Westmont Crime
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Getaway driver in Bensenville slaying sentenced to 8 yearsDec 02, 2016 12:00 am - The getaway driver during the 2014 attempted robbery and fatal shooting of a Bensenville convenience store clerk was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Tremayne ...
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Aurora brothers shot, killed at Lockport construction siteDec 01, 2016 12:00 am - Will County authorities are investigating the double homicide of two brothers from Aurora who were found shot Tuesday morning at a townhouse construction site in Lockpor...
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New garden in West Chicago will honor memory of Baby HopeNov 30, 2016 12:00 am - A garden that will provide food for people in need is being planted in West Chicago in memory of Baby Hope, the infant girl found dead earlier this year near Wheaton. Th...
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Aurora man gets 48 years for murder of DuPage County jail nurseNov 30, 2016 12:00 am - A DuPage County judge on Wednesday all but assured Jose Loera will never be a free man again. Judge George Bakalis sentenced Loera, 38, of Aurora, to 48 years in prison ...
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Women testify to Aurora man's abuse before he killed ex-girlfriendNov 29, 2016 12:00 am - Jose Loera said it was a flirtatious message on a social networking app from another man that caused him to "just ... snap" in March 2014 when he strangled his ex-girlfr...
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Co-defendant in Bensenville slaying faces murder charges againNov 28, 2016 12:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors have refiled six counts of first-degree murder charges against the co-defendant of a Chicago man convicted this month in the 2014 slaying of 36...
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West Chicago man shot during dispute in NapervilleNov 24, 2016 12:00 am - A 22-year-old West Chicago man was hospitalized Thursday morning after an early morning shooting in Naperville. Naperville police Cmdr. Jason Arres said the victim and f...
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Top Kane prosecutor: Synthetic pot still a suburban problemNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - More than five years ago, a 19-year-old Aurora teen who bought synthetic marijuana from a tobacco shop died after crashing his car into a North Aurora home. The death o...
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Couple charged with robbing Naperville CVS, claiming HIV-infected needleNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - Warrants have been issued and charges filed against a Chicago couple accused of robbing a Naperville CVS Pharmacy with a hypodermic needle they claimed was filled with H...
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Elgin man sentenced for stealing and selling dental equipmentNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing and then selling dental equipment valued at more than $146,000. Miguel Pizano, 27, of the 200 block ...