Kane County Crime
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Police dog tracks down Lindenhurst school burglary suspectsJun 13, 2022 1:00 am - A police dog tracked down a group of burglars who broke into a school in Lindenhurst, according to the Lake County sheriff's office. At 2:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities re...
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Elgin mass shooter seeks medical release from prison, but victims' families say it should never happenJun 11, 2022 1:00 am - Calling it the "final insult," surviving victims of the last man Kane County prosecutors put on death row are fighting to ensure a new Illinois law doesn't override thei...
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Geneva man charged with damaging cop car, endangering childJun 10, 2022 11:00 pm - A Geneva man was charged with damaging a squad car and endangering a child in the aftermath of ingesting hallucinogenic mushrooms, according to Geneva police reports. Pa...
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Aurora man faces 15 felony retail theft, burglary chargesJun 10, 2022 11:00 pm - An Aurora man faces 15 felony retail theft and burglary charges in connection with three shoplifting incidents at two Walmart stores in Batavia and Huntley, according to...
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Democratic primary rival accuses Preckwinkle of failing to address crimeJun 09, 2022 5:30 am - The Democratic primary challenger to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle accused the top county official of not doing enough to address rising crime, but the lo...
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Former Aurora chief Ziman to help DOJ investigate police response to Uvalde shootingJun 09, 2022 1:00 am - The U.S. Department of Justice is turning to a former suburban top cop to help it examine how police responded to the May 24 mass shooting that left 19 children and two ...
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Strangulation, not fall, killed woman in 2014 Geneva case, pathologist saysJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - A forensic pathologist testified Wednesday at a murder trial that she doesn't believe Kathleen King died of a fall while jogging along railroad tracks in Geneva. "If she...
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Charges dropped against former couple accused of attacking Round Lake Beach man in InglesideJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Prosecutors have dropped charges against two people who had been accused of beating and stabbing a man during a fight in Ingleside last December. Kylie R. Fecht initiall...
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Downers Grove gymnastics coach faces child porn, sexual abuse chargesJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - This article has been updated to include a statement from the gymnastics business where Wyatt Kopka worked, and more information about the charges he faces. An inst...
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Fatal shooting of Port Barrington man 'justified,' prosecutor saysJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Despite having a chemical intoxicant in his system, a McHenry County sheriff's deputy's actions were "justified" earlier this year when he fatally shot a Port Barrington...