Westmont Crime
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Illinois seeks ‘bold change’ in mental health treatmentNov 20, 2016 6:20 am -
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Russell maintains innocence in murder of Bensenville store clerkNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - For nearly three years, DuPage County prosecutors have pinned the Jan. 19, 2014 shooting death of a Bensenville shop clerk on 23-year-old Stephan Russell. Speaking for t...
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Chicago man guilty of 2014 Bensenville slayingNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - Stephan Russell now figures to spend the rest of his adult life in prison. A DuPage County jury deliberated for just shy of four hours Friday night before convicting the...
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Getaway driver says he didn't know Bensenville store clerk was killedNov 16, 2016 12:00 am - Tremayne Davis says he drove Stephan Russell and Kenneth Bardlett in a minivan as they fled from a Bensenville tobacco shop in the moments after the owner was shot and k...
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New trial date set for last of accused Schaumburg copsNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - An April 11 trial date has been set for a former Schaumburg police officer accused with two others of skimming drugs from police seizures and then using an informant to ...
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Key witness changes story on who killed Bensenville store clerkNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - Since his February 2014 arrest, 22-year-old Kenneth Bardlett has pointed to fellow gang member Stephan Russell as the triggerman who killed Bensenville shop clerk Hussei...
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Murder trial to begin in case of fatal armed robbery in BensenvilleNov 14, 2016 12:00 am - The trial of the accused gunman in the January 2014 slaying of a Bensenville convenience store owner is expected to start Tuesday in DuPage County court. Stephan A. Russ...
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Former owner of Naperville's Hollywood Palms theater sentenced to 5 yearsNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - The former owner of the Hollywood Palms cinema in Naperville and the Hollywood Blvd. movie theater in Woodridge is off to prison for cheating the government out of milli...
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Geneva investment firm owner sentenced to five years in Ponzi-like schemeNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - The founder of a Geneva investment firm has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for using client money to purchase a yacht and luxury vehicle and to trade his...
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Not guilty plea for Aurora man charged in puppy heistNov 07, 2016 12:00 am - The Aurora man charged with stealing a 12-week-old Pomeranian puppy named Bella last month from the Naperville Petland has turned himself in and pleaded not guilty. Benj...