DuPage County Crime
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Algonquin police say man fraudulently altered check to $4,995, made it out to himselfMay 20, 2025 1:58 pm - Algonquin police said a man fraudulently got a personal check made out to an extermination company, changed its amount from $96 to $4,995 and deposited it into his bank account.
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Teen accused of robbing woman at gunpoint in Downers GroveMay 19, 2025 1:19 pm - A 17-year-old boy accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in Downers Grove is being held in the DuPage County Jail after being brought back from Colorado.
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Hanover Park woman left 3 young kids alone in running SUV, police sayMay 19, 2025 1:18 pm - A Hanover Park woman was arrested over the weekend after three young children were left without adult supervision in an SUV outside a Des Plaines supermarket, police said Monday.
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Mount Prospect man sentenced to 10-plus years in prison for armed drug traffickingMay 19, 2025 12:44 pm - A Mount Prospect man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after a jury convicted him of possessing multiple firearms while trafficking narcotics throughout the suburbs.
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2 charged in armed robbery of postal worker, theft of checks worth more than $500,000May 16, 2025 4:57 pm - One man is charged with robbing a postal carrier, and he and another man also are accused of stealing checks worth more than $500,000 from mail-collection boxes in Hinsdale and Oak Brook.
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Why dangerous TikTok challenge has schools, police all fired upMay 16, 2025 6:00 am - What do you get when you cross the worst elements of social media with the most reckless instincts of kids? These days it’s the “Chromebook Challenge,” a TikTok-fueled fad that has students across the country intentionally setting fire to their school-issued laptop computers.
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Driver injured, charged with DUI after crashing into Des Plaines homeMay 15, 2025 1:20 pm - A 55-year-old Park Ridge man faces multiple charges after police say he crashed his pickup truck into a Des Plaines home Wednesday while driving intoxicated.
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DeKalb man gets 45 years in prison for shooting stranger in the faceMay 14, 2025 5:26 pm - A man was sentenced to 45 years in prison Wednesday for shooting a stranger in the face in West Chicago.
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Itasca man faces child porn chargesMay 13, 2025 12:13 pm - An Itasca man is being detained pretrial on charges he possessed and disseminated child sexual abuse materials.
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Chiropractor accused of sexually abusing 2 teen patientsMay 12, 2025 3:13 pm - An Aurora chiropractor has been charged with sexually abusing two teenage patients.