Glen Ellyn Crime
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JUST of DuPage brings holiday cheer to children of DuPage inmatesDec 20, 2014 12:01 am - Landon O'Brien propped his chin over the Christmas presents, one he picked out for his 6-year-old sister, and squealed. "Grandma, look which one I got!" the Lombard 8-ye...
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Suburban schools changing how they discuss heroinDec 19, 2014 4:30 am - Kids today know heroin — and it's no longer just a word they read in a textbook. Health teacher Cristy Hefner knows heroin, too. It's the drug her preteen students at C...
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Pair charged with stealing from Salvation Army bucketDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - Two men have been charged with stealing from a Salvation Army donation bucket, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced Friday. The theft occurred outsi...
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Naperville doctor charged with sexually assaulting patientsDec 17, 2014 10:00 pm - A Naperville doctor has been charged with sexually assaulting and abusing three patients at his Yorkville office. Dr. Haohua Yang, 50, was arrested after Kendall County ...
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Naperville theater owner released on $25,000 bailDec 17, 2014 12:01 am - The owner of the Hollywood Palms movie theater in Naperville, accused of owing the state more than $1.37 million in underreported taxes, was released Wednesday afternoon...
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Naperville man recieves presidential pardonDec 17, 2014 12:00 am - A Naperville man convicted in 1989 of commodities fraud and wire fraud received one of the 12 pardons issued Wednesday by President Barack Obama. Brian E. Sledz, now 54,...
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DuPage group ensures inmates' children not forgotten during holidaysDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - Not everyone can be home for the holidays, as the classic song suggests, but a DuPage County organization is attempting to help fill that void for some area children. ...
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Dog's tennis ball key to DuPage courthouse securityDec 14, 2014 6:45 am - Every morning Deputy Ken Diebert prepares for his courthouse duty by strapping on his usual 12 pounds of gear: Kevlar vest, handcuffs and stun gun. But he also holsters ...
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Joliet man gets 40 years for 1997 Downers Grove murder for hireDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - A Joliet man convicted in the 1997 murder-for-hire slaying of a Downers Grove man was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison. A jury convicted Jose Ruvalcaba-Quezada, 35...
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Son of Wood Dale alderman gets 24 years for sexual assaultsDec 11, 2014 12:01 am - The son of Wood Dale Alderman Eugene Wesley was sentenced Thursday to 24 years in prison for the sexual assaults of at least two young girls and the sexual abuse of an 1...