Hampshire Crime
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Why a Kane County judge was livid with top prosecutor and public defenderFeb 11, 2022 4:30 am - A Kane County judge took the county's top prosecutor and public defender to the woodshed last week, accusing them of violating a defendant's rights by getting his guilty...
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Kane County woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty over dogs' starvation, deathsJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - A woman accused of maltreating 14 dogs, three of which died, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor animal cruelty. Emily Chesterfield, who lived near South Elgin and no...
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Authorities investigating death of Kane County jail inmateJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - The Kane County Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the death of an inmate at the Kane County jail. Sheriff Ron Hain reported that corrections officers noticed that...
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Woman who killed young daughter in Bloomingdale asks U.S. Supreme Court for releaseJan 07, 2022 4:20 am - A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her 4-year-old daughter has taken her fight for freedom from a state psychiatric hospital to the U.S. Supreme...
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The year in crime: First-degree murder, DUI-related deaths, sexual assault among the major suburban crimes for 2021Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - For the first time in 27 years, the Cook County medical examiner's office registered more than 1,000 homicides in 2021. While a majority of the 1,087 homicides - 836 - ...
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Two charged with fleeing and eluding Kane deputies in vehicle chasesJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - Two men were charged late last week with fleeing and eluding police in Kane County, authorities said. At 2:06 a.m. Friday, deputies with the Kane County sheriff's office...
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Elgin man charged after loaded firearms found during traffic stop on I-90Jan 02, 2022 12:00 am - A 23-year-old Elgin man traveling in a vehicle stopped for driving 110 mph on Jane Addams Tollway early Saturday faces a weapons charge after state police found loaded f...
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Judge reimposes 79-year prison sentence, but with parole, for 'depraved' Aurora killerDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - A Kane County judge Tuesday refused to lessen the 79-year sentence of an Aurora man who at 15 raped and murdered a neighbor in 2001. But Judge D.J. Tegeler ruled that Jo...
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Authorities denounce school threats after West Aurora hoaxDec 17, 2021 12:00 am - On a day that school districts across the country were on high alert because of a vague threat on TikTok, Aurora-area leaders came together Friday night to reassure the ...
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Man shoots dog to save woman from attack near St. CharlesDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - A woman sustained serious injuries Tuesday morning when she was attacked by two large dogs near St. Charles, the Kane County sheriff's office reported. She was saved whe...