Westmont Crime
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Gunrunner back in DuPage jail, now charged with funeral furlough escapeJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - A Villa Park man who authorities say cut off his GPS monitor while on furlough to attend his brother's funeral is back in custody at the DuPage County jail. Bruce T. Ber...
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Villa Park gunrunner sought as he escapes custody after attending his brother's funeralJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - A Villa Park man who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for gunrunning is now accused of escaping custody by cutting off a GPS monitor. He did it while on furlough atte...
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Man gets 20 years for wrong-way DUI crash that killed 2 in Clarendon HillsJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - A Chicago man who killed two people in a wrong-way head-on crash in Clarendon Hills has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. DuPage County Judge Daniel Guerin pronounce...
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Juvenile suspect released from hospital, ordered detainedJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - A Cook County juvenile who is accused of burglary and assaulting a police officer in Westmont has been ordered detained. Judge Anthony Coco ordered the juvenile be held...
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DuPage County eyeing $19.8 million building project at judicial complex in WheatonJan 10, 2022 4:30 am - It's such a tight squeeze in the DuPage County public defender's office that some employees have resorted to sharing desks and working in hallways. The dearth of office ...
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Woman who killed young daughter in Bloomingdale asks U.S. Supreme Court for releaseJan 07, 2022 4:20 am - A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her 4-year-old daughter has taken her fight for freedom from a state psychiatric hospital to the U.S. Supreme...
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Teen charged with shooting woman during late-night carjacking in WestmontJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - A 15-year-old boy has been charged with shooting a Westmont woman in the leg and hijacking her car at gunpoint Tuesday night. Prosecutors Thursday told juvenile court Ju...
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The year in crime: First-degree murder, DUI-related deaths, sexual assault among the major suburban crimes for 2021Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - For the first time in 27 years, the Cook County medical examiner's office registered more than 1,000 homicides in 2021. While a majority of the 1,087 homicides - 836 - ...
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West Chicago man who carjacked someone a half-hour after release gets 11 yearsJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - A West Chicago man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for carjacking a motorist at knifepoint just a half-hour after being released on a no-money bond on another c...
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Police shoot juvenile in Westmont BMW burglary; 3 chargedJan 01, 2022 12:00 am - Westmont police who interrupted a car dealership burglary early Friday shot and injured a juvenile driver in a getaway car after the car was headed straight for one of t...