Wheaton Crime
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Kane state's attorney probes how gunman bought and kept firearm despite felony recordApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - The Kane County state's attorney's office is still probing how the Henry Pratt gunman was able to buy and keep a handgun after state police determined he wasn't allowed ...
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Mom gets probation, work release in DUI crash that severely injured sonApr 15, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors sought an eight-year prison sentence Monday for a Cicero woman who was nearly twice the legal intoxication threshold when she crashed her SUV i...
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15-year sentence for man who fired gun into Naperville crowd on ThanksgivingApr 15, 2019 1:00 am - An Aurora man who opened fire at a group of people in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving 2016 outside a Naperville apartment complex was sentenced Monday to 15 year...
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Legislation would ban college applications from asking about convicted crimes. Campus cops oppose it.Apr 12, 2019 5:30 am - If you've ever applied for college, chances are you've seen the question in one form or another. "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" For students trying to move b...
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DuPage prosecutors drop appeal of ruling granting Randy Liebich a new trialApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors have decided to drop their appeal of Judge John Kinsella's Sept. 14 ruling granting Randy Liebich a new trial in the 2002 death of a toddler he...
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Suspect in Bloomingdale abduction, sexual assault could face 90 years in prisonApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - The man charged with kidnapping a 21-year-old woman in Bloomingdale and sexually assaulting her outside an Elgin casino now faces up to 90 years in prison after being in...
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Two charged in December robbery of adult photo studio near WheatonApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - Two men are each being held on $150,000 bail in DuPage County jail, charged with the Dec. 17 robbery of a controversial adult photo studio near Wheaton. Luke Lee, 19, of...
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Former Schaumburg officer continuing efforts to have conviction vacatedApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors are objecting to a former Schaumburg police officer's attempts to have his conviction vacated and charges dismissed. In a one-page motion to di...
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Police: Aurora man broke into ex-girlfriend's apartment armed with bat, knifeApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - A 48-year-old man with a long criminal history has been arrested on charges he broke into his ex-girlfriend's house on the northeast side of Aurora while armed with a kn...
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Naperville cop cleared in shooting of man armed with silver pellet gunApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - A Naperville police officer has been cleared in a Jan. 23 shooting in which he wounded a 27-year-old man authorities said was armed with a silver airsoft gun. In his wri...