North Aurora Crime
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60-year prison sentence in $1.35 million Aurora heroin bustFeb 27, 2017 12:00 am - An Aurora man convicted of possessing nearly 20 pounds of heroin in one of the largest drug arrests in Kane County history was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday. Mo...
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How law-and-order suburban sheriff became a deaconFeb 24, 2017 4:40 am - Former Kane County Sheriff Ken Ramsey is a tough guy. Fighting in the Vietnam War, serving as a firefighter, and working 35 years in law enforcement, Ramsey saw violence...
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2 arrested in Carpentersville indoor marijuana grow operationFeb 24, 2017 12:00 am - Two Carpentersville residents were charged after police executed a search warrant Thursday that turned up an indoor grow operation of 66 marijuana plants. Robbie Marinko...
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Witness recounts fatal shooting of Bartlett manFeb 23, 2017 12:00 am - A key witness in the murder trial against a former Algonquin man accused of killing a Bartlett man in 2014 over drugs testified Thursday that Gary Bennett shot a man in ...
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Trial begins in murder of Bartlett man missing since 2014Feb 22, 2017 12:00 am - A Kane County prosecutor laid out the scenario of a Bartlett man's death as Gary M. Bennett's murder trial began Wednesday. According to Assistant State's Attorney Joe ...
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Probation for Elgin man caught growing pot after well-being callFeb 20, 2017 12:00 am - An Elgin man charged last year with growing and possessing marijuana after a well-being call when one of his tenants posted suicidal statements online has pleaded guilty...
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Coyote carcasses dumped in Kane forest preserveFeb 17, 2017 12:00 am - Something evil, or just something nasty? Kane County Forest Preserve Police Chief Mike Gilloffo believes the finding of four skinned coyotes at Fox River Bluff Forest Pr...
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Judge mulls Burlington murder suspect's statement; trial date setFeb 17, 2017 12:00 am - A Kane County judge will decide by March 3 whether statements to detectives by a Burlington Township man accused of killing his father can be used at trial later this ye...
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Prosecutors: Burlington murder suspect's statements were voluntaryFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - Daniel Rak may have been cold, tired and hungry from a night of drinking and using drugs, but statements he gave to Kane County sheriff's investigators regarding his fat...
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Woman gets 7 years in prison for ID thefts in Elgin, North AuroraFeb 14, 2017 12:00 am - A Chicago woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to two felonies in Kane County - a July 2015 identity theft and October 2015 forgery. T...