West Chicago Crime
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Man charged with drug-induced homicide of fellow DuPage County jail inmateMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - A DuPage County jail detainee is accused of killing another inmate by supplying him fentanyl-laced heroin in the jail. Derichard P. Brown, 22, of the 100 block of South ...
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A flurry of filings as SAFE-T Act fight heads to state Supreme CourtMar 03, 2023 4:00 am - After a flurry of legal filings this week, the opposing sides in the fight over the elimination of cash bail in Illinois are now less than two weeks away from a SAFE-T A...
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Bartlett police warn of rise in ruse burglariesFeb 16, 2023 12:00 am - Bartlett police are warning of a recent increase in ruse burglaries in neighboring communities. This type of burglary generally occurs when the homeowner is distracted b...
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Second man sentenced to 50 years in prison for West Chicago slayingFeb 03, 2023 12:00 am - A man was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for killing a West Chicago man he thought was a member of a rival gang. Juan Calderon, 25, of Aurora will have to serve ...
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3 charged with stealing $1,668 in perfume from Walgreens store, fleeing policeFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - Three people have been charged with stealing perfume and other items from a Walgreens store in Willowbrook on Tuesday, then leading police on a chase through several com...
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022Jan 20, 2023 4:00 am - We all know you can't bring a gun aboard a commercial flight, but that didn't stop a record 6,542 failed attempts last year, according to the Transportation Security Adm...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Man charged with beating woman, then damaging 2 police cars in chaseJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - A man has been charged with hitting a woman dozens of times with a belt and then striking two police squad cars during an attempt to escape officers. Bail was set Thursd...