Wheaton Crime
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Skateboarder Terry Kennedy gets 5 years in prison for battery that led to Wheaton man's deathMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Professional skateboarder and television personality Terry Kennedy has been sentenced to five years in prison for an attack that fatally injured a Wheaton man. DuPage Co...
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False 'swatting' call leads to police response at Wheaton North High SchoolFeb 20, 2023 12:00 am - Wheaton police are investigating an apparent "swatting" hoax that drew a large law enforcement presence on Monday to Wheaton North High School. Classes were not in sessi...
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Wheaton man who is charged with having child porn posts bailFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - A Wheaton man accused of having child pornography is out on bail. Robert J. Morales, of the 1600 block of Monticello Court, is charged with five felony counts of possess...
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Wheaton police to patrol streets with new squad car camerasFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - Wheaton police officers are getting new cameras in their squad cars. The city council has authorized the purchase of in-car camera systems from Axon Enterprise, the Scot...
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3 charged with stealing $1,668 in perfume from Walgreens store, fleeing policeFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - Three people have been charged with stealing perfume and other items from a Walgreens store in Willowbrook on Tuesday, then leading police on a chase through several com...
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022Jan 20, 2023 4:00 am - We all know you can't bring a gun aboard a commercial flight, but that didn't stop a record 6,542 failed attempts last year, according to the Transportation Security Adm...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Former high school volleyball coach faces child pornography chargesJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect time period for the alleged online relationship. A former coach for the Bartlett High School volleyball program has been charge...