Wheaton Crime
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Top crime stories of 2018Jan 04, 2019 5:00 am - A look back at some of the top crime and justice stories of 2018 in DuPage County ... January 80 years in Wesselman murder: After 30 years on the run in the wake of ra...
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Westmont man accused of inappropriately touching pregnant womanJan 03, 2019 12:00 am - A Westmont man accused of inappropriately touching a pregnant woman is being held on $50,000 bail in DuPage County jail. Keenan Fowlkes, 18, is charged with aggravated b...
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Two charged with robbing Woodridge, Naperville gas stationsDec 29, 2018 12:00 am - Two young men who police say are responsible for robbing two DuPage County gas stations at gunpoint in November have been apprehended. According to a news release issued...
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Glendale Heights family disputes police account of shootingDec 29, 2018 12:00 am - A Glendale Heights woman who was present when her son was shot by police early Saturday disputes the police account that he was armed and said the shooting was unnecessa...
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Trial date set for ex-nurse charged with violating patient's privacyDec 19, 2018 12:00 am - An April 2 trial date was set Wednesday for a former nurse at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield accused of violating a patient's privacy. Mark Lu...
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Authorities: Man had almost $2.5 million in cocaineDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - Bail has been set at $2.5 million for a man accused of transporting cocaine, valued at that same amount, through Willowbrook. Jose Martinez Gomez, of Mexico, is charged ...
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Woman accused in bitcoin murder-for-hire plot must remain on GPS monitoringDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - DuPage County Judge George Bakalis reminded Tina Jones and her attorney on Tuesday that they agreed to have her wear a GPS monitoring device earlier this spring when he ...
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Carol Stream man gets 29 years in prison for directing teen to send him nude photosDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - A Carol Stream man accused of directing a teenage girl to send him nude photos is headed to prison for 29 years. Adan Rodriguez, 53, was convicted by a DuPage jury in Au...
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Sentencing set for Downers Grove man in student's drug deathDec 17, 2018 12:00 am - A 38-year-old Downers Grove man who faces eight to 35 years in prison for giving a fatal dose of methadone to a 15-year-old foreign exchange student from Spain will lear...
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Chicago man held on $500,000 bail in Wheaton carjackingDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - A Chicago man is being held on $500,000 bail in DuPage County, charged in a Thursday night carjacking in the Wheaton Target parking lot. Demarion Chambers, 22, has been ...