Maple Park Crime
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Why Kane County is changing the way it handles specialty courtsJan 12, 2018 12:00 am - Kane County judges are changing the way specialty criminal courts are handled as they prepare to add a third such court. Starting Feb. 1, one judge, one assistant state'...
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Aurora man guity of 2017 shooting, but not attempted murderJan 12, 2018 12:00 am - A 56-year-old man was found guilty this week of shooting an acquaintance and leading police on a 14-minute chase, but he was acquitted of attempted murder. A Kane County...
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Kane prosecutors and staff to help pick up duties after victims rights grant deniedJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - Prosecutors and support staff at the Kane County state's attorney's office will try to fulfill some of the duties of advocates in the Victims' Rights Unit, which is bein...
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Man sentenced for soliciting sex with a childJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - A Romeoville man convicted last year of trying to have sex with a minor will spend six years in prison. Anthone J. Caradine, 27, was convicted in October of four felonie...
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Man gets 5 years in prison for 2016 South Elgin attack, shootingJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - A man whose co-defendant was shot in the leg during a 2016 attack at a South Elgin home has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and sentenced to five years in prison on t...
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Police: Teen playing with pistol at Aurora restaurant shoots himself in legsJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - An 18-year-old Broadview man faces felony charges after accidentally shooting himself in the legs Monday while playing with a gun in his pocket at an Aurora restaurant, ...
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Aurora man sent to prison for dealing drugsJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - An Aurora man who pleaded guilty last year to planning to deliver marijuana will spend five years in prison. Jamari M. Suggs, 27, was arrested on Oct. 10, 2016, after po...
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Kane County state's attorney calls grant rejection 'reckless,' reassigns victim advocatesJan 08, 2018 12:00 am - The Kane County state's attorney's office has disbanded its Victims' Rights Unit after losing a grant that had help fund the program for more than 20 years. State's atto...
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The unusual reason a judge hiked suspect's bail to $5 millionJan 05, 2018 4:30 am - When a judge hikes bail for a suspect in a violent crime to get that defendant back behind bars, it's usually to protect the crime's victim and the rest of the public. I...
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Elgin man gets 3½ years in prison after admitting fourth DUIJan 05, 2018 12:00 am - A 47-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 3½ years in prison Friday after admitting to his fourth DUI after a crash last year. Laurencio C. Pena Jr., of the 700 block of ...