Itasca Crime
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Burr Ridge real estate broker guilty on all theft countsNov 23, 2015 12:00 am - In the time leading up to his arrest, after confessing to co-workers to stealing potential homebuyers' earnest money, Harry "Bud" Simons told an investigator he knew the...
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Man gets six months in jail for blackmailing women for sexNov 23, 2015 12:00 am - An 18-year-old Aurora man who threatened to distribute nude photos of two women unless they had sex with him has been sentenced to 180 days in jail. Maxwell T. Melgar, o...
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Police investigating murder near West ChicagoNov 21, 2015 12:00 am - The DuPage County sheriff's office is investigating the murder of a 27-year-old man at the intersection of Highlake and DuPage avenues just outside West Chicago. Police ...
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Closing arguments to begin Monday in Burr Ridge real estate agent's trialNov 20, 2015 12:00 am - "I'm guilty. There's no way I can fight this. I did the wrong thing for the right reasons." DuPage County state's attorney investigator Dave Zdan said former Burr Ridge ...
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Vehicle theft charges also lodged against Aurora murder suspectNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - An 18-year-old from Aurora charged in a Nov. 7 murder during a botched robbery also has been charged with stealing a truck in early October, according to police and cour...
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Prosecutors: Burr Ridge broker accused of theft risked losing franchiseNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - Real estate broker Harry "Bud" Simons was late paying his monthly stipends to RE/MAX corporate offices several times and was threatened with having his franchise yanked ...
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Burr Ridge real estate broker accused of stealing earnest moneyNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - A Burr Ridge real estate broker accused of stealing more than $145,000 from the earnest money accounts of at least a dozen clients says he did it to keep his business af...
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Suburban campaigns aim to curb prescription drug overdosesNov 18, 2015 4:00 am - A parent has a tooth pulled and fills a prescription for a 90-day supply of Vicodin. Taking three pills in the days after the surgery, the patient soon feels fine and s...
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Wheaton investment firm owner faces fraud chargesNov 13, 2015 12:00 am - A 58-year-old Winfield man was indicted on charges of misappropriating nearly $1.2 million in client funds to help cover payroll and tax commitments at his Wheaton inves...
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Winfield man gets prison time for sex assault, abuseNov 13, 2015 12:00 am - A Winfield man, formerly of Geneva, was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a child he knew over a seven-year span, ending in A...