Susan Sarkauskas
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He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Why did he spend just 14 days behind bars?Jun 28, 2024 5:15 am - Jonathan Franco was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in connection with a 2019 crash that killed a 35-year-old father from Carol Stream and then spent just 14 days behind bars. Here’s how that happened.
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Authorities: Relative of man killed by police accused of making threatJun 27, 2024 8:47 pm - A niece of the late Isaac Goodlow III has been charged with threatening to blow up the Carol Stream Police Department during a protest Wednesday about a police officer not being prosecuted for shooting and killing Goodlow.
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Aurora mayor reviews public safety, engagement in State of the City talkJun 27, 2024 11:44 am - Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin praised the city’s police, fire and other emergency departments this week during a speech that focused on public safety and public engagement.
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Three men identified in Elgin double murder-suicideJun 26, 2024 3:37 pm - The Kane County coroner has released the identifies of three people killed in a double-murder-suicide in Elgin in May.
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Carol Stream officer who killed man won’t be prosecutedJun 26, 2024 3:10 pm - The police officer who shot and killed a man in Carol Stream in February will not be criminally prosecuted, the DuPage County State’s Attorney announced Wednesday.
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Two charged with gunrunning in Kane CountyJun 25, 2024 12:29 pm - Two men with a history of gun crimes have been charged with illegally selling guns in Kane County.
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Fishmonger pleads guilty in theft from seafood supplierJun 24, 2024 4:48 pm - A former St. Charles fishmonger has pleaded guilty to accusations he conspired in the theft of more than $100,000 in seafood from a supplier in Bensenville.
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Man pleads guilty to fatal drunken driving crashJun 24, 2024 4:19 pm - An Elgin man has pleaded guilty to killing a passenger in his car in drunk-driving crash.
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School’s out, but there’s no summer vacation for resource officersJun 21, 2024 6:59 am - Summer break means family trips, dips in the pool and more time hanging out with friends for thousands of suburban students. But for the police officers who monitor their hallways and help resolve their conflicts during the fall, winter and spring, duty still calls when school’s out.
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Hundreds turn out to protest controversial development near Sugar GroveJun 19, 2024 3:46 pm - Several hundred people made it clear Tuesday that they do not want Sugar Grove offering property tax incentives to help pay for transforming 861 acres of farmland into warehouses, offices, stores and housing.