DuPage County Crime
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Des Plaines boy who was pushed in lake diesSep 28, 2022 1:00 am - A 3-year-old Des Plaines boy who authorities say was pushed into Lake Michigan in Chicago by his aunt last week has died, officials said. Josiah Brown, who had been in g...
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Elmhurst resident tips off police about Virginia bank robbery suspectSep 28, 2022 1:00 am - Elmhurst police have arrested a man wanted for bank robbery in Virginia, the Elmhurst Police Department said Wednesday. Justin M. Craver, 45, of Newport News, Virginia,...
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Death by ex-pro skateboarder's punch was a tragedy but not a murder, defense saysSep 27, 2022 1:00 am - The death of a Wheaton man after being punched by former professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy was "an unforeseeable tragedy among friends," a public defender argued T...
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Des Plaines police investigating abuse allegations against suburban priestSep 27, 2022 1:00 am - Des Plaines police are investigating separate allegations of sexual misconduct levied against a priest who formerly worked in the city. The announcement of the police in...
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A cold case, but not a forgotten one: How suburban cops continue to hunt the Tylenol killerSep 26, 2022 5:00 am - Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. In the top drawer of his desk, Elk Grove Village Police Chief Charles Walsh keeps a 40-year-old case file first comp...
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Trial begins for care manager charged after elderly woman, forgotten in van, died in the coldSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - A 96-year-old woman may have tried at least three times to call her son before she died of cold exposure after being left unattended on a senior residence's van for hour...
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Aurora man who skipped trial convicted of sexually assaulting two childrenSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - An Aurora man who skipped out on his criminal trial was found guilty of sexually assaulting two children and faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison, the Kane Count...
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'Devastating': Investigators seeking clues on who vandalized new Rolling Meadows muralSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - Months after its installation and dedication, a mural created by Rolling Meadows High School art students on the wall of the Kirchoff Road pedestrian underpass has been ...
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Aurora shooting victim identifiedSep 26, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities on Monday identified the 29-year-old man who was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Aurora. Aurora resident Ferrer Vincente Velasquez was pronounced ...
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'We lost our innocence': Four on the front lines recall the Tylenol killings 40 years agoSep 24, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series. Helen Jensen was busy preparing dinner for her family about 7 p.m. on Sept. 29, 1982, when the phone rang at ...