West Chicago Crime
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Judge says woman who slashed daughter's throat has regressedMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - The behavior of a woman who murdered her 4-year-old daughter in 2010 but was found not guilty by reason of insanity has regressed in the care of the state's Department o...
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Plea deal deadline extended for Wheaton College football playersMay 30, 2018 1:00 am - The looming Thursday deadline for three of five former Wheaton College football players to accept plea deals in connection with a 2016 hazing has been extended until Jun...
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Naperville man pleads guilty to leaving porn, underwear along Prairie PathMay 30, 2018 1:00 am - A self-proclaimed amateur scientist has been banned from DuPage County's Pratt's Wayne Woods for the next year after authorities said he left pornography and women's und...
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Federal lawsuit filed against former Naperville copsMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - A former Naperville man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming several Naperville police officers "reached an agreement among themselves" to frame him for mur...
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West Chicago man charged in hammer attack that leaves victim in comaMay 24, 2018 1:00 am - A West Chicago man accused of attacking another man with a hammer is being held on $750,000 bond in DuPage County jail, authorities said Thursday. Javier Garcia, 20, of ...
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Deadline looms for possible plea deals in Wheaton College hazing caseMay 23, 2018 1:00 am - A deadline looms next week for three of the five former Wheaton College football players accused of injuring a teammate during a 2016 hazing. DuPage County prosecutors h...
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Oak Brook cops probe overnight handbag heist at Louis Vuitton storeMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - Oak Brook police are investigating an early morning smash-and-grab burglary at Oakbrook Center's Louis Vuitton store. Police say just before 3:23 a.m. Tuesday three susp...
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DuPage develops plan to spend $100,000 to respond to opioid crisisMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - DuPage County is contributing $100,000 to kick-start two projects to combat the opioid crisis. Half the funding will be used to develop a "substance use treatment naviga...
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Oath to serve: West Chicago detective helps lead Special Olympics campaignMay 18, 2018 5:30 am - West Chicago Detective Robbi Peterson loves a chocolate-glazed long john and intends to snag at least one, maybe more, Friday morning at the Dunkin' Donuts at Route 59 a...
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Man cleared in 1995 Naperville murder seeks compensation from stateMay 18, 2018 1:00 am - William Amor spent 22 years in an Illinois prison for an arson and murder a judge later acquitted him of. After his February retrial and subsequent acquittal in DuPage ...