West Chicago Crime
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Police: Man on parole for murder now faces gun chargeJun 30, 2024 3:09 pm - An Addison man on parole on a second-degree murder charge has been charged with possessing a loaded machine gun.
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‘I feel like my brother has been neglected’: Questions linger one year after deadly mass shootingJun 18, 2024 6:28 am - One year after his brother died during a mass shooting near Willowbrook, Darren Meadows is still searching for answers. A crowded Juneteenth celebration turned chaotic wh...
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Former Glendale Heights cop illegally used village credit card, prosecutors sayJun 15, 2024 5:07 pm - A now-former Glendale Heights police officer broke the law by using a village-issued credit card to pay for gasoline for personal use, prosecutors said Saturday.
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Wrongful death lawsuit filed nearly a year after DuPage County mass shootingJun 14, 2024 10:02 pm - The fiancee of a man who was shot to death last year in an unincorporated area near Willowbrook is suing two stores in the strip mall where the mass shooting happened.
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Two state workers charged with PPP loan fraudJun 04, 2024 7:24 pm - Two state workers have been charged with committing Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud.
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West Chicago man detained on child pornography chargesMay 29, 2024 8:35 pm - A West Chicago man is being detained pretrial on charges he possessed and distributed child pornography.
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Ex-DuPage prosecutor charged with threatening state legislators on social mediaMay 25, 2024 9:41 pm - A former DuPage County assistant state’s attorney has been charged with threatening two state legislators.
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DuPage state’s attorney’s office, Secret Service sting shuts down 350 fraudulent investment websitesMay 07, 2024 7:48 am - A recent joint sting operation conducted by the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office and the United States Secret Service, along with DuPage County’s IT Department, re...
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Villa Park murder-suicide spurs change in domestic-violence prosecutionsMay 02, 2024 5:43 pm - Last week’s tragedy in Villa Park ‒ where a man ordered to stay away from his wife instead went to their home and shot her to death before killing himself ‒ has spurred c...
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Men face home repair fraud chargesApr 29, 2024 9:36 pm - Two men have been charged with theft and home repair fraud crimes, accused of taking money and not delivering on promises to seal coat a driveway, replace a stone walkway...