Fox River Grove Crime
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Pathologist testifies head injury, not broken neck, killed 19-year-old brideJun 27, 2018 1:00 am - Happy and beautiful. That was how Karen Mezera described her older sister Noreen Kumeta on Aug. 18, 1973, the day Noreen married Donnie Rudd, a patent attorney whom she ...
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Prosecutors in murder trial: 19-year-old bride 'a means to an end'Jun 26, 2018 1:00 am - Prosecutors in former suburban lawyer Donnie Rudd's murder trial painted him as a man who married his 19-year-old second wife Noreen Kumeta after a whirlwind courtship, ...
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Barrington man charged in $16 million mail schemeJun 25, 2018 1:00 am - The owner of an Illinois-based bulk mail company is facing federal mail fraud charges after prosecutors said he and two others bilked the U.S. Postal Service out of $16 ...
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Jury picked for trial of man charged with murdering new bride in 1973Jun 25, 2018 1:00 am - With jury selection concluded Monday afternoon, opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in the trial of a former Northwest suburban attorney charged with murdering ...
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Car accident, or murder? 45 years later victim's husband goes on trialJun 23, 2018 1:00 am - In 1973, 19-year-old newlywed Noreen Kumeta Rudd was killed near Dundee and Bateman roads in Barrington Township in what authorities initially believed was an automobile...
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Woodstock man sentenced to 18 years for kidnapping, sex abuse of 4-year-old boyJun 18, 2018 1:00 am - A Woodstock man who said voices in his head told him to kidnap and sexually abuse a 4-year-old boy was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday. Kevin A. Sorensen, 40, pl...
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Is attacking a cop a hate crime? New federal law would give police similar protectionsJun 01, 2018 5:30 am - Federal hate crime laws provide added protections for those violently attacked because of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability...
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Woodstock man who sexually assaulted, abused girl gets 11 years in prisonMay 24, 2018 1:00 am - A 39-year-old Woodstock man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the sexual assault and fondling of a girl he knew in late 2015. Anthony V. Ferrara was arrested in ea...
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Oath to serve: West Chicago detective helps lead Special Olympics campaignMay 18, 2018 5:30 am - West Chicago Detective Robbi Peterson loves a chocolate-glazed long john and intends to snag at least one, maybe more, Friday morning at the Dunkin' Donuts at Route 59 a...
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Prison for two arrested with 134 small bags of heroin at McHenry parkMay 08, 2018 1:00 am - Two people pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison Monday ahead of their trial for possession of 134 bags of heroin - or a little more than an ounce - at a McHenry p...