Westmont Crime
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Maywood man sentenced to 16 years on DuPage gun chargesFeb 15, 2018 12:00 am - A Maywood man is headed to prison after pleading guilty to gun charges Thursday in DuPage County. Michael H. Jones, 32, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleadin...
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Attorneys for cops convicted in drug ring: Show us evidence that freed CichyFeb 14, 2018 12:00 am - Former Schaumburg police officer John Cichy woke Wednesday a free man, no longer burdened by dozens of felony charges that pointed to his involvement in a drug ring. Mea...
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Police: Woman facing 6th DUI charge after causing 2 crashes in 5 minutesFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - A 33-year-old woman has been charged with her sixth DUI after causing two crashes in Aurora last week within a five-minute span, police said. Leah R. Behrens, of the 0-9...
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Trial set for ex-Schaumburg cop accused of operating drug ringFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - A former Schaumburg police officer accused of running a drug-dealing operation with two fellow officers will have his now 5-year-old case heard Tuesday by DuPage County ...
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Intoxicated driver sentenced to 11 years in fatal Burr Ridge crashFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - A 46-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for driving under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed a motorcyclist on Interstate 55 in DuP...
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Defense rests in 1995 Naperville murder arson trialFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - The defense of William Amor rested Thursday following testimony from another fire science expert who tried to debunk the theory that Amor intentionally set a fatal 1995 ...
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Expert: 'Smoldering cigarette' likely the cause of fatal 1995 Naperville fireJan 29, 2018 12:00 am - A cigarette smoldering in a polyurethane recliner was likely the cause of a 1995 fire that killed a 40-year-old Naperville woman, a fire expert testified Monday at the m...
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Naperville's two other unsolved murdersJan 26, 2018 4:30 am - July 7, 1972: Julie Ann Hanson was 15 and about to begin her junior year at Naperville North High School when she disappeared. Julie left home on her bike that day and w...
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A year without answers: Aurora man's slaying in Naperville remains unsolvedJan 26, 2018 4:30 am - A year after Matthew Lange was shot to death in his car while waiting for his 4-year-old son to get out of school, police are still hoping for leads and his family is wo...
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Trial begins in 1995 Naperville arson murder with focus on insuranceJan 24, 2018 12:00 am - When it came to murdering his mother-in-law, prosecutors say arson was actually William Amor's second choice. He wanted to drug her, they say, but he had difficulty fig...