Plainfield Crime
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Man charged with Plainfield bank robberyAug 18, 2014 1:01 am - A 35-year-old man has been charged in connection with a Plainfield bank robbery. Kenneth M. Matlock, whose last known address was in Woodridge, was charged with one coun...
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Motorcycle daredevil found guilty in Westmont chaseMay 07, 2014 1:01 am - A motorcycle daredevil's exploits, including baiting suburban police officers into chasing him and then posting videos of the pursuit online, likely will land him in jai...
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Man charged with exposing himself in Wheaton parking lotNov 22, 2013 9:33 am - A Plainfield man with a history of flashing arrests was charged with public indecency after police caught him exposing himself in Wheaton, authorities said. Jermaine E....
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Wrestlers guilty of damaging Naperville mayor’s ‘Mystical Dragon’ sculptureOct 23, 2013 6:33 pm - A pair of college wrestlers who picked up a 5-foot-tall Fiberglas dragon sculpture from Naperville Mayor George Pradel’s yard and chucked it off a bridge have now picked...
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Inmate files appeal in NIU student’s murderOct 01, 2013 4:43 pm - SYCAMORE, Ill. — A northern Illinois man who is serving decades in prison for the death of a Northern Illinois University student from Plainfield wants to appeal a judge...
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Judge sets Sept. 16 hearing in NIU murder caseSep 05, 2013 6:01 pm - The attorney for a man who is in prison for killing a Northern Illinois University student says it wasn’t his client’s fault he missed a deadline to appeal his 37-year s...
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Court appoints defense attorney in NIU murder caseAug 20, 2013 6:15 pm - A man who is serving a 37-year prison sentence for killing a Northern Illinois University student from Plainfield now has a court-appointed attorney. The Daily Chronicle...
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Guilty plea from Naperville man who secretly filmed teensAug 09, 2013 11:10 am - A Naperville man pleaded guilty Friday to child pornography in a case that also uncovered videos he shot of teen girls in his neighborhood through their bedroom windows....
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Vandals cause damage at Brookdale SchoolJun 24, 2013 5:23 pm - Vandals damaged two signs and a new sculpture outside Naperville’s Brookdale Elementary School at 1600 Redfield Road, authorities said Monday. Indian Prairie Unit Distri...
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Plainfield man’s trial ends in hung juryJun 22, 2013 5:31 pm - STURGEON BAY, Wis. — The trial of a Plainfield man accused of killing his friend and her unborn baby at a resort in Wisconsin’s Door County has ended in a hung jury. Bri...