Crime
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Man accused of stalking Batavia resident he saw on social mediaAug 14, 2026 3:10 pm - Batavia police have arrested a man accused of spying on someone he noticed on social media.
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Aurora sex offender charged with possession of child sex abuse materialsAug 14, 2026 1:11 pm - An Aurora man has been charged with 15 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material by a prior sex offender, authorities said.
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Aug 14, 2026 10:41 am - Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Kane County sheriff remains away from work, and no one is saying whyAug 14, 2026 6:58 am - More than four months after he reportedly was hospitalized with an undisclosed issue, Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain remains away from the office. Fellow county leaders won’t say why.
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Police: Naperville man threatened workers with macheteAug 13, 2026 5:33 pm - A Naperville man faces charges alleging he threatened two men with a machete outside his apartment building earlier this week.
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Suspect arrested in 2025 Des Plaines slayingAug 13, 2026 4:12 pm - A Des Plaines man faces murder charges after DNA linked him to the fatal shooting of a man found dead last summer in an abandoned SUV, police announced Thursday. Alexande...
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Sugar Grove man gets probation for leaving scene of 2024 crash that killed pedestrianAug 13, 2026 12:55 pm - A Sugar Grove man has been sentenced to three years of probation for leaving the scene of a 2024 crash that killed a woman walking her dogs.
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Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a ‘horrific act of terror,’ US ambassador says
Aug 13, 2026 8:33 am - Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one owned by a Palestinian American, in what the U.S. ambassador called a “horrific act of terror” on Thursday.
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Defense in Charlie Kirk's killing say shooter should not get death penalty, hit 'intended target'
Aug 13, 2026 8:22 am - The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk shouldn’t get the death penalty because the shooter “hit the intended target” and no one else was endangered when the conservative activist was shot from a rooftop at an event in Utah last year, his lawyers said.
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Two men arrested after suspected drug deal in Des Plaines, police sayAug 13, 2026 7:29 am - Two men were arrested Tuesday after Des Plaines police observed what appeared to be an illegal drug transaction, authorities said.