DuPage County Crime
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16-year-old shot and killed in Des PlainesJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - A 16-year-old was shot and killed Sunday night, Des Plaines police said. Police said they were called to the 1300 block of Perry Street for a report of shots fired and ...
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Five juveniles arrested after carjacking, burglaries outside Des Plaines hotelsJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Five juveniles have been arrested in connection with a carjacking and a string of burglaries of vehicles early Sunday morning at hotels in Des Plaines. Des Plaines polic...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Man charged with beating woman, then damaging 2 police cars in chaseJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - A man has been charged with hitting a woman dozens of times with a belt and then striking two police squad cars during an attempt to escape officers. Bail was set Thursd...
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Authorities: Man who escaped Elmhurst police car in September back in custodyJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - Elmhurst police on Tuesday arrested a man who they say escaped from a police car in September. Devin Revels, 27, of the 800 block of South Keeler Avenue, Chicago, is now...
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Former high school volleyball coach faces child pornography chargesJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect time period for the alleged online relationship. A former coach for the Bartlett High School volleyball program has been charge...
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2 men charged with murder in Aurora shootingJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - Two men are facing charges in connection with a shooting last fall in Aurora that left one man dead and another critically injured. Samuel Garcia, 24, of the 600 block o...
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Two men charged after carjacking outside Rivers CasinoJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - Editor's note: Several details in this story, including the defendant's addresses, have been updated since the initial report. Two men are being held without bail o...