Elgin Crime
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Kane County state's attorney plans to keep 1st-time drug offender programFeb 07, 2017 12:00 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon said Tuesday that he plans to continue the pretrial diversion program for low-level, first-time felony drug offenders. The prog...
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Drug-induced homicide defendant arrested in Elgin on heroin chargeFeb 06, 2017 12:00 am - A 29-year-old woman charged in a fatal heroin overdose from April 2016 was arrested over the weekend on charges she possessed heroin and a hypodermic needle. Catherine N...
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7 years prison in 26-pound marijuana arrest in ElginFeb 06, 2017 12:00 am - A 33-year-old Texas man caught on Interstate 90 near Elgin with nearly 26 pounds of marijuana has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Daniel Cuell...
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Community rallies around beaten South Elgin boyFeb 05, 2017 12:00 am - The South Elgin community is rallying around a 12-year-old boy who spent much of the weekend in an induced coma recovering from brain and skull injuries suffered when he...
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Elgin woman pulled from Fox River charged with attempted murderFeb 04, 2017 12:00 am - An Elgin woman has been charged with attempted murder after a domestic dispute in which police say the woman struck her husband with an SUV before driving the vehicle in...
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South Elgin middle school assault severely injures studentFeb 03, 2017 12:00 am - A physical assault by one middle school student against another in South Elgin on Friday left the victim hospitalized with severe injuries. According to Elgin Area Schoo...
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6 years in prison for Elgin man in county's largest synthetic pot bustFeb 03, 2017 12:00 am - An Elgin man was sentenced to six years in prison Friday after his conviction for selling synthetic marijuana out of his Algonquin tobacco shop in 2013. John Monteleone,...
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Burlington Township murder suspect admitted to punching father in fightFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - A Burlington Township man told investigators he fought with and punched his father in the face because his father walked into a bathroom and saw the man's girlfriend nak...
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St. Charles man sued over fatal DUI crash in DeKalbFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - A St. Charles man charged in a fatal DUI crash in DeKalb last month is being sued by an another person injured in the wreck. Evan Cortez, of Elgin, recently filed a laws...
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Officials: Batavia woman accused of false report had knife in carFeb 01, 2017 12:00 am - A folding knife covered in a "blood-like substance" was found in the vehicle of a Batavia woman who told police she was stabbed and slashed by an unknown person in St. C...