Winfield Crime
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Bloomingdale police seek help to solve Monday shootingDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - Police so far Wednesday are saying little as to why a 37-year-old car salesman and former basketball player was shot outside a Bloomingdale townhouse Monday night. Nate ...
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JUST of DuPage brings holiday cheer to children of DuPage inmatesDec 20, 2014 12:01 am - Landon O'Brien propped his chin over the Christmas presents, one he picked out for his 6-year-old sister, and squealed. "Grandma, look which one I got!" the Lombard 8-ye...
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Suburban schools changing how they discuss heroinDec 19, 2014 4:30 am - Kids today know heroin — and it's no longer just a word they read in a textbook. Health teacher Cristy Hefner knows heroin, too. It's the drug her preteen students at C...
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Pair charged with stealing from Salvation Army bucketDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - Two men have been charged with stealing from a Salvation Army donation bucket, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced Friday. The theft occurred outsi...
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Naperville doctor charged with sexually assaulting patientsDec 17, 2014 10:00 pm - A Naperville doctor has been charged with sexually assaulting and abusing three patients at his Yorkville office. Dr. Haohua Yang, 50, was arrested after Kendall County ...
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Naperville theater owner released on $25,000 bailDec 17, 2014 12:01 am - The owner of the Hollywood Palms movie theater in Naperville, accused of owing the state more than $1.37 million in underreported taxes, was released Wednesday afternoon...
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Naperville man recieves presidential pardonDec 17, 2014 12:00 am - A Naperville man convicted in 1989 of commodities fraud and wire fraud received one of the 12 pardons issued Wednesday by President Barack Obama. Brian E. Sledz, now 54,...
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DuPage group ensures inmates' children not forgotten during holidaysDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - Not everyone can be home for the holidays, as the classic song suggests, but a DuPage County organization is attempting to help fill that void for some area children. ...
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Dog's tennis ball key to DuPage courthouse securityDec 14, 2014 6:45 am - Every morning Deputy Ken Diebert prepares for his courthouse duty by strapping on his usual 12 pounds of gear: Kevlar vest, handcuffs and stun gun. But he also holsters ...
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Joliet man gets 40 years for 1997 Downers Grove murder for hireDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - A Joliet man convicted in the 1997 murder-for-hire slaying of a Downers Grove man was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison. A jury convicted Jose Ruvalcaba-Quezada, 35...