Pingree Grove Crime
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$4 million award in lawsuit over sex abuse from Sugar Grove foster parentSep 25, 2017 1:00 am - A Kane County judge has awarded $4 million in damages to a man who was sexually abused by a Sugar Grove foster parent in 2004. The attorney for the victim, identified as...
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Burlington Twp. man acquitted of murder gets probation for domestic batterySep 21, 2017 1:00 am - A Burlington Township man acquitted of his father's murder but convicted of felony domestic battery was sentenced to four years' probation Thursday. Daniel M. Rak, 32, f...
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Woman charged with forgery gets second chance, must pay restitutionSep 20, 2017 1:00 am - One of two women charged with forging times sheets while working as home service providers for Kane County residents under the state's Department of Human Services has b...
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Kane sheriff, state's attorney move to toss malicious prosecution suitSep 20, 2017 1:00 am - The Kane County sheriff and state's attorney want to dismiss a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by a paroled murderer charged with stalking a former stripper. Kurt E....
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Probation, work release on reduced charge in 2012 Aurora University rape caseSep 18, 2017 1:00 am - A Chicago man who was one of three people accused of raping a woman at Aurora University in 2012 pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge as his trial was to begin. Cor...
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Lawsuit by murdered Geneva man's survivors moves toward conclusionSep 16, 2017 1:00 am - A dispute over the estate of a Geneva woman who fatally poisoned her husband in 2016 could be coming to a close. Attorneys for Julia Gutierrez have not challenged her gu...
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How an 'innocent' joke nearly derailed a murder trialSep 15, 2017 5:30 am - It was intended as an “innocent” joke, but a 19-year-old pizzeria worker's idea of a prank nearly derailed a Kane County murder trial this summer and almost had him faci...
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Aurora police make 2nd arrest in June gang murderSep 15, 2017 1:00 am - A second man has been charged with gunning down a 34-year-old man in Aurora in a June gang-related killing. Martin Garcia, 23, of the 600 block of North Root Street, Aur...
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Kane County state's attorney opposed to legalized marijuanaSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - First it was Colorado and Washington, then Alaska and Oregon. Last November, voters in California, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine all signed off on legalizing marijuana...
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Elgin man charged with sex assault, abuse of two girls over 8-year spanSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - A 32-year-old Elgin man was being held on $250,000 bail after being charged with sexually assaulting and abusing two girls he knew from 2009 through 2017. Humberto Corde...