West Chicago Crime
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Task force expands DuPage's response to opioid crisisMar 02, 2019 12:00 am - A new specialty court for first-time drug offenders is among the ways DuPage County has expanded its effort to combat the opioid crisis over the past year. The Heroin/Op...
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Prosecutors: Driver in fatal Downers Grove crash was coming off 4-day cocaine benderFeb 26, 2019 12:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors say Joseph Kucharski was asleep at the wheel at 10:55 a.m. on Feb. 19 when he drove through the intersection of Main and Grant streets, strikin...
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Charges upgraded in crash that killed Downers Grove North studentFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - Charges against the driver who struck a Downers Grove North High School student Tuesday have been upgraded to include reckless homicide following the girl's death. Josep...
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Naperville man shot by police pleads not guilty to assaulting officerFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - The 27-year-old Naperville man who was shot by a Naperville police officer last month has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault to a police officer. ...
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Downers Grove man who gave fatal dose to foreign exchange student gets 24 yearsFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - A Downers Grove man who provided a fatal dose of methadone to a 15-year-old Spanish foreign exchange student he was hoping to sexually assault is headed to prison. DuPag...
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Officer details day of Glenbard South exchange student's death at Downers Grove man's sentencing hearingFeb 21, 2019 12:00 am - In the winter of 2016, Francis Emanuele was in love with a 15-year-old Spanish foreign exchange student. And in the weeks and days before the 38-year-old Emanuele provid...
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Downers Grove man charged with stealing medication at JewelFeb 20, 2019 12:00 am - A Downers Grove man caught red-handed stuffing medication down his pants in the Lisle Jewel is being held on $5,075 bail in DuPage County, authorities said Wednesday. Po...
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Kane state's attorney praises law enforcement for Aurora shooting responseFeb 19, 2019 12:00 am - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon offered condolences to the five people killed in Friday's Henry Pratt workplace shooting, but he also praised various and numero...
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Aurora attorney's true-crime memoir reviews his work on Nicarico caseFeb 18, 2019 4:25 am - Aurora attorney's true-crime memoir reviews his work on Nicarico case and its aftermath
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DuPage prosecutors reviewing fatal Naperville crashFeb 15, 2019 12:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors say they are investigating a fatal crash involving a North Central College van that left a 71-year-old Naperville woman dead. Naperville police...