South Elgin Crime
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Immigration battle, Kirk assassination among top stories of 2025Dec 30, 2025 11:05 pm - The reaction to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, immigration enforcement efforts and the conclusion to a decades-old disappearance were among the top suburban stories of 2025.
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Prosecutors: Doctor sexually assaulted teen at Elgin hotelDec 16, 2025 10:03 am - An Elgin-based doctor faces multiple felony charges alleging he sexually assaulted and exploited a 16-year-old with an intellectual disability, authorities said Tuesday.
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Geneva woman charged with felony hate crimes, aggravated battery on police officerDec 13, 2025 5:11 pm - A 51-year-old Geneva woman was charged with multiple felonies after police alleged she spit in an officer’s mouth and threatened to attack her neighbors, records show.
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Webpage created to update public on prosecution of chiropractor accused of secretly filming patientsDec 01, 2025 12:59 pm - The Kane County state’s attorney’s office has created a webpage to provide updates on its prosecution of a Batavia chiropractor who is accused of secretly videotaping undressed patients.
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Elgin man gets 18-year sentence after admitting to sexually assaulting a childOct 28, 2025 11:49 am - A former Elgin man received an 18-year prison sentence after pleading guilty last week to a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.
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Man gets 15 years in prison for having child pornographyOct 16, 2025 10:10 am - A South Elgin man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing child pornography.
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Judge’s reference to other cases in verdict gets murder conviction thrown outOct 09, 2025 7:28 pm - When finding an Aurora man guilty of killing his girlfriend five years ago, a Kane County judge cited knowledge he’d gained from watching similar cases. That was “clear and obvious error,” a state appeals court ruled this week in tossing out the conviction and ordering a new trial.
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Probation for woman who abducted daughter, stayed away almost six yearsOct 09, 2025 2:35 pm - A St. Charles-area woman who abducted her daughter and kept her for almost six years, until they were recognized from a television program about missing people, has been sentenced to two years of probation.
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South Elgin man not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering his motherOct 03, 2025 10:43 am - A South Elgin man who stabbed his mother to death in 2023 has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of first-degree murder.
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2 men arrested in multicounty Walgreens theft spreeOct 01, 2025 3:37 pm - Wauconda police have arrested two men on felony charges related to a string of retail thefts across Lake, McHenry, Boone, Will, and Kane counties.
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