North Aurora Crime
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North Aurora man accused of rendering autistic teen unconsciousAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - A North Aurora man is facing charges alleging he attacked an autistic student, rendering the 14-year-old boy unconscious on a bus ride back to his Montgomery home from C...
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Kane County to consider new taxes to fund justice reformAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - Kane County residents may be forced to help pay for criminal justice reform with new taxes at the gas pump and on the sale of some retail items under proposals made by t...
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Kane County sheriff's office investigating fatal dog shooting involving Wayne president's husbandAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - Kane County sheriff's deputies are investigating allegations that the husband of Wayne Village President Eileen Phipps shot and killed a neighbor's dog without justifica...
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North Aurora officer shoots, kills man police say had gun, behaved 'erratically'Aug 11, 2021 1:00 am - A North Aurora police officer shot and killed a 51-year-old man Tuesday night. Police identified the man as James R. Wiesner. They said Wiesner's fiance called police at...
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Man injured in shooting at his Aurora Township home; Kane detectives seek infoAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - A 21-year-old man was injured in a shooting at 1:20 a.m. Monday in Aurora Township, according to the Kane County sheriff's office. Four people entered the victim's home ...
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Campton Hills man admits to involuntary manslaughter for beating mother to deathJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - A Campton Hills man pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter, for beating his mother to death with a baseball bat in 2019 when he drunkenly mistook her for a...
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Rockford teen charged after stolen-vehicle chase near Campton HillsJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - A 15-year-old boy from Rockford faces possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing and eluding police charges, after a police chase near Campton Hills ear...
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How a St. Charles officer's quick actions saved a shooting victim's lifeJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas cops crime@dailyherald.com St. Charles patrol officer Steve Mattas was about halfway through his midnight shift June 27 when a bu...
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Help instead of handcuffs: Kane County launching pre-arrest diversion programJul 16, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Anyone who's seen an episode of "Cops" knows how it goes: Police respond to the scene of a crime, fi...
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Case against man accused of trying to kidnap girl in Carol Stream droppedJul 09, 2021 5:30 am - It was a pretty stunning case last summer. A man ran up to a 13-year-old girl, grabbed her around the waist and tried to carry her away on Aug. 7, 2020, near a Carol Str...