DuPage County Crime
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Bail set at $500,000 for West Chicago man accused of trying to suffocate his motherDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $500,000 for a West Chicago man who was accused of trying to suffocate his mother with a pillow in Wheaton, authorities said. Bryan Jones, 39, of the 20...
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Drug arrest at Rivers CasinoDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - A Hampshire man was arrested early Monday after he dropped a small bag of cocaine inside Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, police said. Darren Leech, 37, of the 19N200 block...
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4 people shot, one shooter at large after gunfight in Oakbrook CenterDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Shoppers and workers at Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook ran for cover or quickly locked down during the final Christmas shopping rush Thursday evening as two men started a ...
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Oswego man gets 20 years for sexually abusing Aurora childDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - An Oswego man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a child younger than 13. Kane County Judge D.J. Tegeler handed down the sentence Tuesday for ...
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Coroner's office identifies Aurora shooting victimsDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - Aurora residents Kevonte Parker, 20, and Edward Smith, 37, have been identified as the two men killed in separate Aurora shootings. On Sunday night, Aurora police respo...
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Driver charged with reckless homicide in 2020 crash that killed Wood Dale womanDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - A Morton Grove man faces a charge of reckless homicide in connection with a crash that killed a beloved Wood Dale resident last year. James Stavropoulos, 54, of the 5600...
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St. Charles man charged after multiple crashes, chase in BataviaDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - A 21-year-old St. Charles man was arrested after causing multiple crashes and leading police on a chase in Batavia, authorities said. At 9:49 p.m. Tuesday Ethan Viland, ...
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Berwyn man gets six months for not reporting fatal crash near LombardDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - A Berwyn man pleaded guilty to felony failure to report an accident causing death for an August 2019 crash that killed a pedestrian near Lombard. Luciano Pantaleon, 50, ...
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Aurora man charged in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riotDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - An Aurora man accused of using a flagpole to assault a federal officer during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach is charged with five felonies in an indictment unsealed this...
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Judge reimposes 79-year prison sentence, but with parole, for 'depraved' Aurora killerDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - A Kane County judge Tuesday refused to lessen the 79-year sentence of an Aurora man who at 15 raped and murdered a neighbor in 2001. But Judge D.J. Tegeler ruled that Jo...