Oak Brook Crime
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Naperville mom faces sentencing next month for murder of two childrenNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - Elzbieta Plackowska already knows she will live the rest of her life behind bars, but a DuPage County judge will make it official on Dec. 15. The Naperville mother was c...
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Judge reduces bail for mom who crashed into Aurora pondNov 17, 2017 12:00 am - A Cicero woman accused of driving drunk when she crashed her SUV into an Aurora pond and left her 6-year-old son in the submerged vehicle is expected to be released from...
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Plea deal likely reached for downstate man who threatened DuPage officialsNov 17, 2017 12:00 am - This story was updated Nov. 18 to correct the name of the judge handling the case. A negotiated plea deal has likely been reached for a downstate man accused of sen...
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Illinois attorney general sues Downers Grove home improvement businessNov 16, 2017 12:00 am - Attorney General Lisa Madigan is suing a Downers Grove-based home improvement business for misleading hundreds of residents into paying for home repair work they did not...
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January trial set for DuPage judge accused of reckless conductNov 15, 2017 12:00 am - DuPage County Judge Patrick O'Shea will appear before a Kane County judge Jan. 4 for what's expected to be an hourslong bench trial on his reckless conduct case. O'Shea ...
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Judge denies release for mom who slashed daughter's throatNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - A woman who murdered her 4-year-old daughter in 2010 but was found not guilty by reason of insanity will remain in the care of the state's Department of Human Services f...
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Fifth Wheaton College football player pleads not guilty to hazingNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - The fifth of five suspended Wheaton College football players accused of hazing a former teammate pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of aggravated battery, mob action a...
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Roselle real estate agent pleads guilty to burglary chargesNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - A former Roselle real estate agent, already on probation in Cook County for similar charges, has pleaded guilty to arranging phony home showings to steal jewelry from ho...
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Heroin overdose deaths, rescues both on the rise in 4 countiesNov 09, 2017 4:30 am - Heroin and opioid overdose deaths are on pace to top last year's totals in four of six area counties, even while first responders are setting records for saving lives us...
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68-year sentence in brutal Willowbrook stabbing, rapeNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Once he was in custody, Londale Madison told police that after he stabbed and raped his victim in August 2015, he thought about punching the woman so hard that she would...