Sleepy Hollow Crime
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Batavia man gets 16 years in prison after $2.7 million pot bustOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - As the economy crumbled in 2007 and 2008, so did Richard Ecklund's flooring business and his ability to pay his mortgage. So the 50-year-old Batavia man turned to dealin...
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Elgin man charged with his 5th DUIOct 27, 2014 1:01 am - A 51-year-old man was arrested over the weekend in Geneva and charged with his fifth DUI, according to police and court records. Christopher Caudill, of the 2000 block o...
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Aurora man pleads guilty to sex abuse, gets 5 yearsOct 25, 2014 1:01 am - An Aurora man on Friday pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a teenager he knew and was sentenced to five years in prison, according to the Kane County state's attorney's ...
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Police: Carpentersville man groped woman, 22, on sidewalkOct 24, 2014 1:01 am - A 36-year-old Carpentersville man is charged with groping a woman as she walked home from a gas station, police said. Adam G. Green, of the 100 block of Del Rio Road, fa...
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Peaceful grotto damaged by vandals in GenevaOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - With a pail of paint, a vandal has marred a relic of Kane County history where people pause in quiet contemplation. Sometime between Oct. 11 and 18, someone poured white...
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8 years for Aurora home invasion, hammer attackOct 20, 2014 1:01 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home in July 2013, injuring her and stealing her cellphone, according to ...
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Police: Elgin woman starved dog on apartment balconyOct 20, 2014 1:01 am - A 24-year-old Elgin woman is accused of leaving two small dogs on her apartment balcony for a week, causing one of them to die of starvation, according to an Elgin polic...
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Police: Batavia man sexually assaulted teen after Jell-O shotsOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - A Batavia man is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl after getting her drunk on vodka Jell-O shots, court records indicate. Sean A. Loftis, 38, of the 1300...
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Texas man pleads not guilty to murdering grandmotherOct 16, 2014 1:00 am - A 41-year-old Texas man pleaded not guilty in Kane County court Thursday to charges he killed his grandmother in July at her East Dundee home. Richard Schmelzer, of Fris...
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Man charged with stalking in Geneva, BataviaOct 14, 2014 1:01 am - A 46-year-old man is accused of stalking his estranged wife by waiting for her outside of a Batavia movie theater, purposefully rear-ending her car and trying to cut her...