North Aurora Crime
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'A passion project for us': Kane County jail's Recovery Pod makes Amazon Prime time in documentarySep 01, 2023 5:00 am - Fernando Marin, in a cocaine-fueled mania, once fired a gun over the head of Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain as Hain was trying to arrest him. It wasn't an ideal start to t...
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North Aurora man accused of burglarizing Funway in BataviaAug 10, 2023 1:00 am - A North Aurora man is facing several felony burglary charges after Batavia police arrested him Thursday at Funway Entertainment Center. According to a news release, offi...
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Batavia man accused of forging prescriptions to get narcoticsAug 04, 2023 1:00 am - ndilnews A physician assistant has been accused of using a dead doctor's name and prescription forms to write opioid prescriptions for himself and a relative and th...
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Kane County may boost crime lab with opioid settlement cashAug 03, 2023 1:00 am - The early debate about how Kane County should spend any opioid settlement money began Thursday with some shared sentiment that at least the initial funds should stay wit...
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New Kane DUI problem-solving court aims to help defendants get on the straight and narrowJul 28, 2023 5:00 am - The Kane County circuit court is building on the success of its drug, veteran and mental health courts by adding an option for people who have problems with alcohol use....
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Indiana man convicted on gun charges in Kane CountyJul 28, 2023 1:00 am - An Indiana man has been found guilty of being an armed habitual criminal. A Kane County jury also convicted Lorenzo J. Garcia on July 19 of unlawful use of a machine gun...
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'It's in its very infancy right now': Kane County sets up its own forensic crime labJul 28, 2023 1:00 am - Kane County's first forensic crime lab is now open, and the new facility has already taken on several cases. "We do everything from blood testing to rapid DNA ... to exp...
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Woman charged with reckless homicide in DUI crash that killed 2 near Sugar GroveJul 26, 2023 1:00 am - A Sugar Grove woman has been charged with reckless homicide for a crash Saturday near Sugar Grove where she had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit,...
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Wrong format, lot and permit numbers led to forgery charges against ex-Sugar Grove presidentJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - Felony forgery charges against former Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels stemmed from the discovery of documents allowing residents to move into a newly built No...
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One killed, two injured in crash near Sugar GroveJul 21, 2023 11:00 pm - One person was killed and two others injured in a three-vehicle crash late Friday night near Sugar Grove, police said. Jonathan P. Couch, 54, of Sugar Grove, died at a h...