Downers Grove Crime
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Mom of bound kids gets probationJan 16, 2013 4:15 pm - LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Northlake woman was sentenced Wednesday to one year of probation after two of her children were found bound and blindfolded in a Walmart parking lot i...
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No free legal advice for former official in DuPage forest preserve theftJan 16, 2013 3:54 pm - Mark McDonald will have to hire his own attorney to fight theft and corruption charges after the former DuPage County Forest Preserve District administrator was denied a...
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West Chicago teen gets 4 years for robbery attempt, stabbing at picnicJan 16, 2013 3:25 pm - A teen accused of stabbing a man during a picnic at a West Chicago park is going to prison after pleading guilty to attempted robbery. Alejandro DeLaCruz, 17, of West C...
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Carjacking trial may proceed without missing engineerJan 10, 2013 3:00 pm - A nuclear engineer accused of carjacking a woman at gunpoint could stand trial in DuPage County even though he's still missing. Authorities have been looking for Michael...
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Algonquin arcade removes violent gamesJan 06, 2013 7:00 am - Kevin Slota woke up with a chill on Christmas Eve, and the realization that perhaps he could make a life-or-death difference in the world. The night before, the Algonqu...
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Lawyers say clients not to blame for NIU student’s deathJan 04, 2013 7:11 pm - Defense attorneys say the leaders of a Northern Illinois University fraternity aren’t responsible for the death of a student during an alleged hazing. Five officers of P...
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Lisle man guilty of killing Grayslake's Elisha Clark while fleeing policeJan 04, 2013 10:00 am - Lisle resident Donald Mischke was convicted of crashing into a woman with his vehicle and killing her while fleeing police in Waukegan in 2010. Mischke, 56, who opted to...
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How suburban group homes work to reduce calls to policeDec 30, 2012 10:00 pm - Daily Herald filed Freedom of Information requests on emergency calls to 36 group homes.
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Glen Ellyn residents unnerved by man's arrests, behaviorDec 29, 2012 7:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Man robs Naperville gas station at gunpointDec 25, 2012 8:27 pm - A masked man with a semiautomatic handgun robbed a Naperville gas station early Tuesday morning. Naperville police received a report at 3:07 a.m. that the Mobil station ...