Downers Grove Crime
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Fentanyl overdoses cause troubling rise in suburban opioid deathsJan 27, 2017 4:00 am - A drug described as “heroin on steroids” is contributing to a rise in opioid overdose deaths across the suburbs, authorities say. Fentanyl, an easily abused painkiller e...
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Report: Marine was driving drunk in crash that killed threeJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - A U.S. Marine recruiter involved in a fatal wrong-way car crash Dec. 2 on I-88 in Naperville had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal threshold, authori...
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DuPage inmates face extra charges over 'spraying' urine at deputiesJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - A Chicago man already awaiting trial on charges of unlawful possession of a motor vehicle may have complicated his case over the weekend as he is accused of "spraying" s...
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Two charged in Lisle home invasionJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - Two DuPage County men face charges in connection with a Jan. 19 home invasion in Lisle in which they forced their way inside and cut the victim on the forearm with a kni...
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Mayor: Naperville bar disturbance 'pretty contained'Jan 23, 2017 12:00 am - Naperville officials say a weekend disturbance at the downtown Bar Louie was an "isolated" problem, even though the scuffle sent a police sergeant to the hospital and re...
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Two officers injured in dispute at Bar Louie in NapervilleJan 21, 2017 12:00 am - A Naperville police sergeant who was trying to disperse a large crowd at Bar Louie early Saturday morning was injured when a patron threw a beer bottle at him and he had...
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Bond set at $4 million for teen charged with murder near Glen EllynJan 20, 2017 12:00 am - Bond was set at $4 million Friday for a teen charged with killing a 49-year-old man near Glen Ellyn. James Aydelotte, 19, was charged with one count of first-degree murd...
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Ex-church deacon pleads guilty to sexually assaulting girlJan 20, 2017 12:00 am - An ex-church deacon accused of sexually assaulting a young girl over a 10-year period pleaded guilty Friday in DuPage County court and waived his rights to a jury trial....
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Aurora man guilty of attempted murder in 2015 beatingJan 19, 2017 12:00 am - A 56-year-old Aurora man faces up to 30 years in prison after his conviction this week for attempted murder in a 2015 fight in an Aurora alley. Darnell Wynn, of the 100 ...
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Attacker convicted in rape, robbery of 87-year-old Westmont womanJan 19, 2017 12:00 am - Just more than 36 hours after an 87-year-old Westmont woman was raped and robbed in her apartment, authorities already were closing in on her attacker. That's when polic...