Elmhurst Crime
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Police: Man fired a machine gun more than 30 times in Villa Park neighborhoodJan 27, 2023 12:00 am - A DuPage County judge on Friday denied bail for a Maywood man facing multiple weapons charges after prosecutors said he fired an automatic handgun more than 30 times int...
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022Jan 20, 2023 4:00 am - We all know you can't bring a gun aboard a commercial flight, but that didn't stop a record 6,542 failed attempts last year, according to the Transportation Security Adm...
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Man pleads guilty to leading police on high-speed chase that ended in ChicagoJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - A man accused of stealing items from an Oak Brook store last month, then leading police on a high-speed chase, has pleaded guilty to aggravated fleeing and eluding. Bran...
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Villa Park teen accused of threatening violence against another boyJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - A 13-year-old Villa Park boy has been charged with felony disorderly conduct, accused of threatening another juvenile and his family. DuPage County Judge Demetrios Panou...
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Oak Brook home burglarized as teenage girl hidJan 16, 2023 12:00 am - Neighbors of an Oak Brook home targeted for a home invasion Friday said it's one of several houses in the neighborhood hit by burglars in the last few months. But on Fri...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Authorities: Man who escaped Elmhurst police car in September back in custodyJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - Elmhurst police on Tuesday arrested a man who they say escaped from a police car in September. Devin Revels, 27, of the 800 block of South Keeler Avenue, Chicago, is now...
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Authorities: Wheeling man painted swastikas on Elmhurst church he used to attendJan 01, 2023 12:00 am - A Wheeling man accused of painting swastikas on an Elmhurst church has been charged with a felony hate crime, authorities said Sunday. Josef Stumpfoll, 35, also has been...