Kane County Crime
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'About doing what's right': Kane prosecutor McMahon on taking the McDonald murder case
Oct 14, 2018 7:55 AM - When a letter from Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan arrived on Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon's desk in late spring 2016 seeking a prosecutor in the Laquan McDonald murder trial, he wasn't sure he wanted the appointment. But soon McMahon knew he had to step forward. -
3 more lawsuits about former substitute teacher charged with assault, abuse
Oct 12, 2018 7:22 PM - Three more students who have accused a former Dundee District 300 substitute teacher of sexual assault have sued the district, a principal and a local boys and girls club, arguing school officials did not remove the teacher despite abuse in his office, the school library and washrooms, on a soccer field and even in his vehicle. -
Lauzen drops call to pursue reimbursement for Van Dyke prosecution
Oct 9, 2018 5:26 PM - Citing a lack of "fortitude" by the Kane County Board, Chairman Chris Lauzen on Tuesday dropped his pursuit of an invoice of the costs to prosecute Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke. -
Settlement reached in insurance dispute after St. Charles man killed twins, self
Oct 8, 2018 5:41 PM - A lawsuit over the $500,000 insurance policy of a St. Charles man who killed his twin daughters and wounded his estranged wife before turning the gun on himself in March 2017 has been settled. Randall Coffland changed his insurance policy to benefit his brother and a close friend, who agreed to take less so Anjum Coffland would settle the suit. -
Lawsuit alleges Aurora Dist. 131 officials failed to report sex abuse
Oct 5, 2018 4:13 PM - The mother of a victim of alleged sexual abuse is suing East Aurora School District 131 and a principal, along with the kindergarten teacher charged with the assault. In the lawsuit, the mother argues that she told district officials of teacher Juan C. Avendano's abuse and behavior, but they failed to contact a state agency to investigate. -
St. Charles man sentenced to 4 years in fatal fentanyl overdose
Oct 4, 2018 7:57 PM - A 24-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the fatal fentanyl overdose of a woman in early 2017 in Sugar Grove Township. Eric P. Anthony, of St. Charles, is the third person to plead guilty and has agreed to testify against the fourth and final defendant. -
Fox Valley police reportsOct 4, 2018 3:39 PM - Carpentersville • A juvenile was charged Sept. 28 with unlawful possession of cannabis and violating curfew, police said. During a traffic stop about 12:15 a.m., officers found him with 1.2 grams of a substance containing marijuana, police said.
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Fox Valley police reportsOct 2, 2018 5:48 PM - Kane County • Michelle C. Key, 40, of the 400 block of River Street, Montgomery, was charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to property at 7:19 a.m. Sept. 26, according to a sheriff's report. Key is accused of throwing a rock through a window of a house on the 800 block of Konen Avenue near Aurora after an argument over money, the report said.
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'We may both be leaving in body bags': Disturbing details about Delnor standoff emerge
Sep 28, 2018 6:26 AM - Disturbing new details about a deadly showdown involving an inmate being treated at a Geneva hospital emerge in an Illinois State Police summary.
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3 years' prison for Elgin man's 4th DUI conviction
Sep 27, 2018 5:16 PM - An Elgin man arrested earlier this year on charges of his sixth DUI has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge.
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