Winfield Crime
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Repeat offender gets 19 years for $40,000 cigarette robbery in ElmhurstNov 01, 2013 12:26 pm - A Chicago man is going back to prison for the seventh time after pleading guilty to robbing an Elmhurst store of about $40,000 in cigarettes. Prosecutors said Charles W...
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DuPage carjacker who fled country now in custodyOct 31, 2013 9:00 pm - A nuclear engineer who was believed to have escaped the country after being sentenced to 40 years in prison for carjacking is in the custody of federal authorities. DuPa...
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Class action lawsuit filed over stolen health dataOct 31, 2013 3:41 pm - Two Kane County residents are seeking class action status for a lawsuit filed after the medical information for 4 million patients at Advocate Health Care was stolen fro...
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Police: Naperville brawl suspect says cop uniform looked like costumeOct 31, 2013 2:16 pm - Police say a man who hit a Naperville cop during a downtown street brawl had a convenient and timely excuse — he thought the officer’s uniform was a Halloween costume. ...
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Man gets 22 years for Villa Park home invasionOct 30, 2013 5:00 pm - Prosecutor: Victim told his toe would be cut off
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Aurora man found guilty of wife’s 1990 murderOct 30, 2013 4:11 pm - Aurelio Montano is accused of strangling wife, burying body
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South Elgin DUI guilty plea stands despite officer’s policy violationOct 29, 2013 9:09 pm - A South Elgin cop who arrested a 22-year-old man in September 2012 on DUI charges violated departmental policy when he recommended to the man’s mom that her son use a ce...
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Stabbing survivor settles suit against Naperville clubOct 29, 2013 6:52 pm - A Lemont man has settled a lawsuit against a downtown Naperville nightspot where he was stabbed and his friend was slain early last year. William “Willie” Hayes had acc...
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Prosecutors of Darien triple murder honoredOct 29, 2013 4:39 pm - A team of DuPage County prosecutors who secured convictions against two men charged with a triple murder are being honored by the Chicago Crime Commission. Assistant st...
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Trial starts for Aurora man accused of killing wife in 1990Oct 28, 2013 1:30 pm - Twenty-three years ago Aurelio Montano picked up his young daughter from a relative’s house in Aurora where she’d spent the night, and he gave her some bad news: Her mot...