West Chicago Crime
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Woman accused in bitcoin murder-for-hire case faces new chargeJun 07, 2018 1:00 am - A 31-year-old nurse already accused of paying a dark web company to have her lover's wife killed now faces a new count of attempted first-degree murder. Tina Jones, 31, ...
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DuPage County inmates to get tablets for communication, entertainmentJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - DuPage County jail inmates soon will be using tablets for applications ranging from communicating with jail staff to registering for classes to playing games. The new pr...
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Second former Wheaton College football player accepts plea deal in hazingJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - The second of five former Wheaton College football players charged in a 2016 hazing scandal pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor battery in DuPage County court. Kyler K...
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Pihos banned from Von Maur after pleading guilty to retail theftJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - A six-term state legislator from Glen Ellyn is no longer allowed in the Lombard Von Maur store as part of a plea agreement she entered Monday, the same day she was to st...
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More lawsuits allege sex abuse by former Downers Grove North band directorJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Two new lawsuits accusing a former longtime band director at Downers Grove North High School of sexual abuse have been filed in DuPage County. Community Unit District 99...
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Lawsuit filed against man's estate for crash that killed Elgin womanJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Relatives of an Elgin woman killed in a fiery crash last year in Wheaton by a man who authorities said was going 135 mph are suing his estate. Brian Thunderkick, 62, of ...
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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...