Maple Park Crime
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Child abuse prevention a year-round effort in KaneMar 12, 2013 3:57 pm - April is National Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month, though helping abused and neglected children is a year-round mission for Bob Runke, a volunteer for CASA Ka...
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Man sues Aurora police over wrongful convictionMar 06, 2013 4:06 pm - A man who spent 11 years behind bars before his conviction in a 2000 murder was thrown out has sued Aurora police, alleging conspiracy, infliction of emotional distress ...
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Two years later, tables turned in Bianchi misconduct caseMar 06, 2013 4:15 am - Two years ago, McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi was acquitted in the first of two misconduct trials. Now, Bianchi defense attorney Terry Ekl has been appoin...
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Guilty plea in 2010 North Aurora drunk hit and run deathMar 01, 2013 12:21 pm - An Aurora man faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to driving drunk and killing a woman in North Aurora in October 2010. Lee Roy Patterson III, 33, of th...
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Moylan's tougher hazing penalty wins committee backingFeb 27, 2013 1:00 pm - Recent hazing scandals at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools have prompted one state official to call for a tougher penalty for school officials and employees w...
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Kane prosecutors want to seize cash, coins after $2.7M pot bustFeb 26, 2013 4:30 pm - Kane County prosecutors want two suspects in a $2.7 million marijuana bust in late 2012 to forfeit nearly $28,000 in cash, along with cashiers checks, silver bars and co...
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Man receives 2 years probation after pleading to lesser chargeFeb 26, 2013 3:55 pm - A South Elgin man who was charged with felonies in threatening his 18-year-old daughter with a gun after she moved out, recently pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and wa...
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More honors for Aurora officers who helped free wrongly convicted manFeb 24, 2013 8:12 am - Aurora Police Investigators John Munn and Darrell Moore recently were named Co-Employees of the Year for their work to free a man serving 70-year prison term after being...
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Man convicted in 2003 Elgin drug murder seeks new trialFeb 23, 2013 4:36 pm - A 41-year-old man convicted a decade ago of murdering of an Elgin drug dealer made his case for a new trial Wednesday, arguing that hearsay statements from others involv...
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Man gets 10-year sentence for his 11th DUIFeb 22, 2013 1:15 pm - A 42-year-old former West Chicago man will have years to sober up and think about how his failure to put down the bottle cost him his freedom. Michael J. Picon, of the 3...