Elgin Crime
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Cook County prosecutors won't pursue low-level drug cases during COVID-19 pandemicMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County prosecutors will not prosecute nonviolent, low-level drug cases "which pose little to no risk to public safety" during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Cook Co...
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Man faces 5th DUI charge after car crashes into utility poleMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - A 52-year-old Missouri man has been charged with his fifth driving under the influence arrest after a one-car crash near Hampshire and faces mandatory prison if convicte...
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New Kane County public defender pledges communication, courtroom presenceMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - Rachele Conant has been appointed as the next Kane County public defender, replacing Kelli Childress, who resigned abruptly in December 2019. Conant, who has worked as a...
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Kane extends branch court closures to mid-April; will prioritize essential casesMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - Officials in the 16th Judicial Circuit in Kane County extended their closings of three branch courts from March 27 through April 20, the chief judge's office said Monday...
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Authorities: Geneva man secretly video recorded girl in changing roomMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - A 23-year-old Geneva man has been arrested and charged with video recording a girl without her knowledge while she was in a changing room at a Batavia store. Alejandro G...
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Kane judge denies new trial in 1996 murder of Aurora boy, 6Mar 16, 2020 1:00 am - A Kane County judge has denied the latest attempt for a new trial by a Montgomery man, who is serving a life sentence for killing a 6-year-old boy in a gang retaliation....
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Boot camp for Geneva man caught with meth chemicals, equipmentMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - A Geneva man arrested after an altercation in the St. Charles Meijer parking lot prompted a search that authorities said resulted in finding chemicals used to make metha...
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Kane, Lake county courts announce limited closings due to coronavirusMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - Courthouses in Kane and Lake counties will have temporary closures of branch courts and other cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced this wee...
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Cook County criminal, civil cases postponed 30 daysMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - Many criminal and civil cases pending in Cook County circuit court will be postponed for 30 days per Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans' order issued late Friday. The 30-day ...
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Authorities: Harvest Bible Chapel employee stole $262,000 from Elgin campusMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - A 38-year-old Elgin man has been charged with stealing $262,000 over 15 months from the Harvest Bible Chapel in Elgin, prosecutors said Friday. Jeffery L. Parham, of the...