Kane County Crime
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Itasca man charged with home invasion, denied pre-trial releaseJan 20, 2024 3:55 pm - An Itasca man accused of using an AR-15 rifle to shoot his way into an Itasca home was denied pre-trial release in a court hearing Saturday in Wheaton. Sean Brutto, 34, o...
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Bartlett man accused of threatening police with knifeJan 20, 2024 10:15 am - Bartlett police on Friday arrested a man they said was threatening officers with a knife. Bartlett resident Colin DeVitt, 22, was charged on three counts of aggravated as...
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Elgin’s 2023 crime stats show decades-long decline continuesJan 19, 2024 4:16 pm - Violent crime and gunfire incidents were down in Elgin in 2023 as part of what the city’s police department says is a more than 50-year downward crime trend. The departme...
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Six state police vehicles hit in a week serves as reminder of Scott’s LawJan 19, 2024 11:56 am - Between the foot of snow that fell in some areas and the bitter cold that turned all that precipitation icy, it was a rough holiday weekend on Illinois' roads. That was e...
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Aurora fatal shooting victim identifiedJan 18, 2024 1:04 pm - The Kane County Coroner has identified a woman shot to death Saturday in Aurora. She was Serhonda Barnett, 46, of Oswego, the coroner announced Thursday. The preliminary ...
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Woman shot to death in AuroraJan 16, 2024 7:58 pm - A 46-year-old woman was killed in a shooting Saturday in Aurora. Police announced the death on Tuesday afternoon but did not give the name or hometown of the victim. The ...
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Prostitution charged at Geneva businessJan 12, 2024 3:36 pm - Two women are facing criminal charges after an investigation alleging prostitution took place at a massage business in Geneva. Xunyi Fu, 45, and Zhixiang Zeng, 35, were a...
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Man charged in Elgin murderJan 11, 2024 7:19 pm - A Wisconsin man has been charged with murdering a man in Elgin after stealing cellphones from him in October. Dijon P. Edwards, 25, of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is accus...
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Man guilty of raping elderly woman in Addison home invasionJan 10, 2024 8:24 pm - A DuPage County jury convicted a man Wednesday of breaking into a 92-year-old woman’s house and raping her in November 2021. After a three-day trial, the jury found Antho...
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Thieves strike Batavia home while residents are sleepingJan 09, 2024 2:24 pm - Burglars broke into an occupied home early Monday morning in the 900 block of Towne Avenue in Batavia, according to police. The suspects forced their way in during the ov...