Downers Grove Crime
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Treatment centers, insurance work to agree on heroin careJan 25, 2015 6:30 am - When someone wants treatment to end a heroin addiction, insurance shouldn't hold him back. That's the perspective of addiction treatment professionals who say the bigge...
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Teen drug treatment addresses motivation, relationshipsJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - The younger the heroin user, the less likely he or she is to be in treatment by choice. When teens are in detox, rehab or counseling, it's likely they were forced to jo...
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Heroin recovery treatment 'a partnership, a collaboration,' counselors sayJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - Treatment isn't magic. When it comes to heroin, there's no wand to wave and no spell to recite. There's no potion to loosen the hold of the drug on those who've tried i...
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Elk Grove man facing trial on allegations he abused friend's daughtersJan 25, 2015 12:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man is scheduled to stand trial this week on accusations he sexually abused a friend's 5- and 9-year-old daughters and photographed the attacks. Sco...
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Batavia police: Five from Naperville charged in car burglariesJan 23, 2015 10:00 pm - Five people from Naperville are accused of stealing from unlocked cars throughout the Tri-Cities, Batavia police said. The five - each charged with seven counts of felon...
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Woodridge man charged with rape, robbery of 80-year-old Westmont womanJan 21, 2015 1:15 pm - A 21-year-old Woodridge man is being held on $5 million bail accused of the New Year's Day rape and robbery of an elderly Westmont woman. Prosecutors say Tevin Rainey, w...
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Hinsdale man pleads not guilty to Bloomingdale murderJan 21, 2015 12:01 am - The "cold, calculated and premeditated" manner in which Bloomingdale resident Nate Fox was shot on Dec. 22 has led prosecutors to seek increased penalties for the man ac...
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Villa Park man guilty of murder in 2012 Lombard arson caseJan 20, 2015 12:00 am - A Villa Park man faces life in prison after being found guilty of starting a July 2012 fire that killed a 24-year-old woman and severely burned a 25-year-old man. A 12-m...
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Cops: Hinsdale man's 'emotional affair,' jealousy led to slayingJan 16, 2015 12:00 am - A wealthy Hinsdale businessman, who prosecutors say was obsessed with the misguided notion that a woman he was having an “emotional affair” with was seeing another man, ...
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Lombard fire survivor testifies in murder, arson trialJan 15, 2015 12:00 am - Jason Cassidy says he remembers very little from the night that changed his life, but the scars he bears serve as a constant reminder. Cassidy, 27, of Villa Park, suffer...