Wheaton Crime
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Wheaton man faces sexual assault chargesJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - A Wheaton man has been charged with sexually assaulting two women acquaintances by having sex when they were unable to consent — including when one of the victims was in...
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Appeals court calls Aurora murder-for-hire plot conviction a "failure"Jul 24, 2020 5:00 am - A Kane County jury didn't believe it six years ago when an Aurora woman said she was duped into a murder-for-hire plot by an overzealous informant and federal agent, but...
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Authorities: Wheaton man wrote anti-gay graffiti on church, park benchesJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - A Wheaton man has been accused of writing anti-gay graffiti Monday on a church, park benches and an elevator door, according to DuPage County court records. Joe Fustar, ...
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LGBTQ+ group condemns hateful vandalism found in Wheaton parkJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - Advocates for the LGBTQ+ community in Wheaton have condemned homophobic vandalism found in a public park a month after the city's first large-scale display of Pride art ...
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St. Charles man charged with indecent solicitation in DuPage CountyJul 13, 2020 1:00 am - A St. Charles man has been charged following a weeklong investigation into sexually inappropriate online conversations he was having with someone he believed was a 14-ye...
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DuPage County man gets 30 years in beating murderJul 13, 2020 1:00 am - James Aydelotte was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday for beating a man to death in January 2017 in an unincorporated area near Glen Ellyn. "This was no accident. T...
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How some suburban courts plan to resume jury trials, keep people safeJul 10, 2020 5:30 am - When DuPage County resumes jury trials July 20, felony judge John Kinsella will have to get used to occasionally being moved out of "his" courtroom. Room 4000 is the big...
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Ex-probation officer sentenced to prison for violating sentence on sex caseJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - A former DuPage County probation officer is being sent to prison after violating the terms of his sentence on misconduct charges. Judge John Kinsella Wednesday sentenced...
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Wheeling police giving social media followers 'inside' look at the departmentJul 03, 2020 5:30 am - One suburban department is trying to answer those questions with the launch of a new social media program called “Inside the Wheeling Police Department.” Every week, Whe...
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Wheaton police search for burglary suspects; one SUV recoveredJun 30, 2020 1:00 am - Wheaton police are searching for suspects in connection with vehicle burglaries early Tuesday. Around 3 a.m., a resident reported in-progress burglaries to vehicles in t...