Downers Grove Crime
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Bail set at $200,000 for parolee after grandfather fends off carjacking in NapervilleJun 17, 2023 1:00 am - Bail was set at $200,000 for a 24-year-old Mundelein parolee accused of attempting to steal another man's car at gunpoint while the driver's grandson was inside Friday a...
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Did misogyny, inept police work and more let a suburban killer evade justice?Jun 16, 2023 5:30 am - When Chris Loudon became a Lisle police detective, the job came with an assignment: Try to solve three cold cases. One was the rape of an elderly woman in the early 1990...
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Naperville woman pushed down steep slope to her death at German tourist siteJun 16, 2023 1:00 am - BERLIN — Police in southern Germany are appealing for photos and videos taken by witnesses of an attack Thursday near a popular tourist site in which an American man is ...
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Naperville man charged with failing to turn in guns when FOID was revokedJun 16, 2023 1:00 am - A Naperville man faces gun charges, including that he failed to turn in his weapons and firearm owner identification card after the card had been revoked. Gerald Foxx Jr...
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Chicago man accused of burglarizing Naperville store twiceJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - A Chicago man burglarized a Naperville convenience store twice this month, police said Thursday. Kwan McNeal, 21, of the 4600 block of West Adams Street, was arrested W...
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Naperville cabdriver who raped passenger gets 25 yearsJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - A cabdriver from Naperville was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison Thursday for sexually assaulting a passenger in 2017. Sandeep Arora, 49, was convicted March 28...
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Naperville police say calls are a scamJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - Naperville police say a scammer is behind the calls some residents received Wednesday demanding gift cards. In an alert posted to social media, police said the scammer i...
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School financial secretary charged with stealing from Indian Prairie Dist. 204Jun 14, 2023 1:00 am - An Indian Prairie Unit District 204 worker has been accused of using a district credit card to buy things for herself. Tracie Mondell, 39, of the 400 block of Gartner Ro...
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From Sicily to Downers Grove and beyond: Preserving a family's rare tomato, even in DuPage jailJun 13, 2023 5:30 am - When Enrico Inciardi's family emigrated to the United States around 1900, they secretly brought a taste of their Sicily home with them. Fearing U.S. Customs authorities ...
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DuPage County detainee dies after being found unconscious in cellJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - A DuPage County jail detainee died Monday after being found unconscious in her cell, the DuPage County sheriff's office announced. Reneyda Aguilar-Hurtado, 50, was disco...