DuPage County Crime
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1-year prison term for Westmont orthopedic practice worker who wrote fake prescriptionsJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - A former administrative assistant at an orthopedic practice in Westmont has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for writing fraudulent opioid prescriptions for ...
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Gunrunner back in DuPage jail, now charged with funeral furlough escapeJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - A Villa Park man who authorities say cut off his GPS monitor while on furlough to attend his brother's funeral is back in custody at the DuPage County jail. Bruce T. Ber...
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New state law on FOID cards aims to stop tragedies like Henry Pratt mass shooting in AuroraJan 21, 2022 4:20 am - On Feb. 15, 2019, a disgruntled employee walked into the Henry Pratt Co. factory in Aurora and killed five co-workers before being fatally wounded in an intense firefigh...
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New state law on FOID cards aims to stop tragedies like Henry Pratt mass shooting in AuroraJan 21, 2022 4:20 am - An earlier version gave an incorrect time for the North Shore Legal Aid Clinic's cooking demonstration. ...
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Kane County woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty over dogs' starvation, deathsJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - A woman accused of maltreating 14 dogs, three of which died, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor animal cruelty. Emily Chesterfield, who lived near South Elgin and no...
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Public might not get to see report on bribery allegationsJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - The Cook County Board of Review hired a high-profile Chicago law firm last year through a contract worth up to $110,000 to look into alleged bribery in the county office...
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Addison man gets life term for sexual assault of two childrenJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - An Addison man has been sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole, for sexually assaulting two girls. In October, a jury convicted Stephan Filipiak,...
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Addison bank robbed for the second time in less than a weekJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - A Chase bank in Addison was robbed Wednesday morning in the second theft in five days, the FBI said. Just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, a man entered the bank at 600 W. Lak...
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Coroner says Naperville woman, Michigan man killed in suspected murder-suicideJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - The identities of two people killed in a suspected murder and suicide Tuesday in Naperville have been released. According to the DuPage County coroner, they are Karen Ea...
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Chicago man pleads guilty to Woodridge gas station robberyJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - One of two men charged with robbing a gas station in Woodridge has pleaded guilty. Eddie R. Boens, 24, of the 5100 block of West Washington Boulevard in Chicago, pleaded...