Kane County Crime
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How a St. Charles officer's quick actions saved a shooting victim's lifeJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas cops crime@dailyherald.com St. Charles patrol officer Steve Mattas was about halfway through his midnight shift June 27 when a bu...
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Help instead of handcuffs: Kane County launching pre-arrest diversion programJul 16, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Anyone who's seen an episode of "Cops" knows how it goes: Police respond to the scene of a crime, fi...
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Case against man accused of trying to kidnap girl in Carol Stream droppedJul 09, 2021 5:30 am - It was a pretty stunning case last summer. A man ran up to a 13-year-old girl, grabbed her around the waist and tried to carry her away on Aug. 7, 2020, near a Carol Str...
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Chicago man pleads guilty to Carpentersville robbery where accomplice was killedJul 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to robbing a Carpentersville business at gunpoint in September 2016, in a case where another suspect was shot and killed by one of the b...
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Man charged with reckless homicide for West Dundee crashJul 08, 2021 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Carpentersville man has been charged with reckless homicide, accused of killing a man in a car crash May 8 in West Dundee. Bail was set at $100,000 Tuesday...
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Elgin man guilty of sexually abusing childJun 30, 2021 1:00 am - A Kane County jury has found an Elgin man guilty of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. It reached its verdict against Jacob Headtke on June 23, according to court records...
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Sheriff's office says driver had stolen handgun in carMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - A Michigan man was arrested Wednesday for possession of a stolen firearm on I-90 west of Elgin after being stopped for multiple traffic violations, the Kane County sheri...
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Constable: Nicarico case at center of lawyer's diverse careerMay 15, 2021 1:00 am - During more than four decades as an attorney, Gary V. Johnson of St. Charles has compiled a rare legal trifecta. As Kane County state's attorney, he sent people to priso...
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Kane County takes aim at child exploitation with hire of veteran prosecutorApr 16, 2021 5:11 am - Prosecuting child exploitation cases is a horrible thing in which to be an expert. But it's one reason veteran prosecutor Robert Dore is coming out of retirement to beco...
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Why Kane County sheriff, state's attorney teamed up to set a drug suspect freeApr 02, 2021 5:20 am - When a county's top two law enforcement officials team up in a courtroom, it's usually to put someone behind bars. So it was an unusual twist last week when Kane County ...