Oak Brook Crime
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Prosecutors: Burr Ridge broker accused of theft risked losing franchiseNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - Real estate broker Harry "Bud" Simons was late paying his monthly stipends to RE/MAX corporate offices several times and was threatened with having his franchise yanked ...
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Burr Ridge real estate broker accused of stealing earnest moneyNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - A Burr Ridge real estate broker accused of stealing more than $145,000 from the earnest money accounts of at least a dozen clients says he did it to keep his business af...
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Wheaton investment firm owner faces fraud chargesNov 13, 2015 12:00 am - A 58-year-old Winfield man was indicted on charges of misappropriating nearly $1.2 million in client funds to help cover payroll and tax commitments at his Wheaton inves...
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Winfield man gets prison time for sex assault, abuseNov 13, 2015 12:00 am - A Winfield man, formerly of Geneva, was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a child he knew over a seven-year span, ending in A...
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DuPage County wants to keep sending youth detainees to Kane CountyNov 11, 2015 12:00 am - DuPage County has agreed to continue sending its youth detainees to the Kane County Juvenile Justice Center in St. Charles. Four years ago, DuPage made a controversial d...
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Why Explorer post was easy target for GliniewiczNov 08, 2015 6:30 am - Among the surprise developments in the death of Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz announced last week was that he had pilfered a "five-figure amount" from th...
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Dawn Patrol: Gliniewicz' wife, son part of theft probe; gravestone dispute settledNov 06, 2015 4:00 am - Source: Probe turns to Gliniewicz's wife, son: Melodie Gliniewicz and D.J. Gliniewicz are now part of the criminal investigation that stems from what authorities ha...
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COD student's attorney: Two campus cops should be firedNov 06, 2015 12:00 am - The attorney representing a former College of DuPage student who filed a federal lawsuit against the school that claims two campus police officers used excessive force a...
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Aurora man charged with murder at September partyNov 06, 2015 12:00 am - An Aurora man has been charged with gunning down a 23-year-old at a party in Aurora in September, authorities said Friday. Marquitte L. West, 22, of the 1000 block of Wo...
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Video at heart of excessive-force lawsuit against College of DuPage copsNov 05, 2015 12:00 am - A former College of DuPage student has filed a federal lawsuit against the college and two of its campus police officers alleging excessive force stemming from her arres...