DuPage County Crime
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Authorities: Ex-Bensenville man captured after fleeing country to avoid trialJul 07, 2022 1:00 am - A former Bensenville man wanted for 22 years after fleeing the country to avoid trial on a charge of concealing a homicidal death has been captured and returned to DuPag...
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Man carjacked Tuesday night in south NapervilleJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - Police are searching for four men who carjacked a man at gunpoint Tuesday night in Naperville. According to Naperville police, the victim had just parked his car in a bu...
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Former 'Cheer' star from Naperville sentenced to 12 years in prisonJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - Jerry Harris, the former star of the Netflix docuseries "Cheer," was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to child pornograp...
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Police: No injuries after teen crashes into Bartlett squad carJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - Bartlett police cited a teenage driver for multiple offenses after she struck a parked patrol vehicle Monday evening following Bartlett's Fourth of July fireworks displa...
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Feds charge official in Cook County assessor's office with corruptionJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors in Chicago charged an official of the Cook County assessor's office Wednesday with "corruptly" accepting home improvements, jewelry, sports tickets a...
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Police say man shot at vehicle in Downers GroveJul 05, 2022 1:00 am - A Berwyn man was arrested after firing multiple shots at another car on I-294 early Monday morning in Downers Grove, according to Illinois State Police. Nacurvie K. Smit...
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Casino patron arrested after struggling with policeJul 03, 2022 1:00 am - A Chicago man was arrested early Friday after causing a disturbance inside Rivers Casino and then struggling with police officers, police said. Vishal Patel, 29, of the ...
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Google for guns: How the state created its own system to trace weapons involved in crimesJul 01, 2022 5:15 am - For a police detective in Illinois trying to trace the origins of a gun used in a crime, it can feel a bit like traveling back in time, and not just because it's a histo...
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3 charged with money laundering, promoting prostitution at suburban massage parlorsJul 01, 2022 1:00 am - The owners and operators of eight suburban massage parlors have been charged with money laundering and promoting prostitution, the Illinois attorney general's office ann...
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Man charged with burglarizing Wheaton library cafeJun 30, 2022 1:00 am - A West Chicago man has been charged with burglarizing the cafe at the Wheaton Public Library. Branford D. Yurko, 19, of the 500 block of Highland Avenue, faces felony ch...