Will County Crime
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Rockford teen charged after stolen-vehicle chase near Campton HillsJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - A 15-year-old boy from Rockford faces possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing and eluding police charges, after a police chase near Campton Hills ear...
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Dog rescued from hot car in AuroraJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - A dog owner has been charged with animal cruelty after leaving the pet in a hot car for nearly an hour Monday afternoon outside Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, officials say....
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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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Naperville accountant gets 8-year sentence for bilking employersJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - A Naperville man was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to bilking four employers and three lenders out of more than $1...
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Naperville police topped suburbs in DUI arrests last year, survey saysJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - Naperville police arrested more people for driving under the influence in 2020 than any other suburb, an advocacy group reported Thursday. The Elgin, Carol Stream, Wauke...
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Naperville interim chief: Proactive policing leads to spike in weapon, vehicle violations in first half of 2021Jul 21, 2021 1:00 am - A concerted effort to ramp up proactive policing in Naperville has contributed to a sharp uptick in vehicle offenses and more illegal guns seized so far this year than e...
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3 charged with trying to murder Aurora police officer in June attackJul 21, 2021 1:00 am - Three people accused of attacking an Aurora police officer in June are now also charged with trying to murder him by strangling him. A Kane County grand jury on Friday i...
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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...