Harry Hitzeman
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COVID era to alter Kane County courtrooms, hallwaysMay 14, 2020 5:00 am - When the stay-at-home order eventually is lifted, people going to the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles will notice changes in the hallways, starting with bench...
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Kane sheriff: Deputies need court order to enforce governor's ordersMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said his deputies will need a court order before issuing a ticket or closing a business to enforce Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home directi...
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Elgin man charged with home invasion, pistol whipping man SundayMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - A 21-year-old Elgin man is wanted on charges that he forced his way into an Elgin apartment on Sunday and pistol-whipped a man inside. An arrest warrant has been issued ...
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Kane County courts embrace video technology to move cases forward in COVID eraMay 08, 2020 5:30 am - Today will be a first for Kane County courts: A defendant is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge during a proceeding held via Zoom and accessible to the public t...
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Felony guilty plea via Zoom makes Kane County court historyMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - A simple guilty plea made Kane County court history Friday by being the first hearing televised in a Zoom videoconference, officials said. Shain A. Richter, 31, of Trout...
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Judge won't change former Harvest pastor's guilty verdictMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - A Kane County judge said he will not change the guilty verdict against a former Harvest Bible Chapel youth minister convicted of disorderly conduct for texting suggestiv...
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Police: Elgin man drives to wrong house, charged with 4th DUIMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - A 48-year-old man was arrested and charged with his fourth DUI last weekend after driving to the wrong Elgin house at 3 a.m. Saturday and banging on a stranger's door, a...
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Attorney: Mom of special needs boy to blame in Dist. 301 bus attackMay 05, 2020 11:00 pm - A bus aide in Burlington School District 301 who was charged last fall with punching a special needs student in the face and knocking out two teeth contends the boy's mo...
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COVID pushes overall crime down in Kane, but child abuse cases spikeMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Misdemeanor and felony cases in Kane County are down in March and April 2020 compared to last year, but abuse and neglect cases against children have spiked, State's Att...
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Circle of life continues for Mooseheart bald eaglesApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - The future of the bald eagle nest in the Mooseheart football parking lot near Batavia was uncertain a year ago when one of the adult raptors was struck and killed by a c...