Wheaton Crime
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Carol Stream man accused of wielding hatchet in Wheaton robberyJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - A 32-year-old Carol Stream has been charged with robbing a Wheaton drugstore while wielding a hatchet. Bail was set Tuesday at $300,000 for Jason Zell, of the 500 block ...
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Police: Man armed with a hatchet robs Walgreens in WheatonJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - A man armed with a hatchet robbed a Walgreens store in Wheaton Saturday night, police said Monday. Wheaton police were called at 8:54 p.m. for the report of an armed rob...
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Local authorities keep plans for pre-inauguration security close to the vestJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - While local authorities are taking seriously FBI warnings about armed protests that may occur nationwide in advance of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, most dec...
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Police investigating Wheaton CVS armed robberyJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Police are investigating an armed robbery Wednesday evening at a Wheaton CVS. Wheaton police responded to the CVS, at 1400 E. Roosevelt Road, at 7:37 p.m. after a man e...
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Ives to return donations from Inverness businessman charged in Capitol riotsJan 10, 2021 12:00 am - Former Republican congressional candidate Jeanne Ives confirmed Sunday she is returning campaign contributions from an Inverness businessman charged in Wednesday's riots...
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Ex-Joliet Central teacher pleads guilty to sex assault of studentJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - A former Joliet Central High School physics teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a student at a Naperville hotel in May 2017. Thomas Connelly, 34, was...
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Tragedy and turmoil marked suburban crime news in 2020Jan 04, 2021 5:00 am - The heartbreaking story of the short, tragic life of AJ Freund, the Crystal Lake 5-year-old beaten to death in 2019 then buried in a shallow grave in Woodstock, conclude...
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Wheaton man found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2019 murderDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Pi Lat was insane when he stabbed his cousin's husband to death in April 2019 in a Wheaton apartment, a DuPage County judge ruled last week. Judge Ann Celine Walsh, who ...
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Police: Car with dog inside stolen from Elmhurst shopping center parking lotDec 22, 2020 12:00 am - Elmhurst police say a dog was inside a car that was stolen Tuesday morning from a shopping center parking lot. The female terrier Shi Zu mix named Zoey was in the white ...
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Casstevens talks about police reforms, meeting with BarrDec 18, 2020 4:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Casstevens' year as president of the International Association of P...