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Lombard woman sentenced to 26 years for mother's murder
May 17, 2019 5:05 PM - Even at her lowest of lows, Stephanie DeFalco said she never imagined she was capable of taking a life, much less her own mother's. But Friday afternoon, DeFalco was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the March 2018 strangulation of Judith DeFalco. -
Jacob Keltner among fallen officers honored Tuesday in DuPage County
May 14, 2019 6:33 PM - In his 22 years as a DuPage County sheriff's deputy, Sheriff James Mendrick attended numerous police remembrance ceremonies. This year, though, was different. For the first time, he knew a fallen officer whose name was read in memormium. -
Carol Stream takes action against two massage parlorsMay 14, 2019 4:48 PM - Prostitution charges and a series of ordinance violations have led to the forced closure of one Carol Stream massage parlor and a fine for the other. Village President Frank Saverino issued the rulings Monday following a first-of-it's-kind administrative adjudication hearing regarding the village's "Massage Establishments Ordinance."
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10 years in prison for Bloomingdale YouTube singer in child pornography caseMay 4, 2019 6:15 PM - A 26-year-old former YouTube star from Bloomingdale was sentenced this week in federal court in Chicago to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges stemmimg from online video chats he had with six teen girls in which they sent him explicit videos.
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Veterans charity founders face criminal charges in DuPage
May 2, 2019 10:05 PM - Founders of a Lombard-based charity that pledged to help returning veterans get back on their feet are behind bars and charged with misusing more than $10,000 of those funds. Priscilla Olshefski, 60, and her husband, Todd Olshefski, 50, who live at a hotel on the 200 block of East 22nd Street in Lombard, have been charged with violating the state's Solicitation for Charity Act. -
Burr Ridge man charged in fatal Hinsdale overdose
May 2, 2019 4:10 PM - A Burr Ridge man is being held on $1 million bail, accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to an acquaintance in January in Hinsdale. Wasim Rashan, 27, of the 800 block of Lakeview Lane, is charged with drug induced homicide and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, in the death of 23-year-old Lauren Tandy of Hinsdale. -
Man wanted in fatal Hanover Park crash turns himself in
May 1, 2019 5:47 PM - A 19-year-old Streamwood man wanted on a $1 million warrant in connection with a January crash in Hanover Park that killed a 35-year-old Carol Stream man and severely injured his 12-year-old son turned himself in to authorities late Tuesday. -
Trial date set for former Bartlett teacher accused of pouring nitrogen on student
May 1, 2019 5:45 PM - A longtime Bartlett High School chemistry teacher accused of pouring liquid nitrogen on a student's chest and groin during a science experiment last spring has set his case for trial rather than accepting a plea agreement. -
DEA sting nets $300,000 in heroin in Addison
May 1, 2019 5:24 PM - Bail was set at $300,000 each for two Addison men accused of agreeing to sell 1 kilogram of heroin, worth up to $300,000 on the street, to undercover DEA agents. -
DuPage County jail inmate triggers lockdown
May 1, 2019 2:06 PM - A former Glenbard East High School student already being held on $75,000 bail for allegedly threatening a current student, picked up a new charge after he caused a lockdown in the DuPage County jail Tuesday night.
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