Will County Crime
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Sex offender charged with assaulting Algonquin relativeSep 27, 2012 5:39 pm - A Joliet man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a 2-year-old a decade ago now has been charged with sexually assaulting a female relative in Algonquin. Lewis S. Ja...
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Peterson lawyer asks judge to postpone sentencingSep 25, 2012 5:00 pm - The lead attorney for Drew Peterson is asking a judge to postpone the former police sergeant’s sentencing for the murder of his third wife. The Chicago Tribune reported ...
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Family marks verdict with lemon drop martinisSep 21, 2012 4:14 pm - Relatives of a murdered Oswego mother say they celebrated her husband’s conviction with her favorite drink, lemon drop martinis. Family spokesman David Butsch said Frida...
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Vaughn found guilty of killing familySep 20, 2012 3:00 pm - Jurors deliberating for less than an hour convicted an Oswego computer specialist of murder Thursday in the deaths of his wife and three school-aged kids during what he ...
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Testimony ends in Vaughn murder trialSep 18, 2012 5:35 pm - Testimony has ended in the case of an Oswego man accused of killing his family. Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday in Joliet. On Tuesday, defense blood stain e...
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Video of search of defendant’s home shown to jurySep 14, 2012 6:34 pm - Defense attorneys for an Oswego man accused of killing his family presented a videotape of investigators searching his home after the slayings. The video documents Illin...
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Judge denies 2nd mistrial motion in Vaughn trialSep 13, 2012 4:00 pm - A Will County judge has denied a second mistrial motion from defense attorneys for an Oswego man accused of killing his wife and three young children. Judge Daniel Rozak...
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Prosecution rests case in Vaughn murder trialSep 12, 2012 5:14 pm - Prosecutors have rested at the trial of an Oswego computer specialist accused of shooting his wife and three young children to death in the family car. They rested Wedne...
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Ballistics expert testifies in Vaughn murder trialSep 10, 2012 4:49 pm - As prosecutors began wrapping up their case against an Oswego man accused of killing his family, a Will County jury heard from several witnesses, including a ballistics ...
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Peterson jurors matched clothes out of boredomSep 07, 2012 6:33 pm - Among the many questions that arose during Drew Peterson’s murder trial, one of the least weighty but most perplexing was — what on earth were jurors trying to say by me...