Elmhurst Crime
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Des Plaines couple charged with paying kickbacks to defraud MedicareAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - A Des Plaines wife and husband face federal charges of paying kickbacks to employees and a marketer in exchange for referrals of Medicare patients to the couple's Chicag...
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Geneva man pleads guilty in DUI crash that killed two in NapervilleAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - Editor's note: Earlier versions of this story erroneously reported that Michael Szot lived in Naperville. A Geneva man pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges from a fa...
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Addison man testifies about vicious attack, says it was over $50 debtAug 25, 2015 1:00 am - An Addison man spent Tuesday afternoon detailing for a DuPage County judge how a torturous beating inflicted on him three years ago left him fearing for his life and per...
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Algonquin man accused of sex toy attack at haunted house gets probation, fineAug 25, 2015 1:00 am - A 24-year-old man accused of dressing as a clown and using sex toys to harass and attack a woman and her daughter at a Montgomery-area haunted house recently received a ...
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Study: While heroin use spikes, treatment options drop in IllinoisAug 23, 2015 2:00 pm - Drug addiction treatment options in Illinois are getting fewer as heroin use continues to increase, particularly in the suburbs, a Roosevelt University study has found. ...
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Woman who stole credit card to buy sperm samples gets jail timeAug 21, 2015 1:00 am - A pregnant Elgin hairdresser, who is due to give birth in November, must surrender to DuPage County jail officials on Feb. 11, 2016, as part of a plea deal she agreed to...
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Former Bensenville man sentenced to 11 years for theftAug 17, 2015 1:00 am - A former Bensenville man who had been on the lam was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison for stealing from a former employer and then skipping bail. Santhosh Thomas, ...
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Sex offender acquitted in Willowbrook sexual assault caseAug 14, 2015 1:00 am - A Bellwood man who is a convicted sex offender has been acquitted of the January 2014 criminal sexual assault of a Willowbrook woman. DuPage Judge George Bakalis on Frid...
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Naperville man gets 7 years in Turkish bond schemeAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - A Naperville businessman was sentenced to seven years in prison for bilking investors out of $3.3 million in a Ponzi-type scheme involving phony Turkish bonds. John T. B...
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Glendale Heights dad found not guilty of pistol-whipping sonAug 12, 2015 1:00 am - A Glendale Heights man hopes he'll soon be reunited with his young son after being acquitted of striking the boy with the butt of a handgun. A 12-member DuPage County ju...