Lisle Crime
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Found with dogs, kennel operator charged with animal cruelty must pay new bailMar 11, 2020 1:00 am - Bail was doubled Wednesday for a kennel operator charged with animal cruelty who was caught March 7 with a dog in his car, violating the terms of his bail. Garrett Merca...
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Cigar lounge shooter was 'infatuated' with victim, witnesses tell policeMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - The night before she opened fire in a Lisle cigar lounge - killing one man, wounding two others and then shooting herself - Lisa McMullan asked a patron, DuPage County s...
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13 years after businessman's disappearance, DuPage detective gives case a fresh lookMar 06, 2020 4:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas More than 13 years ago after John "Chicago Johnny" Spira vanished from his workplace near West Chicago, a DuPage County sheriff's...
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Lombard woman who bilked veterans charity: 'I really have learned my lesson'Mar 06, 2020 12:00 am - A Lombard woman who used charity money for her personal expenses was resentenced Friday to 180 days in jail and one year of conditional discharge. But Priscilla Olshefsk...
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Lisle family sues school, saying son was sexually assaulted by baseball teammateMar 06, 2020 12:00 am - A boy's parents are suing Lisle Unit District 202, saying their son was sexually assaulted by a member of his Lisle High School baseball team last May while on a bus rid...
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My Child's Life Matters helps those dealing with opioid addictionsFeb 24, 2020 5:00 am - Kathy and Robb Zander lost their son, John Allen, to fentanyl poisoning almost three years ago - four days before his 23rd birthday. They are not alone in their grief. ...
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Police leaders say a new state law is leading to less training for officersFeb 21, 2020 4:30 am - Call it the law of unintended consequences. The law in this case - House Bill 4594, aka The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act - was billed as a much-needed check on es...
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Wood Dale woman pleads guilty to stabbing husband with pocketknifeFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - A Wood Dale woman pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated battery for stabbing her husband six times with a pocketknife. Margaret Cyran, 46, agreed to a sentence of two ye...
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Lisle man faces charges after car, foot chaseFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - A 54-year-old Lisle man faces numerous charges after leading police on a chase that began in a stolen car and ended on foot near Route 53, authorities said. Henry D. Lan...
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Man serving 70 years prison for murder of Aurora boy again wants new trialFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - A man serving a 70-year prison term for killing a 6-year-old boy as he slept in his grandparents' Aurora home in a 1996 shooting intended for a rival gang member wants a...