St. Charles Crime
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Police investigating message on pizza box sent to jurors in murder trialJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - A message in a pizza box threw the Daniel Rak murder trial for a loop Friday. Fifteen jurors were questioned, individually, about whether seeing the phrase “They're inno...
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Burlington Township murder suspect admits to throwing bottle at, punching dadJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Angry that his father walked in on his girlfriend taking a bath, Daniel Rak went to his dad's bedroom to deliver a bottle of vodka and to tell him to show respect. "Here...
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Fox Valley police reportsJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Burlington murder trial focuses on cluttered home; experts coming nextJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - The trial of Daniel Rak, accused of killing his father in his Burlington Township home in February 2016, focused Wednesday on the dirty, cluttered conditions in the home...
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Attorney: Light 'bop' from son didn't kill Burlington Township manJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - An earlier version misspelled the name of witness Brittani Decker. Was Jeffrey Rak punched in the face, or merely "bopped?" And was the brain injury found at his au...
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Probation for man who sold LSD in Kane CountyJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - An Indiana man accused of selling LSD several times in Kane County in 2015 has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and has been sentenced to 30 months of probation. Howev...
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Drug-related cases remain a 'serious issue,' McMahon saysJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County prosecutors have been dealing with more cases in the first six months of this year compared with last year at this time. State's Attorney Joe McMahon told th...
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McMahon sees challenges, but more opportunities, with Elgin police camerasJul 12, 2017 1:00 am - Elgin police have begun using body cameras to record law enforcement efforts in executing search warrants and other instances. And by year's end, the department hopes to...
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Prosecutors: Maple Park man was nearly 3x legal limit in fatal DUI crashJul 11, 2017 1:00 am - A 40-year-old Maple Park man has been charged with driving while nearly three times over the legal alcohol threshold during a crash that injured him and his sister and k...