West Chicago Crime
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Police: Man in hard-hat robs Downers Grove bankApr 10, 2013 2:09 pm - A man dressed like a construction worker robbed a Downers Grove bank Wednesday, police said. The suspect was described as a white man, roughly 45 to 50 years old, standi...
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Man gets 14 years for $81 robbery in Villa ParkApr 10, 2013 12:32 pm - An $81 robbery resulted in a 14-year prison sentence for Wilbur Sobota. The 30-year-old Maywood man was sentenced Monday by DuPage County Judge George Bakalis after hav...
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Darien triple-murder suspect portrayed himself as 'wiseguy,' prosecutors sayApr 08, 2013 12:00 pm - A man accused of orchestrating the murders of three members of his ex-girlfriend's family repeatedly portrayed himself as a ruthless gangster in a ploy to get an acquain...
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Naperville driver who hit house pleads guilty to DUIApr 02, 2013 6:10 pm - A Naperville man who blacked out and plowed into the dining room of an occupied house last summer will serve two years of conditional discharge for driving under the inf...
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One injured in West Chicago shootingApr 02, 2013 1:32 pm - Police are investigating a shooting late Monday on the 300 block of Barber Street in West Chicago, authorities said Tuesday. Officers responded about 9:25 p.m. for a re...
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Woman gets probation for Batavia retirement home theftApr 01, 2013 9:39 am - A 19-year-old charged with stealing and forging checks from residents at aBatavia retirement home pleaded guilty to reduced charges, and received two years probation and...
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Buffalo Grove man now faces murder-for-hire chargesMar 22, 2013 11:00 am - A former Chicago police officer — who once served time on Illinois' death row — is now facing murder-for-hire charges following his latest arrest by the FBI in October. ...
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More DNA tests ordered in Naperville child slayingsMar 22, 2013 10:54 am - Prosecutors can run DNA tests on a pair of suspected bloodstains found at a Naperville home where two children were stabbed to death in October, a judge ruled Friday. Th...
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Judge to rule on hearsay in Darien triple-murder trialMar 20, 2013 8:53 pm - Two months before he and two family members were gunned down in their home, Jeffrey Kramer confided he was “worried about this Johnny coming in and shooting up the place...
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Wheaton North teacher charged with sex abuseMar 20, 2013 4:00 pm - A longtime English teacher and former coach of the Wheaton North High School speech team had more than a dozen sexual encounters with a female student, including at scho...