Wheaton Crime
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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...
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DuPage forest preserve employees charged in fraud schemeSep 05, 2012 9:56 pm - 2 DuPage tech employees, contractor accused of six-year kickback scheme
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Glendale Heights man acquitted of murder gets another chanceSep 05, 2012 4:20 pm - George M. Panos was homeless and sleeping in a Wheaton parking garage last October after being acquitted of murder in the suffocation death of his elderly father. Less t...
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DuPage County likely next for courtroom camerasSep 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Tina Lamonica apparently wasn't ready for her TV debut as the camera rolled for the first time inside a Winnebago County courtroom. The 37-year-old murder suspect stunne...
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Elgin man charged with aggravated DUI in retired teacher’s deathAug 24, 2012 2:38 pm - Two weeks to the day after friends and family gathered to say farewell to a beloved retired music teacher from Bartlett, Cook County prosecutors announced aggravated DUI...
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Two teens in custody in Wheaton volleyball star’s murderAug 23, 2012 6:00 pm - Two teens were in police custody Thursday night and may be charged with the murder of Megan Boken, the same day the Wheaton volleyball star was buried. St. Louis Police ...
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Robbery suspected motive in Megan Boken's killingAug 19, 2012 8:00 pm - Police in St. Louis said today they suspect Wheaton native Megan Boken was shot to death during a robbery attempt. Police spokesman Dave Marzullo told the St. Louis Pos...