West Chicago Crime
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Former Aurora smoke shop owner facing drug charges in synthetic marijuana caseApr 17, 2015 1:00 am - Almost four years after 19-year-old Max Dobner smoked a synthetic drug and died crashing his car into a North Aurora home, federal prosecutors have announced charges aga...
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DuPage deputy files second federal suit against sheriffApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - A longtime DuPage County sheriff's deputy, already part of a federal lawsuit against Sheriff John Zaruba claiming retaliation, has filed a second suit, this one alleging...
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Burr Ridge Realtor accused of pocketing earnest moneyApr 14, 2015 1:00 am - A Burr Ridge Realtor accused of stealing more than $145,000 from the earnest money accounts of at least a dozen clients faces several felony charges. Harry Simons, 48, o...
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Former COD employee pleads not guilty to theft, forgeryApr 13, 2015 1:00 am - A former part-time College of DuPage employee pleaded not guilty Monday to felony charges that he stole more than $100,000 from the campus radio station over a seven-yea...
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Downers Grove man gets 7½ years for armed robberyApr 13, 2015 1:00 am - The first of three men charged in the May 6 armed robbery of a Downers Grove woman in her driveway has been sentenced to prison. Former Downers Grove North and South hig...
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Fined for speeding 10 years after the fact? N. Aurora man gets his money backApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - North Aurora resident Dan Laird fought the law and won a small victory Friday. In just a few hours, he had apologies in hand from an associate judge and the DuPage Count...
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Former COD employee indicted on forgery, theft chargesApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - A former part-time College of DuPage employee has been indicted on felony charges that he stole more than $100,000 from the campus radio station over a seven-year period...
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Olaska likely to be sentenced May 20 for Naperville bar murderApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - Shaun Wild's family members have struggled for weeks to write their victim impact statements ahead of Daniel Olaska's likely May 20 sentencing hearing for slaying the se...
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Former Elmhurst youth minister sentenced on sexual abuse chargesApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - A former Elmhurst church youth minister was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to criminal sexual assault of a teenage girl he previously men...
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Naperville man committed for attack on motherApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - A Naperville man accused of attacking his mother with a butcher knife in 2011 has been committed to a mental health institution for 25½ years. Alexander Georg, 31, was r...