Will County Crime
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Suspect in Joliet slayings enters plea agreementMay 22, 2014 1:01 am - A woman accused of three others in the strangulation deaths of two Joliet men has pleaded guilty to concealing a homicide and robbery charges. The Joliet Herald-News rep...
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Police treating man's death as homicideMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - Will County sheriff's police say the murder of an 85-year-old Crete Township man may have been the result of a robbery that went wrong. The body of Alfred Hilton was fou...
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Joliet officials want to offer prison toursMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - Community officials in Joliet are considering a proposal to operate tours of the historic Joliet Correctional Center. Known as the Joliet Prison, the facility was shutte...
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Man gets 9 years for firearms traffickingApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - A Will County man was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for trafficking firearms from Missouri. The U.S. attorney's Office says 29-year-old Richard Carrino of ...
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Judge frees woman convicted in toddler's deathApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - A woman who's spent nearly a decade in a prison for the death of a 14-month-old girl in Will County has been freed by a federal judge. Jennifer Del Prete was convicted i...
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Joliet teen dies after being shot in drivewayApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - Police in Joliet are searching for whoever shot and killed a 16-year-old while he walked to a friend's house. Authorities say Robert J. Garcia died at Silver Cross Hospi...
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Hidden no more: Heroin in suburbsApr 06, 2014 6:01 am - What the Daily Herald addressed more than a decade ago as a "Hidden Scourge" is hidden no more. In the years since our first series of extensive reports on the effects o...
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Glen Ellyn man sentenced to 15 years in prison after federal drug probeMar 16, 2014 1:01 am - A Glen Ellyn man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for his role in an interstate marijuana-distribution operation, according to the U.S. Justice Departm...
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Seven indicted on federal armed robbery chargesFeb 07, 2014 1:08 pm - Seven men have been indicted on federal armed robbery charges stemming from a string of heists at six mobile phone stores in two states, including two suburban stores la...
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Drew Peterson’s lawyer sends in appealJan 13, 2014 5:39 pm - Drew Peterson’s lawyer argues in an appeal mailed Monday to a regional appellate court that a judge and a defense attorney made critical errors during the trial that end...