 2015 Police-Public Contact Survey rel...
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Elmhurst man accused of defrauding appliance customers in attorney general lawsuitOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Attorney General Lisa Madigan is suing an Elmhurst man accused of defrauding customers out of thousands of dollars by selling defective appliances. Madigan filed the sui...