DuPage County Crime
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Man pleads guilty to trying to kill elderly relative, gets 12-year sentenceSep 28, 2026 3:11 pm - A man has pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder for trying to kill an elderly relative in her Big Rock-area home.
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‘She made the world a better place’: Friends, family remember woman killed during Fox River boating accident in JulySep 26, 2026 7:14 pm - Several hundred people gathered to honor Magdalena Jablonska at the McHenry Dam on Saturday. The 48-year-old Des Plaines woman and U.S. Marine veteran who “brought sunshine wherever she went” was killed in a boating accident July 25 on the Fox River.
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Man found guilty of murder in Naperville gun sale gone badSep 25, 2026 2:31 pm - A man has been found guilty of killing another man during a dispute over a gun sale in Naperville.
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Police: Aurora man facing felony drug charges after search yields cannabis, TCH and cashSep 25, 2026 12:46 pm - A 19-year-old Aurora man is facing felony drug charges after Aurora police seized a large quantity of cannabis and THC products and more than $16,000 in cash Wednesday.
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McHenry sheriff responds to criticism over river patrols on day of fatal crashSep 24, 2026 6:47 pm - The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is pushing back on a TV news report last week that tied its marine unit’s scheduling to a deadly July 25 crash on the Fox River.
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Aurora police arrest suspected gang members in gun, drug investigationsSep 24, 2026 11:49 am - Aurora police say they made multiple felony arrests and recovered firearms, ammunition, drugs and cash during separate investigations involving suspected gang members this week.
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Idaho authorities say they have a new lead on the Tylenol murders. Illinois investigators are skeptical.Sep 23, 2026 5:58 pm - Idaho investigators have identified a man who died by suicide in a Boise church as a potential suspect in the solved 1982 Tylenol murders. However, suburban Illinois authorities remain skeptical, citing no DNA match or physical evidence linking him to the killings.
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Authorities: Glen Ellyn man said racist things to delivery driverSep 23, 2026 1:16 pm - A Glen Ellyn man has been charged with disorderly conduct, accused of saying racially derogatory things to a delivery driver.
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Glendale Heights man charged in Indiana crash that killed friendSep 23, 2026 1:14 pm - A Glendale Heights man faces five felony charges, including drunken driving, in connection with a July 25 crash in Northwest Indiana that killed his passenger, police said.
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Man punched multiple strangers at Aurora festival, prosecutors saySep 21, 2026 4:06 pm - An Aurora man is accused of punching several strangers at a festival Saturday at an Asian market, including a man who was holding a baby.