Downers Grove Crime
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Second Northbrook resident admits being part of shoplifting ringNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - The second of four Northbrook residents who authorities say operated a shoplifting ring in the Northwest suburbs pleaded guilty to retail theft. Dragan Moro Owens, 39, ...
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Fifth Wheaton College football player pleads not guilty to hazingNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - The fifth of five suspended Wheaton College football players accused of hazing a former teammate pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of aggravated battery, mob action a...
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Why ATM skimming is hot right now - and what's next in ID theftNov 10, 2017 4:30 am - Police arrested three suburban men last Friday on charges they placed a skimmer device at a Naperville ATM and used the stolen information to make more than $25,000 in i...
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Roselle real estate agent pleads guilty to burglary chargesNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - A former Roselle real estate agent, already on probation in Cook County for similar charges, has pleaded guilty to arranging phony home showings to steal jewelry from ho...
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Heroin overdose deaths, rescues both on the rise in 4 countiesNov 09, 2017 4:30 am - Heroin and opioid overdose deaths are on pace to top last year's totals in four of six area counties, even while first responders are setting records for saving lives us...
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68-year sentence in brutal Willowbrook stabbing, rapeNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Once he was in custody, Londale Madison told police that after he stabbed and raped his victim in August 2015, he thought about punching the woman so hard that she would...
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Judge denies bail reduction in DuPage road rage homicide caseNov 07, 2017 12:00 am - The $3 million bail set for the man accused in the April shooting death of a truck driver on the Reagan Tollway in Oak Brook will stand. DuPage County Judge John Kinsell...
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DuPage inmate charged with pulling fire alarm that caused courthouse evacuationNov 07, 2017 12:00 am - A DuPage County jail inmate, already relegated to wearing a spit guard to court and being confined to a soundproof box, has added another felony to the list of charges h...
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Peoria man pleads not guilty in Lisle cold-case slayingNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - A 43-year-old Peoria man pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder in the death of a Lisle woman more than two decades ago. Thomas Spear, a pizza chef, was charg...
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Ex-state lawmaker pleads not guilty to shoplifting chargesNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - Former longtime Illinois lawmaker Sandra Pihos has pleaded not guilty to shoplifting from a Lombard shopping mall. Pihos, of the 500 block of Williamsburgh Road, is char...