Wheaton Crime
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Naperville theater owner released on $25,000 bailDec 17, 2014 12:01 am - The owner of the Hollywood Palms movie theater in Naperville, accused of owing the state more than $1.37 million in underreported taxes, was released Wednesday afternoon...
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Naperville man recieves presidential pardonDec 17, 2014 12:00 am - A Naperville man convicted in 1989 of commodities fraud and wire fraud received one of the 12 pardons issued Wednesday by President Barack Obama. Brian E. Sledz, now 54,...
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DuPage group ensures inmates' children not forgotten during holidaysDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - Not everyone can be home for the holidays, as the classic song suggests, but a DuPage County organization is attempting to help fill that void for some area children. ...
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Dog's tennis ball key to DuPage courthouse securityDec 14, 2014 6:45 am - Every morning Deputy Ken Diebert prepares for his courthouse duty by strapping on his usual 12 pounds of gear: Kevlar vest, handcuffs and stun gun. But he also holsters ...
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Joliet man gets 40 years for 1997 Downers Grove murder for hireDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - A Joliet man convicted in the 1997 murder-for-hire slaying of a Downers Grove man was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison. A jury convicted Jose Ruvalcaba-Quezada, 35...
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Son of Wood Dale alderman gets 24 years for sexual assaultsDec 11, 2014 12:01 am - The son of Wood Dale Alderman Eugene Wesley was sentenced Thursday to 24 years in prison for the sexual assaults of at least two young girls and the sexual abuse of an 1...
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Aurora men arrested after yearlong drug investigationDec 10, 2014 12:01 am - Two Aurora men were arrested in Oklahoma Tuesday on federal drug charges as part of a yearlong narcotics distribution ring investigation. Authorities arrested 40-year-o...
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Naperville accountant sentenced in RV financing schemeDec 10, 2014 12:01 am - Two suburban men, including an accountant from Naperville, were sentenced to prison for their parts in a recreational vehicle financing scheme that cost lenders nearly $...
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Northlake man guilty in 2011 Craigslist robbery in AddisonDec 05, 2014 12:01 am - A Northlake man likely will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted Friday for his role in a 2011 armed robbery in Addison. A 12-member DuPage County...
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Storage locker auction could prompt child porn charges in Kane assault caseDec 05, 2014 12:01 am - A seemingly innocuous auction of contents of an Arlington Heights storage locker after a man let rent payments lapse because he was in jail could result in child pornogr...