South Elgin Crime
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Man with half-pound of marijuana, loaded gun sentenced to boot campFeb 20, 2019 12:00 am - A 22-year-old Sycamore man who was caught with nearly a half-pound of marijuana and a loaded gun after a 2017 traffic stop in St. Charles has pleaded guilty and will be ...
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Kane state's attorney praises law enforcement for Aurora shooting responseFeb 19, 2019 12:00 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon offered condolences to the five people killed in Friday's Henry Pratt workplace shooting, but he also praised various and numero...
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Police: Sting leads to seizure of drugs, stolen guns at South Elgin homeFeb 19, 2019 12:00 am - After a covert operation by the North Central Narcotics Task Force, police have recovered drugs and weapons, some of which were stolen, from a South Elgin home and charg...
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Aurora attorney's true-crime memoir reviews his work on Nicarico caseFeb 18, 2019 4:25 am - Aurora attorney's true-crime memoir reviews his work on Nicarico case and its aftermath
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Probation, restitution for false armed burglar report that started St. Charles manhuntFeb 18, 2019 12:00 am - A 30-year-old man accused of falsely telling St. Charles police he was wounded while shooting at an armed burglar at his parents' home in 2017, launching a police manhun...
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Kane sheriff plans database for tracking revoked FOID cardsFeb 18, 2019 12:00 am - Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain says he hopes his office will have a database in place by March 1 to inform and track down people in unincorporated areas who have had their...
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High-risk inmates causing tougher job for Kane correctional officersFeb 15, 2019 4:25 am - Kane County is doing a good job of keeping the people who need to be in jail behind bars while also freeing those who would be harmed and do more harm later by staying i...
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Jail, probation for man bitten by Aurora police dog while hiding in houseFeb 15, 2019 12:00 am - A 28-year-old man who was bitten by a police dog while hiding from authorities in an Aurora home has been sentenced to two years of probation and more than seven months ...
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Safer, but still scared: How suburban students feel one year after Parkland shootingFeb 14, 2019 4:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct a mistake in the name of the Parkland, Florida high school. The correct name is Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Sc...
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Elgin police: Man stole BMW from driveway, sparked drunken chase before crashFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - A McHenry man who was found not guilty of setting a homeless woman on fire after she refused to have sex with him in 2014 is now held on charges he stole a BMW from an E...