Oak Brook Crime
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DuPage coroner: Heroin deaths rise, but it could have been worseJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - The number of heroin-related deaths rose again last year in DuPage County, Coroner Richard Jorgensen said Thursday. And the picture could have been significantly worse,...
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West Chicago rescuers save overdose victimJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - A 21-year-old West Chicago man is the latest to have his life saved by a heroin overdose intervention drug as DuPage County inches closer to its 100th save. West Chicago...
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Former DuPage forest IT manager gets jail, probationJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - A DuPage County judge said Tuesday he wanted to send a message to other government employees as he sentenced former forest preserve district information technology manag...
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Attempted stolen vehicle arrest leads to multiple felony charges for coupleJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - A man from Burbank and a woman from Palatine remained behind bars Monday in DuPage County, charged with multiple felonies following an attempted traffic stop of a stolen...
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Bensenville trustee pleads guilty, calls shoplifting an 'honest mistake'Jan 15, 2016 12:00 am - A Bensenville village trustee has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor retail theft charges but says her conviction has no impact on her role as an elected official. According ...
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Addison man pleads guilty to stabbing murder of wife, injuring stepsonJan 15, 2016 12:00 am - An Addison man charged with murdering his wife and stabbing his teenage stepson in 2013 has pleaded guilty. Kurtis Worley, 35, now faces between 26 and 90 years in priso...
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Businessman gets prison for scamming Villa Park manJan 14, 2016 12:00 am - A Woodridge businessman with a history of writing bad checks and ripping people off is set to serve a nine-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Thursday to theft a...
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Aurora man admits to DUI crash that injured four, faces prisonJan 11, 2016 11:10 am - A 41-year-old man faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to causing a DUI crash that injured four people, including three children, in March 2014, ...
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Bloomingdale police: Woman shot to death was collecting belongingsJan 11, 2016 12:00 am - Bloomingdale police were no strangers to the home on the 300 block of Norton Lane where two people were found shot to death Friday night in an apparent murder-suicide. I...
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More sex abuse allegations tied to Oak Brook ministryJan 09, 2016 12:00 am - Five women from across the country have joined an existing lawsuit against a DuPage-based conservative Christian ministry alleging decades of sexual misconduct by church...