St. Charles Crime
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One killed, two injured in crash near Sugar GroveJul 21, 2023 11:00 pm - One person was killed and two others injured in a three-vehicle crash late Friday night near Sugar Grove, police said. Jonathan P. Couch, 54, of Sugar Grove, died at a h...
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Prosecutor: Victims of suburban sex trafficking ring lived in fearJul 21, 2023 1:00 am - As authorities continue to investigate a suburban sex trafficking ring, details emerge about the women who were victimized. Investigators found one of the women told her...
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Five arrests made, seven women rescued from suburban sex trafficking ringJul 20, 2023 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated with corrected information from the Kane County state's attorney's office. Officials initially stated 10 victims were resc...
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Elation, dismay from suburban leaders over state Supreme Court's landmark bail rulingJul 18, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court's landmark decision Tuesday upholding the constitutionality of cashless bail sparked elation from some suburban leaders and dismay among other...
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There's been a sharp decline in on-duty police officer deaths this year. Here's why.Jul 14, 2023 5:00 am - There's good news in a national midyear report on job-related deaths of law enforcement officers: So far, there have been far fewer than in 2022. That's largely due to a...
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Driver who killed motorcyclist, then fled, gets 4 years' probationJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - An Elgin man who fled after hitting and killing a motorcyclist near St. Charles in 2021 was sentenced Wednesday to four years of probation. Ruben Campuzano, 49, of the 5...
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How the Kane County sheriff's office is using these spike strips to end chasesJun 30, 2023 5:30 am - Last August, Kane County deputies were trying to stop a vehicle driving 90 in a 45 mph zone near Aurora, blowing a red light. As the chase went on, the vehicle drove in...
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Driver gets 17-year sentence for transporting drugs on I-90Jun 30, 2023 1:00 am - A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for transporting a variety of drugs on I-90 in Kane County. Darieln A. Moran-Sanchez, 25, of Maplewood, Minnesota, will ha...
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Man charged with possessing, disseminating child pornographyJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect town for the defendant. A Campton Hills man has been charged with child pornography crimes. Michael C. Willis, 42, of the 39W80...
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Did misogyny, inept police work and more let a suburban killer evade justice?Jun 16, 2023 5:30 am - When Chris Loudon became a Lisle police detective, the job came with an assignment: Try to solve three cold cases. One was the rape of an elderly woman in the early 1990...