Elgin Crime
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Man sentenced to 50 years for rapeJun 18, 2024 3:49 pm - An Elgin man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexual assault.
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Man shot during late-night confrontation in ElginJun 17, 2024 10:34 am - Elgin police are investigating a shooting late Sunday night that left a man hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
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Why Glen Ellyn police chief says Jimmy Buffett saved his lifeJun 14, 2024 5:15 am - The late Jimmy Buffett is best remembered for tropical rock hits like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” but Glen Ellyn Police Chief Philip Norton fondly recalls the singer for more personal reasons. “Jimmy Buffett saved my life,” Norton told his village board last month.
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School worker gets 8 years for sexually assaulting studentJun 12, 2024 4:03 pm - A former hall monitor at Tefft Middle School in Streamwood has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a student.
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Sheriff: Kane County business owner shot up customer’s vanJun 09, 2024 11:21 am - The owner of a Kane County welding business faces felony drug and weapons charges after authorities say he shot up a customer’s van because he was unhappy with the client.
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Murder-suicide suspected in ElginJun 01, 2024 10:02 am - The Elgin Police Department has reported a potential murder-suicide on the 100 block of South State Street in Elgin.
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Man charged with drug deaths in Elgin, PalatineMay 30, 2024 8:23 pm - A man is charged with drug-induced homicides, accused of supplying crack cocaine on which two people overdosed.
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Mayor: Sheriff interfered in Aurora investigation of man shot to death by deputiesMay 30, 2024 8:11 pm - Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin has criticized Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain, saying the sheriff interfered in an Aurora police investigation, leading ultimately to deputies shooting a man to death a day later.
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Teacher acquitted of attacking preschool studentMay 29, 2024 11:45 am - An Elgin Area School District U-46 teacher has been acquitted of charges that he attacked a student. Kane County Judge Julia Yetter found Patrick Keating not guilty Tuesd...
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Man pleads guilty to leaving threatening messages at DeKalb prosecutor’s officeMay 24, 2024 8:19 pm - A Des Plaines man pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for threats made regarding school, judges, U.S. president and more.