DuPage County Crime
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Des Plaines man who barricaded himself in vape shop faces assault chargeMay 11, 2026 4:33 pm - A 26-year-old Des Plaines man who barricaded himself in a vape shop early Saturday morning is facing charges of aggravated assault and criminal damage to property.
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Clarendon Hills woman detained after high-speed chase, biting an officerMay 11, 2026 2:24 pm - A DuPage County judge has denied release for a Clarendon Hills woman accused of leading police on a high-speed chase and biting an officer.
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Armed man surrenders after hourslong standoff at Des Plaines vape shopMay 09, 2026 3:29 pm - A 26-year-old Des Plaines man armed with a box cutter barricaded himself inside a vape shop Saturday morning after confronting an employee who managed to escape, authorities said.
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Prosecutors: Digital audio recording captured Schaumburg woman’s torture, slayingMay 08, 2026 4:18 pm - Describing Kevin D. Motykie as a “controlling and conniving predator,” a Cook County judge granted prosecutors' motion to detain the 56-year-old charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend in the Schaumburg home they shared.
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Officers were justified in shooting Aurora man, Kane state’s attorney rulesMay 08, 2026 3:59 pm - Aurora police officers who shot a man to death last year were justified in their use of deadly force, Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced Friday.
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Aurora sex offender facing child porn chargesMay 08, 2026 12:09 pm - A registered sex offender is facing new charges after an investigation by Aurora police.
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Schaumburg man charged with murder in slaying of woman he was datingMay 07, 2026 9:38 pm - A 56-year-old Schaumburg man faces a first-degree murder charge in the killing last week of a woman he previously had been accused of battering, police said Thursday.
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Judge denies release for teen charged with taking police officer’s gun from schoolMay 07, 2026 8:02 pm - A teen who authorities say took the firearm an Arlington Heights police officer left in a school restroom on Monday will remain in jail while his case is pending, a Cook County judge ruled Thursday.
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Pen pups: Why more police dogs are going to work in jailsMay 07, 2026 6:12 pm - We’re used to seeing police dogs out on the street alongside officers and deputies, but these days a growing number of K-9 units are at work out of the public eye and behind steel doors in jails.
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Authorities excavate at South Elgin home a decade after teen girl disappearedMay 07, 2026 7:54 am - A decade after teenager Kianna Galvin went missing, Kane County authorities performed a “forensic excavation” at a South Elgin home Thursday in an attempt to find evidence connected to the disappearance.