Harry Hitzeman
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22 years in death of infant sonSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 22 years in prison Friday for his role in the death of his month-old son in 2004. Rudell Ferguson pleaded guilty to aggravated b...
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Cousin reluctantly testifies in re-trialSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - If Edward Tenney is going to be convicted in the slaying of an elderly Aurora woman, it might be due in large part to testimony from 1998, not Thursday. Donald Lippert, ...
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Man gets 22 years in shaken baby caseSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 22 years in prison today for killing his month-old son in 2004. Rudell Ferguson pleaded guilty to aggravated battery to a child,...
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Daughter testifies in murder trialSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - After her Aurora Township home was burglarized at least twice, Virginia Johannessen had an alarm system installed. It had an "at home" setting that turned off the baseme...
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He left man for dead, gets 12 yearsSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - On paper, Clinton Eash is accountable for the heroin overdose death of a 27-year-old St. Charles man who was found on a park bench in June 2006. Relatives and friends o...
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No physical ties to crime, attorney saysSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Virginia Johannessen was a 75-year-old widow and pack rat who had decades worth of newspapers, books and other items stacked in piles that resembled a maze in her Aurora...
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Jury selection starts in murder re-trialSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Prosecutors hope to find Edward L. Tenney guilty in the shooting death of an elderly Aurora woman -- again. Nine years after the Illinois court reversed Tenney's convic...
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Kane jurors get Wi-FiSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - One day's pay for Kane County jury duty: $10. Reimbursement per mile traveled from your home to the courthouse: 20 cents. Knowing you can still stay in touch with your s...
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Judge allows suspect in Gilberts slaying to retain new attorneySep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A 30-year Gilberts man accused of killing his girlfriend will be allowed to retain another attorney from a state list of lawyers certified in death penalty cases, a Kane...
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Second man pleads guilty to theft of Payton ringSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The case of the stolen Walter Payton Hall of Fame ring is now closed. Jeremy J. Sherman, 19, of North Aurora, pleaded guilty Friday for his role in the March 2006 theft...