Downers Grove Crime
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Sex offender gets 10 years in prison for fighting with arresting agents in NapervilleJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - A 47-year-old Crest Hill man is off to prison for fighting with a U.S. marshal. David Kapus, a convicted sex offender, pleaded guilty in DuPage County to disarming a pol...
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DuPage County sees spike in heroin, fentanyl deathsJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - A spike in drug-related deaths has DuPage County officials again warning about the dangers of heroin and, increasingly, fentanyl. Fentanyl is a painkiller that can be 10...
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Three men charged in armed robbery of taxi driver in WheatonJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - Bail has been set at $300,000 for each of the three men accused in the Monday afternoon armed robbery of a 60-year-old taxi driver in Wheaton. Authorities said the drive...
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Naperville cops hunting seven car vandalsJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - Naperville police are looking for seven people who damaged four vehicles parked on the top level of the city's Chicago Avenue parking deck. Authorities on Wednesday said...
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Roselle man pleads guilty to child porn chargesJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - A Roselle man accused of storing thousands of images of child pornography pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of possessing child porn. Prosecutors said Robert Schmidt,...
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Naperville cops nab suspected burglarJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Sycamore man has been charged with burglary after Naperville police said he tried to steal forms to access prescription medications from a psychiatrist's o...
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How prescriptions lead to heroin addictions: Naperville videos explainJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - YouTube The ParentsMatterToo project, started in 2013 in response to 13 heroin deaths among Naperville young people, produced the videos to offer a brief education on ri...
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Ex-DuPage County Forest Preserve IT director facing corruption charges diesJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - The former IT director for the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, Mark McDonald, has died, officially putting an end to the 2013 corruption case against him and two...
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Memory of slain Hanover Park man fuels charity road rallyJun 13, 2016 1:00 am - While the family of Hanover Park resident Sami Salaymeh waits for Chicago police to find the person who fatally shot the 27-year-old in the South Loop neighborhood June ...
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Chicago man sentenced in Naperville armed robberyJun 10, 2016 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing a Naperville man at gunpoint in the resident's garage in December 2013. Marquies James, of...