Elmhurst Crime
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Man gets 7 years for Lombard robbery involving toddlerMar 26, 2013 9:00 am - A Bellwood man has been given seven years in prison for his role in a Lombard robbery in which two adults and a toddler were threatened. David T. Johnson, 22, of the 35...
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Convicted sex offender arrested near Oakbrook Terrace schoolMar 25, 2013 2:28 pm - A convicted sex offender accused of taking up residency too close to an Oakbrook Terrace elementary school was being held Monday on $150,000 bail. John D. Russell, 47, ...
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Buffalo Grove man now faces murder-for-hire chargesMar 22, 2013 11:00 am - A former Chicago police officer — who once served time on Illinois' death row — is now facing murder-for-hire charges following his latest arrest by the FBI in October. ...
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More DNA tests ordered in Naperville child slayingsMar 22, 2013 10:54 am - Prosecutors can run DNA tests on a pair of suspected bloodstains found at a Naperville home where two children were stabbed to death in October, a judge ruled Friday. Th...
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Judge to rule on hearsay in Darien triple-murder trialMar 20, 2013 8:53 pm - Two months before he and two family members were gunned down in their home, Jeffrey Kramer confided he was “worried about this Johnny coming in and shooting up the place...
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Wheaton North teacher charged with sex abuseMar 20, 2013 4:00 pm - A longtime English teacher and former coach of the Wheaton North High School speech team had more than a dozen sexual encounters with a female student, including at scho...
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Elmhurst former associate pastor charged with sex crimeMar 18, 2013 9:05 pm - A former associate pastor at an Elmhurst church has been arrested and charged with sexual assault and abuse. Darin L. Evans, 41, of the 2400 block of Short Street in Do...
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Cameras to document Darien murder trialMar 18, 2013 10:00 am - A television camera will be rolling next month during the trial of a man charged with being the mastermind behind the March 2010 slayings of three members of a Darien fa...
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Guilty plea in Villa Park restaurant robberyMar 15, 2013 11:34 am - A Maywood man faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing a Villa Park restaurant of $81. Wilbur Sobota, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday in DuPage County ...
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New sentencing hearing for Aurora man who killed twoMar 15, 2013 11:21 am - A 40-year-old man, who was sentenced to mandatory life in prison for two gang-related Aurora murders he committed when he was 17, will receive a new sentencing hearing. ...