Geneva Crime
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Man pleads guilty to fatal DUI crash in Aurora that killed one person, injured two othersMar 16, 2023 1:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect town for Nicholas Roepke. A Geneva-area man faces a potential 14-year prison sentence for killing a man in a drunk-driving cras...
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Carpentersville sex offender faces child pornography crimesMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - A sex offender from Carpentersville has been charged with child pornography crimes. Sergio L. Rivas, 41, of the 7000 block of Lowell Drive, has been charged with reprodu...
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She stopped to complain about police lights. Now she's facing DUI charges.Mar 10, 2023 4:30 am - Nobody likes bright lights from another vehicle in their face while driving in the dark. But when those lights are coming from a police vehicle that's pulled over for a ...
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Ex-Boy Scouts leader pleads guilty to attempted groomingMar 09, 2023 12:00 am - A former Boy Scouts camp leader pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor attempted grooming. Richard J. Reynolds, 57, of the 400 block of Logan Street in Rockford, was sen...
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14 Randall Road businesses burglarized early Wednesday in Batavia, GenevaMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - Geneva and Batavia police are investigating a burglary spree that happened early Wednesday morning along Randall Road. Twelve businesses in Geneva and two in Batavia wer...
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Sleepy Hollow man pleads guilty to armed violence in gun, drugs caseFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - A Sleepy Hollow man who had faced gun and drug charges pleaded guilty Thursday to armed violence. Petro Evaristo-Aguilar, 23, of the 900 block of Willow Lane, also plead...
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Man gets 3½ years in prison for punching woman in Geneva barFeb 02, 2023 12:00 am - A man tried and convicted in absentia on charges he sucker-punched a woman in a Geneva bar has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison. Kane County Judge David Kliment pron...
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Man charged after threatening to hurt himself with scissors at Kane County courthouseFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - A Batavia man was arrested Wednesday at the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles after authorities say he grabbed a pair of scissors at the public defender's offic...
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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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Elgin man arrested after police chase, crash in St. CharlesJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged after a Friday morning police chase ended with a crash in St. Charles. Quinelle M. Franklin, 32, of the 1600 block of Mark Avenue, is charg...