Westmont Crime
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Trial begins for man charged with abusing girl with disabilitiesJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - A Carol Stream man already imprisoned for possessing child pornography went on trial Tuesday on charges he sexually assaulted and abused a girl with disabilities. Adan R...
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How DuPage police solved the 44-year-old murder of Pamela MaurerJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - Forty-four years ago this week, 16-year-old Pamela Maurer left a friend's house to buy a Coke at a nearby McDonald's. It was a short walk from their neighborhood on the ...
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Man pleads guilty to DUI, reckless homicide of Downers Grove North studentJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - The man who struck and killed Downers Grove North junior Elizabeth "Beth" Dunlap last February pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated driving under the combined influence...
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$200K bail for Aurora sex offender charged with child pornography possessionJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - An Aurora sex offender has been charged with possession of child pornography and could face additional charges after an infestation of bedbugs is cleared up and authorit...
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Aurora man wounded in weekend shooting charged with weapons offensesJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - A 19-year-old Aurora man has been charged with felony weapons offenses after he was shot over the weekend inside a home on the city's near west side. Daron L. Bovan, of ...
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2019's most notable suburban crimesJan 03, 2020 5:00 am - A mass shooting at an Aurora factory, a heartbreaking conclusion to a case of a missing Crystal Lake boy, a 25-year sentence for a South Barrington cold case homicide; t...
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3⅓ years in prison for fatal DUI crash in Downers GroveJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - A Westmont man whose passenger died in a DUI crash was sentenced Thursday to 3⅓ years in prison. Onecimo Vazquez-Velazquez, 32, will have to serve at least 85% of that s...
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16 years in prison for man who shot at Aurora police van in 2017Jan 02, 2020 12:00 am - A 24-year-old Aurora man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after admitting to shooting at three Aurora police officers in 2017. Jorge L. Guzman, of the 800 block ...
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DuPage sheriff's office looking for missing 86-year-old manJan 01, 2020 12:00 am - Editor's note: Felix Kong has been located. The DuPage County sheriff's office is asking for the public's help in finding an 86-year-old man missing since Wednesday...
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Baby's ashes stolen from Elmhurst home returned; Harvey man chargedDec 21, 2019 12:00 am - A Harvey man has been charged with a Dec. 10 Elmhurst burglary in which an urn of ashes of the family's infant son were stolen, authorities said Saturday. The ashes were...