Harry Hitzeman
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Cigarette fire leads to evacuation of Kane Judicial CenterApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - A discarded cigarette sparked a small fire outside the Kane County Judicial Center near St. Charles Thursday morning, filling several floors with smoke and prompting aut...
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A year of home detention for Batavia sex offenderApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - A Kane County judge has ordered a sex offender to spend a year on electronic home monitoring after he served as a head coach of his son's youth baseball team in Batavia ...
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Blood samples admissible in fatal S. Elgin crashApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - An appellate court panel has ruled that blood samples from a St. Charles woman accused of driving drunk and killing a motorcyclist in July 2007 should be admissible at t...
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Probation fees help sheltersApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - Proceeds from an increase in the monthly charge for defendants on probation in Kane County will help two domestic violence shelters. Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Chief Jud...
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Crime victims’ families find emotional, legal supportApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - Carol Theis went to a grief counselor after she lost her 27-year-old son, Matthew, in a drug-induced homicide in 2006. But the St. Charles mom left feeling “flat” as the...
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Questions linger about county's role in coroner's civil defenseApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - The Kane County state's attorney's office is reviewing whether it has a conflict of interest in defending Coroner Chuck West in a lawsuit brought by his former second-in...
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Fine, no jail time for Geneva attackApr 11, 2011 12:00 am - A 39-year-old Batavia man accused of trying to rob two men in downtown Geneva was convicted Monday of misdemeanor simple battery and fined $500. In a bench trial, Kane C...
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Campton Township man jailed for his role in fightApr 11, 2011 12:00 am - A Campton Township man recently was sentenced to 180 days in jail and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution as part of a plea agreement for a 2009 fight at a party near Sug...
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Police, St. Charles students fight underage drinkingApr 10, 2011 12:00 am - Students from St. Charles North and East high schools have a joint approach to discourage underage drinking. Pupils from both schools will team up with St. Charles polic...
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Guilty verdict in retrial of 2003 fatal stabbing in ElginApr 08, 2011 2:00 am - Five months ago, a jury was deadlocked on whether Darren Denson stabbed a man in the heart with his girlfriend and their infant son in the same bed as Denson was trying ...