West Chicago Crime
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Woman pleads guilty in Aurora crash that injured 6-year-old boyJan 17, 2019 12:00 am - A Cicero woman, who is accused of driving drunk when she crashed her SUV into an Aurora pond and left her 6-year-old son in the submerged vehicle, has entered a guilty p...
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Homeless man convicted of 2013 Glen Ellyn slaying of his girlfriendJan 17, 2019 12:00 am - Myron Ester is now likely to have an Illinois Department of Corrections address for the rest of his life. A DuPage County jury deliberated for about two hours Thursday b...
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Aurora mother charged with dragging boy by hair at hospitalJan 17, 2019 12:00 am - Felony child abuse charges have been filed against a 25-year-old Aurora woman who police say was video recorded Monday dragging her 5-year-old son by his hair through a ...
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Minnesota man wanted in St. Charles sexual assault caseJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - A 20-year-old Minnesota man is wanted in DuPage County on a series of violent sexual charges stemming from St. Charles. According to court documents, Patrick W. Beech, o...
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DuPage County jury to get 2013 Glen Ellyn murder caseJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - A 12-member DuPage County jury will decide Thursday whether Myron Ester murdered his girlfriend in a planned attack over infidelity or whether Ester was defending himsel...
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Friend testifies suspect confessed to Glen Ellyn slayingJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - A day after Myron Ester stabbed his girlfriend to death and buried her body in Glen Ellyn's Panfish Park, he needed to talk to someone, authorities said. That someone, A...
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Suspect admits killing girlfriend, says he feared for his lifeJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - Myron Ester bought a shovel, dug a hole for a fire pit in Glen Ellyn's Panfish Park and stole some flowers to prepare a romantic spot so he and Linda Valez could "sleep ...
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Aurora police investigate after woman recorded dragging boy by hair at hospitalJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - Aurora police are investigating a case of possible child abuse after a woman was video recorded dragging a 5-year-old boy by his hair Monday at an area hospital emergenc...
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After predecessor tried to evict it, new DuPage sheriff moves to expand jail rehab programJan 14, 2019 4:40 am - Mendrick not cutting but helping expand jail rehabilitation program
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5-year prison sentence for Wheaton attempted home invasionJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - A Chicago man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for his role in an attempted April home invasion that led to a police chase in Wheaton. Gerardo Flores, 19, of...