DuPage County Crime
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Willowbrook man guilty of first-degree murder in shootingApr 29, 2014 1:00 am - A DuPage County jury found a 25-year-old Willowbrook man guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday afternoon for the shooting death of 18-year-old Joshua Holmes. The six-per...
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Defendant in Willowbrook slaying tells his side: 'I was scared'Apr 25, 2014 1:01 am - Juan Cuellar says he feared for his life and the safety of his mother and brother on the September evening he fired five shots into 18-year-old Joshua Holmes. Cuellar, 2...
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Ex-girlfriend testifies she helped lose weapon in Willowbrook murderApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - Prosecutors wrapped up their case Thursday in the first-degree murder trial of Juan Cuellar, with Cuellar's ex-girlfriend testifying she helped get rid of the murder wea...
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22-year prison term for repeat burglarApr 18, 2014 11:00 pm - A 51-year-old man was sentenced to 22 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a June 2012 apartment burglary in Downers Grove. An arrest warrant for Steve Mantuc...
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Man banned from Elmhurst park after exposing himselfApr 18, 2014 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Bellwood man will spend his 20th birthday behind bars after pleading guilty Friday in DuPage County to public indecency and lewd exposure. Nikolai Anderson...
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Trial begins for Carol Stream man accused of molesting teen girlsApr 16, 2014 1:01 am - A registered sex offender from Carol Stream is standing trial this week on charges he molested two teenage girls, including one who was at his home for a sleepover. Dur...
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Authorities want repeat sex offender committed after prison releaseApr 15, 2014 1:00 am - The Illinois attorney general's office is seeking to have a 49-year-old Aurora man classified as a sexually violent person and detained indefinitely by the state's Depar...
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Hidden no more: Heroin in suburbsApr 06, 2014 6:01 am - What the Daily Herald addressed more than a decade ago as a "Hidden Scourge" is hidden no more. In the years since our first series of extensive reports on the effects o...
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When it comes to trial, clothes make the defendantApr 06, 2014 6:00 am - While preparing clients for trial, one of the issues facing DuPage County Public Defender Jeff York is often his client's wardrobe. “I usually will ask my client, 'If yo...
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Police equipped with overdose reversal drug save two livesMar 28, 2014 5:30 am - For the second time in less than a week, police officers who participated in a DuPage County program have used the opiate overdose reversal drug Narcan to save someone's...