Wheaton Crime
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Mom who crashed into Aurora pond, left child in car considers plea dealOct 24, 2018 1:00 am - A Cicero woman accused of driving drunk when she crashed her SUV into an Aurora pond and left her 6-year-old son in the submerged vehicle is considering an offer from pr...
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Bail set at $75,000 for Glenbard East student accused of threatening schoolOct 22, 2018 1:00 am - A Glenbard East High School student is being held on $75,000 bail, accused of posting a threat on Instagram directed at the school. Jairus Castillo, 18, of the 200 block...
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Candidates: DuPage must do more to fight heroinOct 22, 2018 1:00 am - DuPage is spending $100,000 this year to combat the opioid crisis, but candidates in one county board race say more needs to be done. The opioid epidemic has become a ke...
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$3 million bail for man accused of shooting at Bloomingdale copsOct 22, 2018 1:00 am - Bail was set at $3 million Monday morning for a reported gang member with more than 40 previous arrests charged with firing at two officers responding to a domestic disp...
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First of two men to plead guilty in armed robbery sentenced to 12 yearsOct 22, 2018 1:00 am - An armed robbery that netted some cigarettes has cost a Glen Ellyn man 12 years of his life. Joshua Phillips, 21, of the 300 block of Alder Lane, was sentenced Monday to...
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Eyes in the sky: Why more suburban police are using dronesOct 19, 2018 5:00 am - Earlier this year, Aurora police found themselves in a dangerous situation: traipsing through head-high brush and plants in a forest preserve, searching for a suicidal w...
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Bartlett man who had drugs mailed to him pleads guiltyOct 19, 2018 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Bartlett man who had drugs mailed to his Roselle post office box this year has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempting to manufacture or posse...
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Willowbrook man charged in 2002 murder free to get driver's licenseOct 19, 2018 1:00 am - A former Willowbrook man recently granted a new trial on charges he murdered a 2-year-old boy he was caring for in 2002 took another step toward a normal life Friday. Wh...
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Driver acquitted in Carol Stream armed robberyOct 18, 2018 1:00 am - The man who walked into a Carol Stream 7-Eleven about 10:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2015, and put a gun in the face of two clerks, demanding their money and the store's money, ...
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Trial begins for man charged in 2015 Carol Stream armed robberyOct 17, 2018 1:00 am - The clerk was wrapping up his shift at a now-shuttered Carol Stream 7-Eleven around 10:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2015, when a man entered the store, stuck a gun in his face an...