Elgin Crime
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Police leaders urge speaking up, tightening gun control in wake of Pratt shootingJun 07, 2019 5:30 am - About 60 people gathered at an Elgin church Thursday night to ask what led to the killing of five people at a factory in Aurora in February, and what has been done to pr...
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Judge to decide if Mooseheart sex abuser who's served his time will be released from custodyJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - A Kane County judge in August will decide whether a former Pekin man, who was convicted in 1994 of criminal sexual abuse at Mooseheart School near Batavia and sent to pr...
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Fox Valley police reportsJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - Batavia • A $300 television was reported stolen at 3:44 p.m. Tuesday from the 1200 block of East Wilson Street. • A bicycle, valued at $300, was reported stolen at ...
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18 months in prison for St. Charles man who broke probation for pot deliveryJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - A 22-year-old St. Charles man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to selling marijuana while on probation for having drugs mailed to him whil...
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Dist. 131 bilingual teacher charged with abusing two 8-year-old studentsJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - A first-grade bilingual teacher at East Aurora School District 131 has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing two of his 8-year-old students. Luis R. Mora, 58, ...
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Warrant: Driver was racing in Aurora hit-and-run that killed boy, 8Jun 05, 2019 1:00 am - A man charged in a March hit-and-run that killed an 8-year-old boy on Aurora's west side was racing an SUV at the time and ran a red light, according to a recently unsea...
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Cancer patient who ordered 42 pounds of THC chocolates gets 4 years in prisonJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - A Montgomery man who, according to his attorney, ordered a 42-pound package of THC-infused chocolates from a California dispensary to self-medicate as he battled cancer,...
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Kane County leaders working to bring back electronic home monitoringJun 03, 2019 5:30 am - After a nearly two-year hiatus, Kane County officials plan to bring back their electronic home monitoring program for sentenced offenders and hope to expand it in 2020 t...
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Police: DeKalb man embezzled $279K from Aurora construction businessJun 03, 2019 1:00 am - A DeKalb man faces felony theft charges alleging he stole about $279,000 from an Aurora construction firm where he worked as comptroller. Michael J. Leali, 63, of the 10...
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Cortland man sentenced to 6½ years for Kane County burglary spreeJun 03, 2019 1:00 am - A Cortland man who was caught by Batavia police burglarizing a house in August 2018 has pleaded guilty to that and seven other daylight burglaries in Kane County and was...