Downers Grove Crime
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Ex-DuPage prosecutor charged with threatening state legislators on social mediaMay 25, 2024 9:41 pm - A former DuPage County assistant state’s attorney has been charged with threatening two state legislators.
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Downers Grove police locate driver in fatal hit-and-runMay 12, 2024 7:01 pm - Downers Grove police have located the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision with a pedestrian late Thursday. Police said the 74-year-old woman is cooperating w...
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Naperville police make another gun arrest at TopgolfMay 11, 2024 7:51 pm - A Palos Park man faces a felony weapons charge after Naperville police said they found a loaded pistol in his vehicle at Topgolf. Gary Howard, 20, has been charged with o...
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Woman killed by hit-and-run driver in Downers GroveMay 12, 2024 6:59 pm - A 65-year-old woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Downers Grove Thursday night on the 600 block of Ogden Avenue. Police said the woman, whose name has not yet bee...
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Why suburban police, lawmakers want to make fleeing from cops a felonyMay 09, 2024 4:56 pm - In his more than two decades as a law enforcement officer, Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres has witnessed plenty of reckless behavior and dangerous driving on suburban...
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Aurora teen found with mother’s gun placed on home detentionMay 07, 2024 8:14 pm - A 15-year-old Aurora boy is on house arrest and faces weapons charges after Naperville police found him driving his mother’s car and in possession of her gun. Naperville ...
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DuPage state’s attorney’s office, Secret Service sting shuts down 350 fraudulent investment websitesMay 07, 2024 7:48 am - A recent joint sting operation conducted by the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office and the United States Secret Service, along with DuPage County’s IT Department, re...
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Local law enforcement agencies find success in crisis intervention teams, trainingMay 03, 2024 11:43 pm - On April 9, Lake County sheriff’s deputies responded to the home near Deerfield of a man in a mental health crisis and armed with a gun. A caller had dialed 911 and feare...
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Villa Park murder-suicide spurs change in domestic-violence prosecutionsMay 02, 2024 5:43 pm - Last week’s tragedy in Villa Park ‒ where a man ordered to stay away from his wife instead went to their home and shot her to death before killing himself ‒ has spurred c...
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Three charged in Naperville car burglariesApr 29, 2024 11:15 am - One man and two juveniles have been charged with burglarizing vehicles in Naperville early Saturday morning, authorities said. Police were called at 5:53 a.m. to the 1500...