Westmont Crime
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Lombard man charged with possession of child pornographyMar 13, 2021 1:00 am - A Lombard man currently on federal pretrial services after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography faces new pornography charges, officials said. Lombard police...
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Special delivery: How Barrington Hills cops helped with roadside birthMar 12, 2021 4:30 am - Two Barrington Hills police officers are credited with a huge assist for their help at the scene of the roadside delivery of a baby boy last week. Besides his parents, G...
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'I am deeply distraught': Lombard man gets 6 months in jail for fatal Oak Brook crashMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - A previous version reported prosecutors had agreed to a sentence-recommendation cap. A Lombard man was sentenced Friday to six months in jail for killing a woman in...
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Sentencing Friday for Lombard man charged with reckless homicideMar 10, 2021 12:00 am - A Lombard man will be sentenced Friday on a charge of reckless homicide stemming from a crash that killed a Westmont woman in November 2019. Testimony was presented at ...
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Wheaton man charged with being armed habitual criminalMar 08, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $150,000 Monday for a Wheaton man charged, for at least the second time, with being an armed habitual criminal. Keith M. Summers, 26, of the 0-100 block ...
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Man gets 8-year sentence for Villa Park carjackingMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A Villa Park man was sentenced Feb. 22 to eight years in prison for hijacking a woman's car Sept. 29, 2019 at a gasoline station in the village. Michael C. Davis, 36, wa...
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Woman who sued DuPage sheriff receiving methadone treatmentFeb 28, 2021 12:00 am - A woman who sued the DuPage County sheriff because she believed she would not receive her prescribed methadone treatment at the DuPage County jail is receiving that trea...
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'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
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ACLU sues DuPage sheriff to ensure future inmate doesn't go through withdrawal symptomsFeb 12, 2021 4:30 am - Withholding methadone from a person addicted to opiates would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. So says the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit it...
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DeKalb man denied bail in West Chicago shootingFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was denied Friday for a DeKalb man accused of shooting and critically injuring a man outside his West Chicago workplace last month, officials said. Ahmad Steele, 34...