St. Charles Crime
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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...
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Images: Funeral service for Kane County Sheriff's police dog, Hudson.Jun 01, 2023 1:00 am - ...
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Loyalty, love and unstoppable courage: Kane County says goodbye to slain police dog HudsonJun 01, 2023 1:00 am - Hudson was a Kane County sheriff's office police dog for just a little more than two years, but his brief career - cut short when he was shot to death last week - made a...
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St. Charles driving instructor charged with sexual assaultMay 30, 2023 1:00 am - A St. Charles driving instructor is facing several felony charges for sexually assaulting an underage student, according to a news release from Kane County State's Attor...
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Man charged with DUI in fatal crash near Sugar GroveMay 30, 2023 1:00 am - An Oswego man has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in connection with a crash that killed one of his passengers. Julio DeAnda-Vargas, 29, is bein...