West Chicago Crime
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Cops: Lisle teen downloaded child pornographySep 05, 2013 10:00 am - A Lisle teen was charged with possessing child pornography after a six-month investigation, police said Thursday. Brady O'Brien, 17, of the 6400 block of Berkshire Cour...
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Aurora teen gets probation for crash that killed friendSep 04, 2013 4:21 pm - A 16-year-old Aurora boy was sentenced to probation but has a prison term hanging over his head after pleading guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a crash that kil...
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Willowbrook-area man gets jail, probation for having child pornSep 04, 2013 11:00 am - A DuPage County man has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and four years of probation for aggravated child pornography possession, authorities said Wednesday. Andrew Q...
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Dawn Patrol: Stabbing death, attempted murder in 2 Aurora casesSep 04, 2013 5:00 am - Woman questioned in Aurora man’s death Police were questioning a 19-year-old woman about the apparent stabbing death of an Aurora man. Authorities said Lamar D. Hou...
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Downers Grove murder suspect on 911 call: 'I shot my mom'Aug 30, 2013 10:00 am - A Downers Grove man made a frantic 911 call and repeatedly confessed to killing his mother moments after he shot her in a Burr Ridge church parking lot, authorities said...
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Aurora police release video in abortion protest assault caseAug 30, 2013 4:36 am - Aurora police have released a surveillance video that left authorities split over whether to charge a Naperville man with swerving his vehicle at an abortion protester. ...
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Oak Brook attorney faces federal fraud chargesAug 29, 2013 12:00 pm - A suburban attorney whose law license was suspended earlier this year was arrested today on federal fraud charges. Prosecutors said Kathleen Niew, 57, of Burr Ridge, mis...
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Downers Grove man charged in mother’s murderAug 29, 2013 10:49 am - A Downers Grove man is charged with the shooting death of his 61-year-old mother. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Burr Ridge Chief of Police John Ma...
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Second man charged in Naperville cellphone store robberyAug 28, 2013 4:56 pm - A DuPage County judge set bail Wednesday for one of two men charged with robbing a Naperville store of more than $40,000 worth of cellphones. Dennis Clark, 23, of Chica...
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31 charged in DuPage County heroin bustAug 28, 2013 9:06 am - Calling heroin deaths a regional epidemic, authorities Wednesday announced charges against 31 people accused of peddling the drug for a massive distribution network in C...