South Elgin Crime
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60-year prison sentence in $1.35 million Aurora heroin bustFeb 27, 2017 12:00 am - An Aurora man convicted of possessing nearly 20 pounds of heroin in one of the largest drug arrests in Kane County history was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday. Mo...
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How law-and-order suburban sheriff became a deaconFeb 24, 2017 4:40 am - Former Kane County Sheriff Ken Ramsey is a tough guy. Fighting in the Vietnam War, serving as a firefighter, and working 35 years in law enforcement, Ramsey saw violence...
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St. Charles man faces more armed robbery charges, bail increasedFeb 24, 2017 12:00 am - A St. Charles man arrested on charges of a Feb. 14 knife point robbery of an Elgin gas station has been charged with more armed robberies in February - one in South Elgi...
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2 arrested in Carpentersville indoor marijuana grow operationFeb 24, 2017 12:00 am - Two Carpentersville residents were charged after police executed a search warrant Thursday that turned up an indoor grow operation of 66 marijuana plants. Robbie Marinko...
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Witness recounts fatal shooting of Bartlett manFeb 23, 2017 12:00 am - A key witness in the murder trial against a former Algonquin man accused of killing a Bartlett man in 2014 over drugs testified Thursday that Gary Bennett shot a man in ...
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Trial begins in murder of Bartlett man missing since 2014Feb 22, 2017 12:00 am - A Kane County prosecutor laid out the scenario of a Bartlett man's death as Gary M. Bennett's murder trial began Wednesday. According to Assistant State's Attorney Joe ...
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Juvenile charged in South Elgin middle school beatingFeb 21, 2017 12:00 am - A juvenile charged in a Feb. 3 beating at a South Elgin middle school that left a 12-year-old in a coma made his initial court appearance Tuesday, where he was assigned ...
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Probation for Elgin man caught growing pot after well-being callFeb 20, 2017 12:00 am - An Elgin man charged last year with growing and possessing marijuana after a well-being call when one of his tenants posted suicidal statements online has pleaded guilty...
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Judge mulls Burlington murder suspect's statement; trial date setFeb 17, 2017 12:00 am - A Kane County judge will decide by March 3 whether statements to detectives by a Burlington Township man accused of killing his father can be used at trial later this ye...
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Prosecutors: Burlington murder suspect's statements were voluntaryFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - Daniel Rak may have been cold, tired and hungry from a night of drinking and using drugs, but statements he gave to Kane County sheriff's investigators regarding his fat...