Wheaton Crime
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Police: Aurora man made bonfires to protect pot cropOct 09, 2012 11:42 am - A 22-year-old Aurora man was arrested over the weekend after he started bonfires in his backyard to protect marijuana plants against an overnight frost, police said. Dan...
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Police: More victims possible in Aurora assault caseOct 09, 2012 11:00 am - Authorities believe a trio of Aurora men, who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in August, might have committed more attacks at a home near the Aurora Universit...
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Three Aurora men charged in sexual assaultOct 05, 2012 3:53 pm - Three Aurora men have been charged with the sexual assault of a 25-year-old Joliet woman, according to police and court records. Authorities said the woman and three men...
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Nuclear engineer charged in DuPage carjacking goes missingOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - A nuclear engineer accused of carjacking a woman in DuPage County has gone missing, just months after prosecutors warned he was plotting to flee the country. Police sear...
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Police say attackers sought item from North Aurora menOct 03, 2012 3:54 pm - The two shooting victims in a North Aurora home invasion Tuesday morning might have known their attackers, who knocked on the door and ransacked an apartment for an “ite...
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Naperville man gets probation, jail for child pornSep 22, 2012 1:15 pm - A Naperville man has been sentenced to jail and probation for aggravated child pornography. David Denofrio, 39, pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to 45 days in...
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Lawsuit: Dist. 129 officials ignored concerns about ex-band directorSep 21, 2012 1:16 pm - One of two students who were sexually abused by a former Aurora Unit District 129 band teacher has sued the district, the teacher and Superintendent James Rydland. The s...
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$1.3 million in gold, silver seized from drug operationSep 19, 2012 6:00 pm - Federal authorities filed a complaint Wednesday in an effort to legally seize more than $1.3 million worth of silver bars and gold and silver coins as well as more than ...
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Kane County wants man committed for repeated threatsSep 19, 2012 4:34 pm - Kane County prosecutors are exploring whether a man who has repeatedly violated his probation for threatening a female Aurora police department employee in 2008 should b...
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Former Benet president guilty of obscenitySep 06, 2012 11:01 am - Benet Academy students, parents and faculty members are focused on moving forward now that the Lisle school’s former president has been convicted on a misdemeanor obscen...