Elgin Crime
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Judge asks whether public defender's office should represent all 4 in Facebook torture caseMar 01, 2017 12:00 am - The judge presiding over the case of four people charged with kidnapping and attacking a Crystal Lake teen ordered assistant public defenders on Wednesday to review whet...
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Lawsuit filed in 2016 DUI crash in Aurora that killed girl, 9Feb 28, 2017 12:00 am - A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against a man accused of driving intoxicated and killing a 9-year-old girl in Aurora last October. John Jonak, the father of Kate...
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Hoffman Estates man gets 22 years in prison for sixth DUIFeb 27, 2017 12:00 am - A Hoffman Estates man convicted of his sixth DUI was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Jose Cruz, 53, was arrested in April 2016 after Elk Grove Village police observed ...
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60-year prison sentence in $1.35 million Aurora heroin bustFeb 27, 2017 12:00 am - An Aurora man convicted of possessing nearly 20 pounds of heroin in one of the largest drug arrests in Kane County history was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday. Mo...
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How law-and-order suburban sheriff became a deaconFeb 24, 2017 4:40 am - Former Kane County Sheriff Ken Ramsey is a tough guy. Fighting in the Vietnam War, serving as a firefighter, and working 35 years in law enforcement, Ramsey saw violence...
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Elgin man charged with stabbing roommate over Facebook messagesFeb 24, 2017 12:00 am - An argument between roommates over Facebook posts led to a stabbing at an Elgin residence early Wednesday, authorities said. Luis Martinez-Meza, 40, was charged with ag...
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St. Charles man faces more armed robbery charges, bail increasedFeb 24, 2017 12:00 am - A St. Charles man arrested on charges of a Feb. 14 knife point robbery of an Elgin gas station has been charged with more armed robberies in February - one in South Elgi...
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2 arrested in Carpentersville indoor marijuana grow operationFeb 24, 2017 12:00 am - Two Carpentersville residents were charged after police executed a search warrant Thursday that turned up an indoor grow operation of 66 marijuana plants. Robbie Marinko...
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Witness recounts fatal shooting of Bartlett manFeb 23, 2017 12:00 am - A key witness in the murder trial against a former Algonquin man accused of killing a Bartlett man in 2014 over drugs testified Thursday that Gary Bennett shot a man in ...
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Victims robbed in Elgin after ATM withdrawalFeb 23, 2017 12:00 am - Elgin police are looking for armed robbers who targeted people who made an ATM withdrawal. Officers responded about 12:27 a.m. Thursday to the 300 block of Heine Avenue ...