Westmont Crime
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'Ripper Crew' member released from prison this morningMar 28, 2019 1:00 am - One member of the infamous “Ripper Crew,” which committed a string of violent, sexually motivated murders of women in Chicago and the suburbs in the early 1980s, was rel...
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DuPage County judge denies Elgin woman's attempt to withdraw guilty plea in attempted murderMar 27, 2019 1:00 am - A former Elgin woman sentenced to 28 years in prison last month after pleading guilty to attempted murder and aggravated arson will not be allowed to withdraw her plea. ...
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Registered sex offender charged in sexual assault, kidnapping in BloomingdaleMar 25, 2019 1:00 am - A 21-year-old college student, home on spring break, was the victim of a "horrific" kidnapping and sexual assault at the hands of a convicted sex offender who, days earl...
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Fifth and final Wheaton College football player charged in 2016 hazing scandal pleads case down to misdemeanor disorderly conductMar 22, 2019 1:00 am - The case of the fifth and final former Wheaton College football player charged in a nearly 3-year-old hazing scandal that injured a teammate has come to a close, thanks ...
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Tina Jones considering prosecution's plea offer in bitcoin murder-for-hire caseMar 22, 2019 1:00 am - Attorneys for the former Loyola University Medical Center nurse accused of using the dark web to hire a hitman to kill her former lover's wife say she is considering a p...
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Authorities seek man who tried to lure child near WheatonMar 20, 2019 1:00 am - Authorities are looking for a man who tried to lure a boy walking near Wheaton last weekend. The 8-year-old boy told authorities he was walking his dog near Flint Creek...
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DuPage returning its work release program to the jailMar 19, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage's work-release inmates once again will serve time at the county jail after being housed for nearly a decade in another facility. Sheriff James Mendrick on Tuesday...
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Raoul sues Lombard veterans charity over use of funds; founders say 'we ain't going anywhere'Mar 19, 2019 1:00 am - Founders say, 'We ain't going anywhere'
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Peotone man arrested in $12K cocaine bust in AuroraMar 19, 2019 1:00 am - A Peotone man has been arrested by Kane County sheriff's deputies on charges he planned to sell $12,100 worth of cocaine to an informant in Aurora. Robert E. Richards, 3...
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More charges against suspect in $6K Aurora coin robberyMar 18, 2019 1:00 am - A suspect in a $6,000 coin robbery of an Aurora vending business has been charged with breaking into a vehicle at an auto repair shop and forgery - his second and third ...