Winfield Crime
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Naperville settles excessive force lawsuit for $435,000Sep 16, 2013 3:58 pm - Naperville officials have settled a lawsuit brought by a Lemont woman who suffered a torn rotator cuff when she struggled with police while her son was being arrested on...
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West Chicago school bus driver charged with on-duty DUISep 13, 2013 6:08 pm - A bus driver was charged with felony drunken driving Friday after giving rides to dozens of West Chicago elementary school students. Jill Beebe, 42, admitted drinking fo...
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Downers Grove man pleads not guilty to shooting mom outside churchSep 13, 2013 12:13 pm - Prosecutors plan to seek an extended term of up to natural life in prison for a Downers Grove man charged with fatally shooting his mother outside a Burr Ridge church. ...
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Former Naperville man gets 9 years for attack on estranged wifeSep 12, 2013 4:33 pm - A former Naperville man who invaded his estranged wife’s home and beat her with chairs was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison, prosecutors said. Kenny Edwards, ...
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Life sentence for 1998 Aurora double murder in alleySep 11, 2013 5:14 pm - A 36-year-old Aurora man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the chance for parole after his conviction earlier this year of killing two men in an Aurora a...
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'Coward' gets 9 years for leaving friend to die in Wheaton crashSep 11, 2013 5:00 pm - Judge issues nine-year sentence after Wheaton teen's death
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School cabdriver who didn't disclose sex assault conviction sentencedSep 10, 2013 6:00 pm - A Skokie cabdriver who transported children to and from schools in Cook, DuPage and Lake counties pleaded guilty to failing to disclose a 1993 sexual assault conviction ...
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Lawyer: Villa Park trustee’s account of dispute ‘baloney’Sep 10, 2013 4:50 pm - Villa Park Trustee Robert Taglia hopes to “restore some peace” on his block after being charged with disorderly conduct in a recent neighborhood spat, he said Tuesday. T...
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Hanover Park man pleads not guilty to homicide in teen’s heroin deathSep 10, 2013 12:21 pm - A Hanover Park man faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of providing the heroin that killed a 15-year-old Bartlett boy, prosecutors said at his arraignment Tuesda...
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Four face mob action charges at apartments near LombardSep 09, 2013 2:00 pm - Four known gang members were charged with felony mob action after a fight at an apartment complex near Lombard, police said Monday. DuPage County sheriff's deputies res...