Woodridge Crime
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Appeals court calls Aurora murder-for-hire plot conviction a "failure"Jul 24, 2020 5:00 am - A Kane County jury didn't believe it six years ago when an Aurora woman said she was duped into a murder-for-hire plot by an overzealous informant and federal agent, but...
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Authorities arrest Woodridge man wanted on fraud charges on resort islandJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A Woodridge man has been arrested on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on charges of investment fraud stemming from a purported investment advisory business he ran in...
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St. Charles man charged with indecent solicitation in DuPage CountyJul 13, 2020 1:00 am - A St. Charles man has been charged following a weeklong investigation into sexually inappropriate online conversations he was having with someone he believed was a 14-ye...
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DuPage County man gets 30 years in beating murderJul 13, 2020 1:00 am - James Aydelotte was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday for beating a man to death in January 2017 in an unincorporated area near Glen Ellyn. "This was no accident. T...
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How some suburban courts plan to resume jury trials, keep people safeJul 10, 2020 5:30 am - When DuPage County resumes jury trials July 20, felony judge John Kinsella will have to get used to occasionally being moved out of "his" courtroom. Room 4000 is the big...
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Ex-probation officer sentenced to prison for violating sentence on sex caseJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - A former DuPage County probation officer is being sent to prison after violating the terms of his sentence on misconduct charges. Judge John Kinsella Wednesday sentenced...
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Wheeling police giving social media followers 'inside' look at the departmentJul 03, 2020 5:30 am - One suburban department is trying to answer those questions with the launch of a new social media program called “Inside the Wheeling Police Department.” Every week, Whe...
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Police: 2 men shot in leg in 'targeted' Woodridge shootingJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - Two men were wounded Wednesday night in a shooting that Woodridge police said appeared to be targeted. The shooting was reported at 11:29 p.m. in the area of Janes Aven...
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Willowbrook youth charged with shooting friend, punching copJun 23, 2020 1:00 am - A Willowbrook juvenile has been charged with shooting a friend in the chest while showing him a gun and then punching one DuPage County sheriff's deputy who was investig...
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Downers Grove community mourns death of South student killed in hit-and-runJun 23, 2020 1:00 am - Woodridge police are investigating a June 19 night hit-and-run crash that killed a 15-year-old bicyclist. Evan Melau, a Downers Grove resident and Downers Grove South Hi...