St. Charles Crime
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Campton Hills man admits to involuntary manslaughter for beating mother to deathJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - A Campton Hills man pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter, for beating his mother to death with a baseball bat in 2019 when he drunkenly mistook her for a...
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Rockford teen charged after stolen-vehicle chase near Campton HillsJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - A 15-year-old boy from Rockford faces possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing and eluding police charges, after a police chase near Campton Hills ear...
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Police searching for man who escaped custody in St. Charles during transportJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - Police officers from Elgin, St. Charles and the Kane County sheriff's office are searching for a man who escaped custody while being transported on Tuesday. Authorities ...
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Former youth center worker admits to misconductJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - A former Illinois Youth Center employee pleaded guilty to felony official misconduct after she engaged in sexual contact with an inmate at St. Charles facility. Antoinet...
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How a St. Charles officer's quick actions saved a shooting victim's lifeJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas cops crime@dailyherald.com St. Charles patrol officer Steve Mattas was about halfway through his midnight shift June 27 when a bu...
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Police: St. Charles man shot guest in headJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - A St. Charles man has been charged with armed violence and reckless conduct after shooting a man in the head, authorities said. Police at 3:31 p.m. Thursday were called...
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Help instead of handcuffs: Kane County launching pre-arrest diversion programJul 16, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Anyone who's seen an episode of "Cops" knows how it goes: Police respond to the scene of a crime, fi...
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Case against man accused of trying to kidnap girl in Carol Stream droppedJul 09, 2021 5:30 am - It was a pretty stunning case last summer. A man ran up to a 13-year-old girl, grabbed her around the waist and tried to carry her away on Aug. 7, 2020, near a Carol Str...
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Chicago man pleads guilty to Carpentersville robbery where accomplice was killedJul 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to robbing a Carpentersville business at gunpoint in September 2016, in a case where another suspect was shot and killed by one of the b...
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Man charged with reckless homicide for West Dundee crashJul 08, 2021 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Carpentersville man has been charged with reckless homicide, accused of killing a man in a car crash May 8 in West Dundee. Bail was set at $100,000 Tuesday...