North Aurora Crime
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Mentally ill woman gets 25 years in prison for stabbing sister in CarpentersvilleMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - A 57-year-old woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty, but mentally ill, in the fatal 2014 stabbing of her sister. Sandra L. Baumgartner...
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Woman who stole more than $100,000 from North Aurora company gets jail, probationMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - Saying she violated her employer's trust, a Kane County judge Thursday sentenced a woman to 180 days in jail, four years of probation and ordered her to pay $155,767 in ...
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Ex-Carpentersville substitute teacher faces more sex abuse chargesMay 15, 2018 1:00 am - Four more accusers have come forward to allege sexual abuse by a former Carpentersville elementary school substitute teacher, bringing the total to eight, according to K...
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Woman shot in North Aurora by man trying to shoot somebody elseMay 14, 2018 1:00 am - A woman was shot in the ankle and foot Monday morning in North Aurora by a man trying to shoot someone else. North Aurora police say the injuries to the 56-year-old woma...
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A year later, questions about deadly Delnor standoff remain unansweredMay 11, 2018 5:30 am - It's been a year since a Kane County jail inmate got hold of an officer's gun at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, took two nurses hostage and beat and sexually assaulted one b...
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Man guilty in 2016 Elgin fatal shooting, car chaseMay 10, 2018 1:00 am - After deliberating less than two hours, a Kane County jury convicted an Elgin man of gunning down a 59-year-old man in 2016, kidnapping his girlfriend and their infant d...
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Prosecutors rest case in 2016 Elgin murder, kidnapping trialMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County prosecutors Wednesday rested their case against an Elgin man accused in 2016 of forcing his way into a home on the city's near west side to see his girlfrien...
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McMahon supports law reducing rape victims' wait for an examMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon supports a bill pending in Springfield that would require hospitals by 2021 to have a nurse certified to conduct a forensic sexu...
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Former Carpentersville man sentenced to life in prison for assaulting girlMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - A former Carpentersville resident was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the sexual assault of a minor. James E. Melvin, 40, was convicted in December of predator...
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Judge affirms decision to fire Aurora cop caught spying on ex-wifeMay 04, 2018 1:00 am - An Aurora police officer will not be reinstated after he was fired for spying on his ex-wife through three cameras hidden in her Sugar Grove home, a judge has ruled. The...