Elgin Crime
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Judge changes mind, orders child sex abuse defendant be detained pretrialMay 01, 2025 4:53 pm - A Kane County judge changed his mind Thursday and ordered that a Montgomery man charged with child sex crimes be detained pretrial.
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Rolling Meadows police sergeant on leave after arrest in road rage shootingApr 28, 2025 4:54 pm - A Rolling Meadows police sergeant is on unpaid leave after being charged in connection with a road rage shooting last week in Elgin.
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Elgin police: Man wounded in Sunday morning shootingApr 27, 2025 1:28 pm - Elgin police are investigating a shooting Sunday morning that left a man hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
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Elgin man charged with battery after fight, shootingApr 25, 2025 6:41 pm - A 58-year-old Elgin man is facing battery and weapons charges stemming from a fight Wednesday that police say led to gunfire.
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Kane County specialty courts participants use art to tell their storiesApr 21, 2025 1:41 pm - The artwork of participants in Kane County’s four specialty courts filled the jury lounge at the Judicial Center in St. Charles last week, many pieces telling their lives’ journeys.
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Driver in fatal 2022 Halloween bus crash sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prisonApr 17, 2025 8:49 pm - The driver of a vehicle that struck a school bus, killing two of his friends and severely injuring a third, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison Thursday.
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Hoffman Estates man accused of attacking DePaul students ordered heldApr 17, 2025 8:00 pm - Chicago Sun-Times report: A Hoffman Estates man accused of attacking DePaul University students who were showing support for Israel on campus was ordered held awaiting trial Thursday.
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DeKalb man charged with unlawful possession of weapon, cannabis in Kane CountyApr 16, 2025 5:59 pm - A DeKalb man was charged after cannabis and a gun were found in his vehicle during a traffic stop in Kaneville Township last month.
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‘It’s all my fault’: Sentencing begins for driver in crash that killed 2 of his friendsApr 16, 2025 5:30 pm - A sentencing hearing for a man who killed two of his friends when he slammed into the rear of a stopped school bus began with testimony about how he pleaded with deputies at the scene to take him to jail because “I did this. I killed them. I did this. It's all my fault.”
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Elgin man charged with DUI after early morning Bartlett crashApr 14, 2025 4:21 pm - An Elgin man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol Sunday following a vehicle crash in Bartlett in which a passenger received minor injuries.