Westmont Crime
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Convicted Aurora murderer on trial for 2nd shootingAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - A 31-year-old Aurora gang member went on trial in Kane County Monday on charges he opened fire on two men in a case of mistaken identity. Enrique L. Torres is accused of...
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Heroin overdose confirmed in 2012 Wheaton deathAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - Augustina Taylor's death in the late-night hours of June 27, 2012, was caused by a lethal combination of heroin and cocaine, a former DuPage County forensic pathologist ...
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Lisle man sentenced for starting playground fireAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - A 23-year-old Lisle man was cold and drunk in the early morning hours of Aug. 13, 2013, when he and another man decided to light a fire in a playground to keep warm. Tha...
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Trial begins in Wheaton drug-induced homicide caseJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - Augustina Taylor had just more than 24 hours to celebrate her newfound freedom from prison on June 26, 2012, before she again succumbed to her drug addiction demons, aut...
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DuPage's second drug-induced homicide trial to beginJul 30, 2014 1:01 am - The trial of a South suburban woman accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to her friend in Wheaton is set to begin Thursday morning. Jennifer Nere, 34, of Summit, ...
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Slapping bartender cost Naperville man more than $400Jul 28, 2014 1:01 am - It was the drink Kyle Goro was never served that ended up costing him the most. Goro, 26, of the 1200 block of Lakewood Circle in Naperville, recently pleaded guilty to ...
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Carpentersville woman faces probation violation in stabbing death caseJul 23, 2014 1:01 am - Kane County prosecutors want a 23-year-old Carpentersville woman, given four years probation for her role in a 2010 stabbing death, to fulfill the terms of her sentence....
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Police: Armed robbers take $2,000 from business near AuroraJul 22, 2014 1:00 am - A man and woman armed with rifles took $2,000 Tuesday from an auto repair shop near Aurora, tying up their victims and forcing them into a bathroom, police said. Kane Co...
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Seven charged in Naperville drug bustJul 18, 2014 1:01 am - Seven people have been charged with felony drug conspiracy and sales following a four-month investigation into an alleged drug ring operating out of a Naperville apartme...
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Aurora woman found guilty in 2010 murder-for-hireJul 17, 2014 1:01 am - Rejecting claims of entrapment, a Kane County jury Thursday convicted an Aurora woman of trying to hire a hitman to kill her boyfriend in fall 2010. Maricela Arciga, 27,...