Articles filed under Crime
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Two charged in kidnapping from Des Plaines car dealership; victims tortured, cops sayMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Two suburban men have been charged in the February kidnapping and torture of a Des Plaines car dealership's two owners and an employee, police said Friday. Police are wo...
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Aurora man convicted of murdering man he thought was member of rival gangMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - A Kane County jury Thursday convicted an Aurora man of murdering a man he suspected belonged to a rival gang. Cesar J. Ponce, 19, did not fire the shots that killed 46-y...
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Skateboarder Terry Kennedy gets 5 years in prison for battery that led to Wheaton man's deathMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Professional skateboarder and television personality Terry Kennedy has been sentenced to five years in prison for an attack that fatally injured a Wheaton man. DuPage Co...
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Bail denied as new details revealed about fatal shooting of Chicago police officerMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Prosecutors disclosed new details Friday about the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer near a playground at a grade school in Gage Park this week, including the d...
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Elburn businesses likely part of burglary spreeMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - The people who burglarized stores in Geneva and Batavia early Wednesday are suspected of similar burglaries an hour before in Elburn, according to police. Elburn police ...
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Chicago police officer dies after he was shot chasing suspectMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - A Chicago police officer died after he was shot Wednesday afternoon, Superintendent David Brown said. The male officer was shot on the city's Southwest Side while respon...
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Schaumburg police investigating fatal stabbing of 24-year-old womanMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - Schaumburg police are investigating the fatal stabbing Wednesday of a 24-year-old woman, but they do not believe the general public is in any danger. Yvonne Renee Lattou...
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Lombard officer was justified in fatal shooting of robbery suspect, state's attorney saysMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - A Lombard police officer was justified when he shot and killed an armed robbery suspect in December, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said Thursday. No crimi...
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Jury finds disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh guilty of killing wife and sonMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - WALTERBORO, S.C. - Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son in a case that chronicled ...
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Aurora man sentenced for DUI crash that injured passengerMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated DUI, the Kane County state's attorney's office announced Thursday. Daniel M...