Justin Kmitch
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Russell maintains innocence in murder of Bensenville store clerkNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - For nearly three years, DuPage County prosecutors have pinned the Jan. 19, 2014 shooting death of a Bensenville shop clerk on 23-year-old Stephan Russell. Speaking for t...
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Chicago man guilty of 2014 Bensenville slayingNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - Stephan Russell now figures to spend the rest of his adult life in prison. A DuPage County jury deliberated for just shy of four hours Friday night before convicting the...
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Getaway driver says he didn't know Bensenville store clerk was killedNov 16, 2016 12:00 am - Tremayne Davis says he drove Stephan Russell and Kenneth Bardlett in a minivan as they fled from a Bensenville tobacco shop in the moments after the owner was shot and k...
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New trial date set for last of accused Schaumburg copsNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - An April 11 trial date has been set for a former Schaumburg police officer accused with two others of skimming drugs from police seizures and then using an informant to ...
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Key witness changes story on who killed Bensenville store clerkNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - Since his February 2014 arrest, 22-year-old Kenneth Bardlett has pointed to fellow gang member Stephan Russell as the triggerman who killed Bensenville shop clerk Hussei...
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Murder trial to begin in case of fatal armed robbery in BensenvilleNov 14, 2016 12:00 am - The trial of the accused gunman in the January 2014 slaying of a Bensenville convenience store owner is expected to start Tuesday in DuPage County court. Stephan A. Russ...
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DuPage election officials disappointed in software rolloutNov 10, 2016 4:11 am - DuPage County Election Commission officials were excited to roll out a shiny new computer system Tuesday night that was supposed to expedite election returns and give re...
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Former owner of Naperville's Hollywood Palms theater sentenced to 5 yearsNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - The former owner of the Hollywood Palms cinema in Naperville and the Hollywood Blvd. movie theater in Woodridge is off to prison for cheating the government out of milli...
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Former Bloomingdale PTO treasurer gets probation in theft caseNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - The former PTO treasurer of Bloomingdale's Winnebago Elementary School was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and 70 days of work release jail time after admit...
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I-355 interchange near Itasca dedicated to honor state trooperNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - Thirty years ago, Illinois state trooper John Kugelman was killed near Itasca while attempting to assist in a high-speed chase. On the anniversary of his death Thursday,...