South Elgin Crime
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Police: 'Coincidence' sinks man accused of stealing guns near St. CharlesJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - A cleaning crew accidentally set off a burglar alarm at a St. Charles industrial park Tuesday and in the process inadvertently helped police catch a 25-year-old man accu...
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Carpentersville man charged with sexually abusing teenJul 05, 2017 1:00 am - A 28-year-old Carpentersville man was being held on $270,000 bail after being charged with sexually abusing a girl younger than 17. Heriberto Landa-Gomez, of the 0-99 bl...
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4 years for mentally ill man who fractured teen's pelvis outside Batavia LibraryJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - Indicating she feared for the public's safety, a Kane County judge Friday sentenced a 38-year-old mentally ill man to four years in prison for pushing a 13-year-old, 75-...
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Five arrested, authorities seize heroin from South Elgin homeJun 29, 2017 1:00 am - Five people were arrested on heroin dealing charges this week as authorities Thursday executed a search warrant in South Elgin as part of Kane County's latest steps towa...
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Probation for final defendant in St. Charles mail order pot schemeJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - A San Diego woman, who was one of four people arrested in a mail order marijuana scheme operated out of St. Charles in 2014, has pleaded guilty to reduced felony charges...
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Police: Batavia gas station clerk refuses to open register for robberJun 26, 2017 1:00 am - Batavia police are investigating an attempted robbery Sunday at the Shell gas station, 108 N. Batavia Ave. A man entered the store about 7:02 a.m. and, while the clerk w...
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Police: Man attacked estranged wife on St. Charles streetJun 21, 2017 1:00 am - A 43-year-old man has been charged with pummeling his estranged wife in the middle of a St. Charles street early Tuesday morning, just as she was leaving her job. A co-w...
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8 years for shooting tow-truck driver in ElginJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - A South Elgin man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a tow-truck driver. Kane County Circuit Judge John Barsanti pronounced the sentence Thursday f...
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What will Bail Reform Act mean for Kane County jail?Jun 15, 2017 1:00 am - A new Illinois law to keep people out of the Kane County jail who can't afford to pay for their release will also decrease county revenue, increase public defender costs...
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Probation, community service for man in 7-hour Elgin police standoffJun 14, 2017 1:00 am - A 58-year-old man who sparked a seven-hour standoff with Elgin police last summer after threatening to shoot a woman has been sentenced to a year of probation and 30 hou...