DuPage County Crime
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DuPage jail's welding program yields first inmates graduating with 'hope and purpose'Jul 19, 2019 5:33 am - How often do you see a sheriff hugging jail inmates? It happened Wednesday at the DuPage County jail as Sheriff Jim Mendrick congratulated the first graduates of a new a...
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Winfield man accused of head-butting Wheaton squadJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - One of four men recently charged in DuPage County with impersonating a police officer at area homes is again behind bars after Wheaton police arrested him on a warrant l...
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Glendale Heights woman charged in elaborate identify theft schemeJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - A Glendale Heights woman has been charged in connection with the theft of tens of thousands of dollars through an elaborate scheme involving stealing the identities of m...
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'You had me terrified': 15-year-old testifies against man charged with sexually assaulting herJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - A 15-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted over several years by a man she knew, looked her alleged attacker in the eye Thursday as he cross-examined her on ...
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Trial begins for Army specialist charged in Oak Brook sexual assaults of girlJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - A 15-year-old girl's voice shook Wednesday in DuPage County court as she detailed the feelings she had as a 7-year-old who was inappropriately touched and later sexually...
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'I'm going to slash all four tires!': Clerk gets 2 years in prison for Lombard hate crimeJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - A Chicago man who pleaded guilty to hate crime charges last month has been sentenced to prison. DuPage County Judge George Bakalis sentenced Ranferi Basilo, 32, to two y...
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Aurora man gets 30 years in 2015 robbery plotJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - An Aurora man with a long criminal record has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after his arrest and conviction in 2015 of possessing a handgun with the intent of rob...
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Sources: Mom texted about 'unruly' kids before Elmhurst-area shooting, then texted she did itJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - Jaime Jones did not leave a note detailing what drove her to shoot her two teenage sons multiple times Friday before setting fire to her Elmhurst-area home and fatally s...
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'Inconceivable': Mother killed teen sons, then herself in Elmhurst-area home, sheriff saysJul 14, 2019 1:00 am - A mother shot her two teenage sons to death Friday before setting fire to her Elmhurst-area home and fatally shooting herself, DuPage County authorities said Sunday. The...
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Aurora man charged in burglary of Naperville vehiclesJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - An Aurora man is facing charges in Will County after being arrested in Naperville Wednesday, suspected of breaking into several vehicles. Marcos DeNiro Aguirre, 20, of t...