Elmhurst Crime
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2 women charged with stealing from Nordstrom Rack, then driving away at 100+ mphOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Two women from Wisconsin have been charged with burglary and retail theft, accused of stealing from the Nordstrom Rack store in Oak Brook, then leading police on a high-...
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Why some see New Jersey as a model for bail reform in IllinoisOct 14, 2022 5:30 am - Given its unfair reputation as home to little more than swamps, toll roads lined with industrial sites and overtanned meatheads hangin' out at the Shore, you might not e...
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Self-defense or murder? Lombard man makes his case about 2021 fightOct 01, 2022 1:00 am - Ronald Dunbar insists he didn't go looking for a fight on April 21, 2021. He says he wasn't the aggressor that night, that he's not a violent man. He was just a guy out...
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Elmhurst resident tips off police about Virginia bank robbery suspectSep 28, 2022 1:00 am - Elmhurst police have arrested a man wanted for bank robbery in Virginia, the Elmhurst Police Department said Wednesday. Justin M. Craver, 45, of Newport News, Virginia,...
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Death by ex-pro skateboarder's punch was a tragedy but not a murder, defense saysSep 27, 2022 1:00 am - The death of a Wheaton man after being punched by former professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy was "an unforeseeable tragedy among friends," a public defender argued T...
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A cold case, but not a forgotten one: How suburban cops continue to hunt the Tylenol killerSep 26, 2022 5:00 am - Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. In the top drawer of his desk, Elk Grove Village Police Chief Charles Walsh keeps a 40-year-old case file first comp...
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'We lost our innocence': Four on the front lines recall the Tylenol killings 40 years agoSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series. Helen Jensen was busy preparing dinner for her family about 7 p.m. on Sept. 29, 1982, when the phone rang at ...
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Judge bars Elmhurst police from releasing reports in murder caseSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge has barred Elmhurst police from releasing its reports about a murder case to the Daily Herald. Judge Ann Celine O'Hallaren Walsh said Friday that r...
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'A nationwide issue': How supply-chain problems affect suburban police, fire fleetsSep 22, 2022 5:30 am - Supply-chain issues that have limited the availability of new passenger cars, trucks and SUVs in the suburbs and across the nation are affecting public safety department...
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Downers Grove man sentenced to 17 years in prison for burglariesSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge Wednesday sentenced a Downers Grove man to 17 years in prison for breaking into two residences and a business in 2019 and stealing more than $60,00...