West Chicago Crime
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Aurora man with 48 pounds of cocaine, heroin gets 19½-year prison termApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - A third Aurora man has been sentenced to 19½ years in prison after pleading guilty this week to a 2017 bust in which authorities seized 11 kilograms each of cocaine and ...
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Prosecutors drop all charges against man convicted of murder in toddler's deathApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors Wednesday dropped all charges against a Willowbrook man convicted in 2004 and sentenced to 65 years in prison for the first-degree murder of 2-...
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Man gets supervision, community service for Aurora shooting threatApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to court supervision, fined $500 and ordered to complete community service after pleading guilty to making a threat to a co-worker that ...
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Police: Teen's report of stabbing at DuPage County forest preserve a hoaxApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - A 16-year-old girl's report that she was stabbed while walking on a trail at Timber Ridge Forest Preserve in West Chicago was a hoax, police say. The girl had told DuPag...
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16-year-old girl stabbed at DuPage Forest PreserveApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - A 16-year-old girl was stabbed while on a trail at the Timber Forest Preserve near West Chicago at around 5 p.m. Tuesday, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County offic...
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Three Downers Grove day care teachers facing misdemeanor child endangerment chargesApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - Three former employees of a Downers Grove day care are free on bail, accused of force-feeding solid food to two children, holding the kids' mouths closed and tilting the...
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Kane state's attorney probes how gunman bought and kept firearm despite felony recordApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - The Kane County state's attorney's office is still probing how the Henry Pratt gunman was able to buy and keep a handgun after state police determined he wasn't allowed ...
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Mom gets probation, work release in DUI crash that severely injured sonApr 15, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors sought an eight-year prison sentence Monday for a Cicero woman who was nearly twice the legal intoxication threshold when she crashed her SUV i...
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15-year sentence for man who fired gun into Naperville crowd on ThanksgivingApr 15, 2019 1:00 am - An Aurora man who opened fire at a group of people in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving 2016 outside a Naperville apartment complex was sentenced Monday to 15 year...
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DuPage prosecutors drop appeal of ruling granting Randy Liebich a new trialApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors have decided to drop their appeal of Judge John Kinsella's Sept. 14 ruling granting Randy Liebich a new trial in the 2002 death of a toddler he...