Kane County Crime
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Five arrests made, seven women rescued from suburban sex trafficking ringJul 20, 2023 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated with corrected information from the Kane County state's attorney's office. Officials initially stated 10 victims were resc...
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Aurora men accused of stealing more than 35 catalytic convertersJul 19, 2023 1:00 am - Two Aurora men have been charged with stealing catalytic converters from more than 35 vehicles across northern Illinois. Pedro Villegas-Mendoza, 22, and Octavio Goytia, ...
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North Aurora man gets 4 years for illegally selling firearmsJul 19, 2023 1:00 am - A North Aurora man was sentenced to four years in prison last week for illegally selling firearms to a person cooperating with federal agents. Jeffrey Greer, 57, pleaded...
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Bensenville man pleads guilty and sentenced to 15 years for weapons chargeJul 19, 2023 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Bensenville man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony weapons charge. Huriel Hernandez pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms an...
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Woman charged in Fox Lake hit-and-run that killed North Chicago manJul 19, 2023 1:00 am - A Spring Grove woman has been arrested for a May 29 hit-and-run crash in Fox Lake that killed a 39-year-old North Chicago man, authorities announced Wednesday In additio...
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Ex-Sugar Grove village president charged with forgeryJul 19, 2023 1:00 am - Former Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels has been charged with felony forgery. He is accused of forging the signature of a North Aurora building official on a c...
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Elation, dismay from suburban leaders over state Supreme Court's landmark bail rulingJul 18, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court's landmark decision Tuesday upholding the constitutionality of cashless bail sparked elation from some suburban leaders and dismay among other...
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Forest Preserves of Cook County raises fines for fly dumpingJul 16, 2023 11:00 pm - Piles of crumbling asphalt, disassembled and busted furniture, and mini mountains of used tires; these are scenes one might expect to see at a landfill. But for some Fo...
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There's been a sharp decline in on-duty police officer deaths this year. Here's why.Jul 14, 2023 5:00 am - There's good news in a national midyear report on job-related deaths of law enforcement officers: So far, there have been far fewer than in 2022. That's largely due to a...
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Man charged with trying to kill Cook deputy by hitting him with carJul 14, 2023 1:00 am - A Wood Dale man has been accused of trying to kill a Cook County deputy by hitting him with a car. DuPage County Judge Mia McPherson set bail at $2 million Friday for El...