West Chicago Crime
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Chicago man charged in DuPage with being armed habitual criminalMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man has been charged with being an armed habitual criminal, accused of having a loaded handgun while out on bond and on parole. DuPage County Judge Jeffrey Mac...
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West Chicago woman charged with threatening to kill two DuPage judgesMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - A West Chicago woman has been charged with threatening to kill two DuPage County judges. Tressa M. Langhans, 39, of the 3N500 block of Locust Avenue in West Chicago, was...
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Lombard man charged with possession of child pornographyMar 13, 2021 1:00 am - A Lombard man currently on federal pretrial services after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography faces new pornography charges, officials said. Lombard police...
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Special delivery: How Barrington Hills cops helped with roadside birthMar 12, 2021 4:30 am - Two Barrington Hills police officers are credited with a huge assist for their help at the scene of the roadside delivery of a baby boy last week. Besides his parents, G...
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Carpentersville man pleads guilty in attack on West Chicago father, sonMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - One of six people accused of attacking a West Chicago man and boy in 2019 in a dispute over a woman has pleaded guilty to committing armed violence. Gerardo E. Luna, 22,...
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Wheaton man charged with being armed habitual criminalMar 08, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $150,000 Monday for a Wheaton man charged, for at least the second time, with being an armed habitual criminal. Keith M. Summers, 26, of the 0-100 block ...
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Man gets 8-year sentence for Villa Park carjackingMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A Villa Park man was sentenced Feb. 22 to eight years in prison for hijacking a woman's car Sept. 29, 2019 at a gasoline station in the village. Michael C. Davis, 36, wa...
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Woman who sued DuPage sheriff receiving methadone treatmentFeb 28, 2021 12:00 am - A woman who sued the DuPage County sheriff because she believed she would not receive her prescribed methadone treatment at the DuPage County jail is receiving that trea...
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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ACLU sues DuPage sheriff to ensure future inmate doesn't go through withdrawal symptomsFeb 12, 2021 4:30 am - Withholding methadone from a person addicted to opiates would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. So says the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit it...