Downers Grove Crime
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45-year sentence for 2011 Aurora murder over crack moneyMar 25, 2014 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Aurora man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for strangling his 21-year-old live-in girlfriend in December 2011 and hiding her body so he could get money...
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First of 3 ex-Schaumburg cops pleads guilty to drug skimming, salesMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - A former Schaumburg police officer accused of skimming drugs from police seizures and then using an informant to sell the narcotics on the street pleaded guilty Friday. ...
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Ex-Wheaton College prof's sentence lowered in child porn caseMar 20, 2014 4:30 am - Blaming himself for not viewing all the child pornography presented as evidence in a former Wheaton College professor's sentencing hearing, a judge Wednesday sharply red...
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Third man charged in connection to Bensenville slayingMar 20, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: This story was updated to correct the spelling of Stephan A Russell's name. A third man now is being held in DuPage County on $2.5 million bond on ch...
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Naperville police seek driver in hit-and-runMar 18, 2014 1:01 am - Naperville police want the public's help in finding the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian Friday night. At about 11:30 p.m., the pedestrian was walking east o...
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New sentencing ordered in murder of Aurora WWII vet in 2007Mar 18, 2014 1:00 am - An appellate court panel has ordered a new sentencing hearing for an Aurora man who got 60 years in prison for the 2007 murder of 83-year-old Roscoe Ebey of Aurora. The ...
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St. Charles man faces prison for child porn, drug chargesMar 17, 2014 1:01 am - A 52-year-old St. Charles man faces prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography and felony marijuana charges. Gary L. Harris, of the 1800 block of Ho...
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Man convicted of running heroin ringMar 12, 2014 1:00 am - A suburban man was convicted by a federal jury of operating a heroin sales ring for nearly six years and using the proceeds to buy jewelry, cars and suburban properties....
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Probation for former Aurora cop who stole $9,000 from unionMar 11, 2014 1:01 am - A former Aurora police officer pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft Tuesday even though he stole more than $9,000 from a police union, officials said. Joseph D. Accardi, ...
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Man sentenced to prison for Naperville assaultMar 10, 2014 1:01 am - An Oak Park man has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for brutally attacking a man last May in downtown Naperville. Paul Magee, 26, was convicted in January of aggra...