Villa Park Crime
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Special delivery: How Barrington Hills cops helped with roadside birthMar 12, 2021 4:30 am - Two Barrington Hills police officers are credited with a huge assist for their help at the scene of the roadside delivery of a baby boy last week. Besides his parents, G...
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Wheaton man charged with being armed habitual criminalMar 08, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $150,000 Monday for a Wheaton man charged, for at least the second time, with being an armed habitual criminal. Keith M. Summers, 26, of the 0-100 block ...
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Man gets 8-year sentence for Villa Park carjackingMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A Villa Park man was sentenced Feb. 22 to eight years in prison for hijacking a woman's car Sept. 29, 2019 at a gasoline station in the village. Michael C. Davis, 36, wa...
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Woman who sued DuPage sheriff receiving methadone treatmentFeb 28, 2021 12:00 am - A woman who sued the DuPage County sheriff because she believed she would not receive her prescribed methadone treatment at the DuPage County jail is receiving that trea...
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Two workers at Aurora driver services facility chargedFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Two workers at the Illinois driver and vehicle services facility in Aurora are facing official misconduct charges for creating fake lien releases and issuing fraudulent ...
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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ACLU sues DuPage sheriff to ensure future inmate doesn't go through withdrawal symptomsFeb 12, 2021 4:30 am - Withholding methadone from a person addicted to opiates would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. So says the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit it...
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DeKalb man denied bail in West Chicago shootingFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was denied Friday for a DeKalb man accused of shooting and critically injuring a man outside his West Chicago workplace last month, officials said. Ahmad Steele, 34...
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Bensenville man charged with robbing 3 convenience stores, threatening to kill clerkFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - A Bensenville man is held without bail on charges he robbed convenience stores in December and January, tied up two clerks and threatened to kill another. Marquelle Will...
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How many fewer criminal charges were filed last year due to pandemicJan 29, 2021 4:22 am - You can count suburban criminal court filings among the many items the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on in 2020. Whether it was a lack of opportunity when stores, resta...