West Chicago Crime
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Berlin: DuPage drug-induced homicide cases will only increaseAug 06, 2014 5:30 am - DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin and his prosecutors are now 2-0 when it comes to prosecuting the relatively new charge of drug-induced homicide. Unfortunate...
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Chicago man gets 22 years in Lombard attempted murderAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - A Chicago man found guilty in June of severely beating and stabbing the mother of his two young children was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison. Demetrice Tompkin...
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Man convicted of 2005 Aurora murder seeks juvenile courtAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - A Sudanese immigrant whose 35-year prison sentence for fatally shooting an Aurora woman recently was overturned wants his case returned to juvenile court - a move that t...
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Summit woman found guilty in Wheaton heroin deathAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - A DuPage County jury deliberated for nearly four hours Monday night before finding a Summit woman guilty of supplying her friend with a fatal dose of heroin in 2012 in W...
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Convicted Aurora murderer on trial for 2nd shootingAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - A 31-year-old Aurora gang member went on trial in Kane County Monday on charges he opened fire on two men in a case of mistaken identity. Enrique L. Torres is accused of...
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Heroin overdose confirmed in 2012 Wheaton deathAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - Augustina Taylor's death in the late-night hours of June 27, 2012, was caused by a lethal combination of heroin and cocaine, a former DuPage County forensic pathologist ...
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Lisle man sentenced for starting playground fireAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - A 23-year-old Lisle man was cold and drunk in the early morning hours of Aug. 13, 2013, when he and another man decided to light a fire in a playground to keep warm. Tha...
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Trial begins in Wheaton drug-induced homicide caseJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - Augustina Taylor had just more than 24 hours to celebrate her newfound freedom from prison on June 26, 2012, before she again succumbed to her drug addiction demons, aut...
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DuPage's second drug-induced homicide trial to beginJul 30, 2014 1:01 am - The trial of a South suburban woman accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to her friend in Wheaton is set to begin Thursday morning. Jennifer Nere, 34, of Summit, ...
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Slapping bartender cost Naperville man more than $400Jul 28, 2014 1:01 am - It was the drink Kyle Goro was never served that ended up costing him the most. Goro, 26, of the 1200 block of Lakewood Circle in Naperville, recently pleaded guilty to ...