Kendall County Crime
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The fleecing of a food pantry: Records detail suburban family's extensive theftSep 18, 2018 7:00 am - "They should have just fricking paid me." That's what the late Maria Spaeth told Yorkville police Detective John Hunter when he questioned her about using Kendall Count...
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Aurora man charged in hit-and-run death of softball coachJun 30, 2018 4:32 pm - Kendall County authorities have charged an Aurora man in the hit-and-run death of an Oswego High School softball coach. Amanda Stanton's body was found Sunday after she ...
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Second guilty plea received in Kendall food pantry theftApr 24, 2018 1:58 pm - A second man has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the Kendall County Food Pantry. William Crowley, formerly of Illinois and now of Scottsdale, Arizona, pleaded guil...
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Skunks fought the Round Lake Park law, and no one wonMar 23, 2018 7:40 pm - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas In his decadeslong law enforcement career, Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko has faced off against killers, hardened ga...
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Former Kendall food pantry treasurer pleads guilty to stealing from itMar 13, 2018 5:54 pm - The former treasurer of the Kendall County Food Pantry pleaded guilty Monday to stealing from the pantry. Kenneth Spaeth agreed to spend 24 months on probation, perform ...
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Man doesn't deserve new trial just because prosecutor called him a liar, court saysMar 09, 2018 11:42 am - Is calling a defendant a “lying liar” in front of jurors and sarcastically referring to him as “John Wayne over here draped in the American flag” enough to win him a new...
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Man wants trial moved because girlfriend used to work for Kane CountyFeb 02, 2018 5:46 am - Citing pretrial publicity and alleged harassment from jail guards, an Aurora man accused of attempted murder in 2015 and sparking a manhunt after a car chase last year w...
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Third man sought in Kane, Kendall county cocaine-heroin ringSep 28, 2017 5:47 pm - A third person is being sought in what authorities describe as a criminal conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine in Kane and Kendall counties. Two men were arrested...
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Attorney: Theft suspect 'regularly reimbursed' food pantry accountsAug 22, 2017 11:35 pm - Kenneth Spaeth "regularly reimbursed" bank accounts of the Kendall County Food Pantry for personal expenditures made with its credit card, his defense attorney told Kend...
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$2M bail set for 2 charged with heroin, cocaine conspiracy in Kane, Kendall countiesJul 28, 2017 1:52 pm - Two men have been arrested and charged in a conspiracy to transport and distribute heroin and cocaine in the Kane and Kendall County areas. Gabriel Aguilar-Velez, 28, an...