Hampshire Crime
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State high court to rehear 1996 case of murdered Aurora boy, 6.Sep 24, 2014 1:01 am - The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of Mark A. Downs, a former Montgomery man whose conviction for the 1996 murder of a 6-year-old Aurora boy was over...
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Warrants provide motive, timeline in E. Dundee murderSep 23, 2014 1:00 am - A flurry of search warrants filed by authorities investigating the stabbing death of Mildred “Dodie” Darrington of East Dundee suggests her grandson drove here from Texa...
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Warrant cites financial motive in slaying of East Dundee grandmaSep 17, 2014 1:00 am - A Texas man accused killing his grandmother at her East Dundee home in July made his first court appearance Wednesday, and his attorney said he will argue for a reductio...
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Final two of five guilty in $2.7 million Kane County pot bustSep 16, 2014 1:01 am - The final two of five people arrested in November in a $2.7 million Kane County marijuana bust have pleaded guilty. Mary Nunez, 59, of the 2700 block of Sperry Court, Ba...
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Man shot by homeowner in St. Charles Twp. burglary gets 7.5 yearsSep 12, 2014 1:01 am - A 27-year-old man who was shot by the owner of a St. Charles Township home the man was burglarizing in March was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison. Michael G. Huston, of ...
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Suburban men recall living with man accused of killing 5 kidsSep 12, 2014 1:00 am - A South Carolina man charged with killing his five children was kicked out of his house as a teen and lived with a Carpentersville family for about six months in 2001, t...
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Prison for man in Elgin home invasion, beatingSep 11, 2014 1:01 am - A man who forced his way into an Elgin apartment, beat a man with a brick and threatened others with a gun while trying to find the person dating his ex-girlfriend was s...
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Guilty plea in $163,000 theft from St. Charles law firmSep 11, 2014 1:01 am - A former Geneva woman pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing $163,000 from a St. Charles law firm three years ago. Jordan E. Terry, now of Walkerton, Indiana, is to be sent...
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Hearing Wednesday for East Dundee murder suspectSep 10, 2014 1:01 am - Richard Schmelzer, who is charged in the stabbing death of his 85-year-old East Dundee grandmother, is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 17, court records show. Schmelz...
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Kane state's attorney to lead statewide best practices committeeSep 10, 2014 1:01 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon will lead a committee charged with recommending best practices for investigations and evidence collection to be used by prosecut...