Elmhurst Crime
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Carol Stream man, convicted in fatal 2000 DUI, back behind barsJan 05, 2017 12:00 am - A former Carol Stream truck driver convicted in a fatal 2000 DUI crash that killed a Schaumburg teen in Wood Dale is back in jail after being accused of driving without ...
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Memorial service planned for Trevon Johnson; family questions shootingJan 05, 2017 12:00 am - As family and friends prepare to remember and bury Trevon Johnson, the 17-year-old Villa Park-area teen shot and killed by a DuPage County sheriff's deputy, they say the...
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Body camera debate continues for DuPage deputiesJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - Some county officials say they hope to reopen talks about buying body cameras for DuPage sheriff's deputies in the wake of Sunday's officer-involved fatal shooting of a ...
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Transcript: 911 calls from scene of Villa Park-area shootingJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - The DuPage County sheriff's office has released audio recordings of three 911 calls that began about 11:30 p.m. Sunday and led deputies to a townhouse near Villa Park an...
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Citizens group building trust between police, minorities in DuPageJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - After officer-involved shootings like the one that killed 17-year-old Trevon Johnson late Sunday near Villa Park, there is often a call to improve relations between poli...
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Police: Officer-involved shootings 'not as prevalent' as perceivedJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - Officer-involved shootings are not tracked in the Uniform Crime Reporting statistics the FBI gathers from local police departments every year. But that could change as ...
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911 calls released in case of teen shot by DuPage deputyJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - The family of Trevon Johnson, the 17-year-old Villa Park-area resident shot multiple times and killed by a DuPage County sheriff's deputy, is asking the public to “wait ...
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Police: Domestic violence response shifts to match situationJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - Standard operating procedure is hard to define for something as situational as a police response to domestic violence calls, such as the one that came early Monday near ...
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DuPage County top crime stories of 2016Jan 02, 2017 5:00 am - A look back at some of the crime and justice stories that grabbed headlines in 2016 ... January Murder-suicide: A 55-year-old man, Daniel Kudrna, shoots his estranged ...
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Trial begins for West Chicago man charged in deadly DUI crashDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Omar Montoya Medina told police he had only had four beers, two of which were 32 ounces each, in the hours leading up to a fiery crash that left Montoya severely burned ...