Jake Griffin
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Third ticket's the charm for reformed seat belt holdoutJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I call it stubbornness. My wife, mother, mother-in-law, several co-workers and cop brother all call it stupidity. After three tickets from three different police agencie...
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Judge: Cardamone's trips with sons didn't violate bondJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - While awaiting a new trial on charges he inappropriately touched former gymnastics students, Michael Cardamone has taken his two sons to an Easter event, Chuck E. Cheese...
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State troopers pounce from toll plazas on seat belt scofflawsJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Terrance Little thought a brief stop at the toll plaza would cost him 80 cents. But it wasn't brief, and it was far more costly. Illinois State Police Trooper Dave Dicks...
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Judge orders witness in Addison murder case to stick aroundJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A DuPage County judge issued a rarely used material witness bond in an effort to keep a 16-year-old girl from fleeing the country. Prosecutors want the Addison girl to t...
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DuPage forest district buying asphalt paverJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve officials are in the market for an asphalt paver. But critics say the district should instead be contracting its asphalt jobs to the privat...
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Argonne nuclear fuel sites accidentally posted onlineJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal report, accidentally released online, details locations of nuclear fuel storage at Argonne National Laboratory in Darien. However, Argonne officials say that p...
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Naperville man admits having child pornJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - A Naperville man has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. Thomas Schmitz, 50, agreed to plead guilty at a hearing Tuesday in DuPage County. He will be sentenc...
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DuPage Co. scraps "work force" housing proposalJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Under fire from residents for being secretive about a plan to encourage developers to build homes for the county's "work force," the proposal was abruptly scrapped Tuesd...
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DuPage forest preserve adding defibrillators to golf coursesJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners decided Tuesday to buy 48 heart defibrillators to have one for all of its police cars, golf courses and buildings. Each of th...
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DuPage sheriff swaps alternative sentencing program back inMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A popular sentencing alternative to jail has been reinstituted by DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba. The Sheriff's Work Alternative Program, or SWAP for short, was cut i...