Kane County Crime
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Man convicted of threatening to 'light up' courthouse wants to be his own attorneyJan 30, 2018 12:00 am - A California man convicted in 2016 of threatening to "light up" the Lake County courthouse and Gurnee Police Department has filed a request to serve as his own attorney ...
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Prosecutors: St. Charles man beat, shot at wife because she 'got out of line'Jan 30, 2018 12:00 am - A St. Charles man accused of beating his wife and then shooting at her before being disarmed by a passer-by told police: "I did what I did because she got out of line," ...
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Expert: 'Smoldering cigarette' likely the cause of fatal 1995 Naperville fireJan 29, 2018 12:00 am - A cigarette smoldering in a polyurethane recliner was likely the cause of a 1995 fire that killed a 40-year-old Naperville woman, a fire expert testified Monday at the m...
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Three men charged in Elgin home invasionJan 29, 2018 12:00 am - Two brothers and another man were charged in Elgin after they forced their way into the home of people they knew, police said. Police responded at about 1:20 a.m. Sunday...
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Batavia man agrees to testify against co-defendants in fatal overdose caseJan 29, 2018 12:00 am - A Batavia man charged in the February 2017 fatal heroin overdose of a Sugar Grove Township woman has agreed to testify against three co-defendants in exchange for a like...
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Hoffman Estates man charged with impersonating ATF agentJan 29, 2018 12:00 am - A Hoffman Estates man unlawfully claimed to be an ATF agent during an argument over a girlfriend at an Arlington Heights bar, authorities said Monday. Paul C. Coy, 49, o...
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Friends, family remember man killed in NapervilleJan 27, 2018 12:00 am - With so many unanswered questions about how Matthew Lange died, his loved ones are remembering how he lived. Lange, of Oswego, was shot to death on Jan 27, 2017, while w...
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Elgin man charged with aggravated DUI in fatal Friday crashJan 27, 2018 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in death after a Friday-afternoon crash caused the death of a passenger, p...
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Aurora man sought on child porn, sex assault charges in custodyJan 27, 2018 12:00 am - An Aurora man, sought to face charges of criminal sexual assault and solicitation of child pornography, has been returned to Illinois and appeared in Kane County court S...
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Naperville's two other unsolved murdersJan 26, 2018 4:30 am - July 7, 1972: Julie Ann Hanson was 15 and about to begin her junior year at Naperville North High School when she disappeared. Julie left home on her bike that day and w...