Naperville Crime
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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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Texas county: Sandra Bland was despondent over not meeting bailNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - HOUSTON - Sandra Bland, the Naperville woman found dead in a Texas county jail this summer, killed herself because she was despondent over her relatives' refusal to quic...
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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...
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Police standoff ends in NapervilleNov 12, 2015 12:00 am - An eight-hour standoff with Naperville police ended peacefully Thursday evening on the city's south side, where a man had been refusing since late morning to leave a hou...
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DuPage County wants to keep sending youth detainees to Kane CountyNov 11, 2015 12:00 am - DuPage County has agreed to continue sending its youth detainees to the Kane County Juvenile Justice Center in St. Charles. Four years ago, DuPage made a controversial d...