Elmhurst Crime
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Woman charged with neglect, cruelty toward 33 dogs after 14 animals found dead, authorities sayJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - A Glen Ellyn-area woman has been charged with neglecting and being cruel to 33 dogs - one of which was so emaciated and sick it likely would have died the day investigat...
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Woman charged with killing man in DUI crash near WinfieldJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - A woman has been charged with killing a man in a drunken-driving crash near Winfield. Christine M. Brocious, 36, of the 7000 block of Mather Avenue in Chicago Ridge, is ...
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Woman charged with stealing from Oak Brook Macy'sJun 30, 2023 1:00 am - A 52-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with stealing roughly $694 in merchandise from the Macy's department store at the Oakbrook Center shopping mall in Oak Brook...
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Neighbors ask for 'robust' patrols July Fourth in wake of Juneteenth shootingJun 29, 2023 1:00 am - DuPage County officials are being asked to patrol the site of a fatal Juneteenth shooting during the July Fourth celebrations. Burr Ridge resident JoAnn Krypel Tuesday t...
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Looking for answers and hope in Willowbrook Corner: Community leaders join forces to offer helpJun 26, 2023 1:00 am - The Rev. Betty Starks left Anne M. Jeans Elementary School cautiously optimistic that change would come to Willowbrook Corner. Starks was among 25 invited guests who met...
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Prosecutors: Florida man led police on a high-speed chase in stolen vehicleJun 23, 2023 1:00 am - A Florida man has been charged with leading Elmhurst police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle. Omar Castro, 22, appeared at a bond hearing Friday morning in DuPa...
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Questions remain as business owners regroup after fatal Juneteenth party shootingJun 20, 2023 1:00 am - Bullet holes and shattered glass Tuesday provided grim reminders of Sunday's deadly shooting near Willowbrook as Somerset Plaza shop owners returned to their businesses....
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Did misogyny, inept police work and more let a suburban killer evade justice?Jun 16, 2023 5:30 am - When Chris Loudon became a Lisle police detective, the job came with an assignment: Try to solve three cold cases. One was the rape of an elderly woman in the early 1990...
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Mole-removal scheme nets Lombard doctor 6 months in prisonJun 16, 2023 1:00 am - A former Lombard doctor will spend six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to health care fraud stemming from a mole-removal scheme he concocted to collect mo...
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From Sicily to Downers Grove and beyond: Preserving a family's rare tomato, even in DuPage jailJun 13, 2023 5:30 am - When Enrico Inciardi's family emigrated to the United States around 1900, they secretly brought a taste of their Sicily home with them. Fearing U.S. Customs authorities ...