Kane County Crime
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Man charged after threatening to hurt himself with scissors at Kane County courthouse
Feb 1, 2023 6:13 PM - A Batavia man was arrested Wednesday at the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles after authorities say he grabbed a pair of scissors at the county public defender's office and threatened to harm himself. -
Elgin man arrested after police chase, crash in St. Charles
Jan 20, 2023 10:09 PM - An Elgin man has been charged after a Friday morning police chase ended with a crash in St. Charles. -
Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022
Jan 20, 2023 5:00 AM - A record 6,542 firearms were seized at airport checkpoints across the country last year, and you won't believe where some of them were found.
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Fentanyl use in illicit drug supply continues to fuel rise in fatal Kane County overdoses
Jan 19, 2023 5:56 PM - The rate of opioid deaths in Kane County doubled in the last decade, and county officials are trying to determine a multi-pronged approach to bring the numbers down. -
Wisconsin man arrested on drug, gun charges on I-90
Jan 17, 2023 4:24 PM - Kane County investigators arrested a Wisconsin man on drugs and firearms charges Sunday on the Addams Tollway. -
Sheriffs draw lines at what they will -- and will not -- enforce with new weapons law
Jan 13, 2023 8:14 PM - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and large capacity magazines: Read the law and "take a deep breath." -
Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so far
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crime
Jan 12, 2023 6:00 AM - The mass shoting in Highland Park on July 4 that claimed the lives of seven parade spectators was among the most wrenching crime stories of a year marked by mayhem and heartbreak. -
2 men charged with murder in Aurora shooting
Jan 11, 2023 5:39 PM - Two men are facing charges in connection with a shooting last fall in Aurora that left one man dead and another critically injured. -
Prosecutor: Don't let man charged with reckless homicide in bus crash keep driving
Jan 6, 2023 12:38 PM - A Kane County prosecutor has asked that a man charged with killing two people in a crash be forbidden from driving while his case is heard.
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