Westmont Crime
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Bensenville's new police chief: We need to embrace communityDec 06, 2018 12:00 am - The night before Thanksgiving, Bensenville's new police chief brought the shift to a community dinner at Grace Lutheran Church to meet his new community. "I asked the of...
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Ex-Wheaton College student pleads guilty to theft for stealing classmates' technologyDec 06, 2018 12:00 am - A former Wheaton College student accused of stealing from classmates' dorm rooms has been sentenced to probation. Sion Park, 19, pleaded guilty Thursday to theft of less...
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Authorities: Warrenville neurologist inappropriately touched female patientDec 06, 2018 12:00 am - A Warrenville neurologist has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery. According to court documents, Dr. Henry Echiverri, who at the time was associated with...
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Three men indicted in fatal shooting of West Chicago manDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - Three reputed gang members, all already behind bars, have been indicted in the Nov. 8 shooting death of 26-year-old Alexander Nicolas. The three - Juan Calderon, 21, of ...
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Prosecutors: Woman held underage drinking parties, sexually abused two teensDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - A Villa Park woman accused of throwing underage drinking parties to lure teenage boys for sex is being held on $100,000 bail in DuPage County jail. Stefani Litton, 35, o...
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Bellwood man charged in Elmhurst cigar store robberyDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - A Bellwood man is accused of fleeing to his mom's house Monday night after sticking up an Elmhurst cigar shop. DuPage County Judge John Kinsella set bail at $50,000 Tues...
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5 years prison for man in Aurora parking lot shootingDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - A North Aurora man has been sentenced to five years in prison for opening fire at two men in a grocery store parking lot on Aurora's near west side in June. Joshua J. Ha...
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'They never gave up on the case': DuPage detectives honored for solving Wesselman murderNov 30, 2018 4:28 am - The hunt for 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman's killer was more than three decades old by the fall of 2015, but it wasn't a "cold" case. Not for Kristy's family, and not for...
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Elgin man pleads guilty in 2016 kidnapping and armed robberyNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - An Elgin man now faces between six and 30 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to his role in the August 2016 kidnapping and armed robbery of a Wheaton College s...
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Woman won't accept DuPage plea deal in aggravated DUI caseNov 27, 2018 12:00 am - A Cicero woman, who is accused of driving drunk when she crashed her SUV into an Aurora pond and left her 6-year-old son in the submerged vehicle, will not accept a deal...