Kendall County Crime
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Fox Valley's top stories of 2016Dec 23, 2016 4:30 am - Political battles in Kane County, a new chairman in McHenry County, construction projects throughout the area and some leadership changes at the municipal level were amo...
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Authorities perplexed by discovery of decapitated goatsDec 16, 2016 4:33 am - Was it a strange religious ritual? A bizarre case of littering? A Cubs fan's twisted celebration of breaking a 108-year-old curse? Arlington Heights police aren't quite ...
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Trial begins for West Chicago man charged in deadly DUI crashDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Omar Montoya Medina told police he had only had four beers, two of which were 32 ounces each, in the hours leading up to a fiery crash that left Montoya severely burned ...
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McMahon: Sex trafficking convictions help address problemDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Prison sentences recently doled out for three men convicted of plotting to have sex with minor girls at an Aurora hotel show Kane County authorities are doing their part...
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Glen Ellyn man to represent himself in attempted murder trialDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - A 27-year-old Glen Ellyn man charged with the attempted murder of his father in June will be allowed to represent himself at his trial. Charles Mitchell, of the 600 bloc...
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6 years in prison for Elgin man who raped girl at parkDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a teenage girl he knew at an Elgin park in July 2015. Jesus Vazquez-Zamora, 25, of...
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Escort: East Dundee murder suspect paid her $450 an hourDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - Richard Schmelzer first met Carmen Ward-Hagains in November 2013 at a Texas apartment when he paid for sex with her and another escort who considered him to be a trusted...
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Naperville man convicted in 1995 arson, murder seeks new trialDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - The Sept. 10, 1995, fire that killed 40-year-old Marianne Miceli was an accident, not a murder, according to the first of several fire investigators expected to testify ...
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Defense: Murder charges should be dropped due to email breachDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - The Kane County public defender is accusing the state's attorney's office of improperly accessing privileged emails, which discuss legal strategy, between defendants and...
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Witness: East Dundee murder suspect used fake name for phoneDec 09, 2016 12:00 am - A Texas man accused of driving to East Dundee in July 2014 to kill his 85-year-old grandmother for her inheritance bought a prepaid cellphone under the name of "Joe Smit...