Elgin Crime
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Fox Valley police reportsAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - Batavia • Kristen S. Mercado, 37, of the 2600 block of Cedar Avenue, Geneva, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, DUI with a blood-...
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Teen guilty in $6K Aurora coin theft, seeks admission to drug courtAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - An 18-year-old Aurora man charged with stealing $6,000 in coins from an Aurora vending machine business in December 2018 has pleaded guilty to that and four other feloni...
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Elgin man gets 6 years for selling drugs near Wing ParkAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - An Elgin man who was arrested and charged with selling cocaine three times to an confidential police informant, including one sale near a park, has been sentenced to six...
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State agency takes aim at Blagojevich's law licenseAug 16, 2019 5:30 am - As former Gov. Rod Blagojevich eagerly awaits news on whether President Donald Trump will commute what's left of his 14-year prison sentence, it appears he may have one ...
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Man gets more than 14 years in prison for 2017 child rapeAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting a child in Sleepy Hollow in 2017 and was sentenced to 14½ years in prison. Jose Luis Cruz Francisco, of ...
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Suspect in 2013 rape could be held for decades. Officials say he's dangerous, still unfit for trialAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - A 39-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting a woman outside a party in Elgin in 2013 is still unfit to stand trial and a serious public safety threat, authorities...
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Former Sun City Huntley employee admits $30K theft in 2015Aug 14, 2019 1:00 am - A former finance manager for Del Webb Sun City Huntley pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $30,000 over a 10-month span in 2015 and faces a possible prison term in October...
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Carpentersville man charged in 2016 DUI that killed baby wants blood evidence thrown outAug 14, 2019 1:00 am - The attorney for a Carpentersville man charged with driving under the influence in a Barrington Hills crash that killed a 5-month-old is asking a judge to throw out chem...
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Aurora man sentenced to prison on weapons chargeAug 13, 2019 1:00 am - A 27-year-old Aurora man has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison after pleading guilty to a weapons charge after a traffic stop earlier this year. Prosecutors dismissed...
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Brothers suspected of murder turn themselves in, Elgin police sayAug 10, 2019 1:00 am - Two brothers wanted on arrest warrants on first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a 24-year-old man turned themselves in Saturday, Elgin police announced. X...