Elmhurst Crime
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Hidden no more: Heroin in suburbsApr 06, 2014 6:01 am - What the Daily Herald addressed more than a decade ago as a "Hidden Scourge" is hidden no more. In the years since our first series of extensive reports on the effects o...
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When it comes to trial, clothes make the defendantApr 06, 2014 6:00 am - While preparing clients for trial, one of the issues facing DuPage County Public Defender Jeff York is often his client's wardrobe. “I usually will ask my client, 'If yo...
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Police equipped with overdose reversal drug save two livesMar 28, 2014 5:30 am - For the second time in less than a week, police officers who participated in a DuPage County program have used the opiate overdose reversal drug Narcan to save someone's...
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Chicago man charged with murder of Bensenville shop ownerMar 28, 2014 1:00 am - A Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery in the Jan, 19 slaying of a Bensenville convenience store owner. Stephan A. Russell, ...
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Man pleads guilty to role in Bensenville slaying, fingers gunmanMar 27, 2014 1:01 am - A 20-year-old Bellwood man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated battery with a firearm in the Jan. 19 slaying of a Bensenville convenience store owner. Kenneth Bardlet...
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Carol Stream man nabbed in international ATM fraud schemeMar 27, 2014 1:00 am - A 47-year-old Carol Stream man is one of 17 people charged in an international ATM card fraud ring. Alexander Savov and 16 others are accused of using ATM and debit car...
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Bartlett man to be sentenced in 2010, 2011 burglariesMar 25, 2014 1:01 am - A Bartlett man accused of breaking into an elderly woman's house, exposing himself, and then punching her and knocking her down a flight of stairs pleaded guilty Tuesday...
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45-year sentence for 2011 Aurora murder over crack moneyMar 25, 2014 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Aurora man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for strangling his 21-year-old live-in girlfriend in December 2011 and hiding her body so he could get money...
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Beauty Salon Bandit gets 14 years for robbery spreeMar 24, 2014 1:01 am - DuPage County's "Beauty Salon Bandit," accused of "terrorizing" small salon businesses throughout the county, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Jason Logsdon, 42...
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First of 3 ex-Schaumburg cops pleads guilty to drug skimming, salesMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - A former Schaumburg police officer accused of skimming drugs from police seizures and then using an informant to sell the narcotics on the street pleaded guilty Friday. ...