Oak Brook Crime
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DuPage sheriff sends jail volunteers packing, has new plan to rehabilitate inmatesAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - Volunteers working within the DuPage County jail fear that, for the first time in more than 30 years, inmates who reach out for help during their incarceration will not ...
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Former banker pleads guilty to stealing from elderly customersAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - A former Downers Grove banker pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $328,000 from three elderly customers. Christine Lange, 48, of Summit, was apprehended in la...
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Juveniles charged in Warrenville-area shootingAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Three juveniles face multiple felony charges after a shooting near Warrenville. Police say officers responded, at 1:17 p.m. Tuesday, to the area of 29W538 Country Ridge ...
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Man sentenced to 10 years in prison in DuPage heroin death caseAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - A man accused of supplying heroin to a Wisconsin man who then died in an Oak Brook hotel has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Matthew Chapman, 31, of the 1800 block...
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Man who slashed mother with ax on Mother's Day faces at least 3 years in prisonAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - A Downers Grove man who slashed his 80-year-old mother in the face and head with an ax on Mother's Day 2017 faces between 3 and 14 years in prison when he's sentenced in...
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Prosecutors: Teens stabbed, burned, ran over victim in West Chicago murderAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - Two DuPage County teens face murder charges for what authorities described as a “brutal and heinous” attack in which they strangled their 18-year-old victim with a belt,...
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Probation, treatment for former Naperville firefighter with 12,000 child porn imagesAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - A former Naperville firefighter who authorities say had more than 12,000 images of child pornography on three computers was sentenced Thursday to four years of specializ...
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No increased bail for woman charged in murder-for-hireAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge Thursday denied prosecutors' attempts to increase the bail for a 31-year-old nurse accused of paying a dark-web hitman to have her lover's wife kil...
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Investigation continues in case of body found in smoldering blanketAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - Police spotlights remain in the field just south of Wycliffe Drive and Joliet Street in West Chicago and unmarked police vehicles occasionally circle the area where fire...
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West Chicago police: Firefighters find body in smoldering blanket during trainingAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - West Chicago police are investigating the death of a person found Tuesday wrapped in a still-smoldering blanket on a Joliet Street property just south of Roosevelt Road....