Winfield Crime
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'We lost our innocence': Four on the front lines recall the Tylenol killings 40 years agoSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series. Helen Jensen was busy preparing dinner for her family about 7 p.m. on Sept. 29, 1982, when the phone rang at ...
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Boy charged with bringing gun to West Chicago High SchoolSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - A 14-year-old boy brought a handgun to West Chicago High School and displayed it in a restroom on Wednesday, authorities said. The boy is charged with one count of aggra...
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Downers Grove man sentenced to 17 years in prison for burglariesSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge Wednesday sentenced a Downers Grove man to 17 years in prison for breaking into two residences and a business in 2019 and stealing more than $60,00...
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Appeals court throws out 'legally inconsistent' verdicts in ex-teacher's caseSep 02, 2022 5:30 am - A DuPage County jury last year convicted former Bartlett High School chemistry teacher Garry Brodersen of endangering the life or health of a child, deciding he knew har...
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Twin brothers get 4 years in prison for thefts, ordered to repay $933K to Home DepotAug 29, 2022 1:00 am - Two brothers were sentenced Monday to four years in prison for stealing from Home Depot stores throughout the suburbs, in many cases by making fraudulent returns of item...
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Prosecutor asks judge to bar police from giving Daily Herald records in Elmhurst murder caseAug 26, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's Note: Susan Sarkauskas is the reporter who filed the Freedom of Information Act Request. The Daily Herald is asking a DuPage County judge for help obtaini...
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Suburban counties sue pharmacy chains, alleging they contributed to opioid crisisAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - Nineteen Illinois counties, including Cook, DuPage, Kane and McHenry, are suing CVS, Walgreens, Meijer, Walmart, Jewel-Osco and other major pharmacies, claiming they con...
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Second man charged in fatal overdose of DuPage County womanAug 21, 2022 1:00 am - A second man faces a drug-induced homicide charge in connection with the fatal overdose of a DuPage County woman last year, authorities said Sunday. Bishop Moore, 62, of...
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Authorities: Woman shot at people during dispute over Facebook postsAug 17, 2022 1:00 am - A Hillside woman has been charged with shooting at people last month in Glen Ellyn in a dispute about Facebook posts. Bail was set Tuesday at $150,000 for Tyra Bunch, 26...
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One killed, another wounded by gunfire on I-88 in Oak BrookAug 14, 2022 1:00 am - One man was killed and another wounded by gunfire early Sunday morning on Interstate 88 in Oak Brook, authorities said. Two others were injured when the vehicle targeted...