Articles filed under Crime
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Man charged with drug-induced homicide of Naperville residentJul 19, 2024 5:55 pm - A man accused of killing a Naperville man by illegally selling him fentanyl and a sedative has been ordered held in jail pretrial.
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Life in prison for man who killed estranged wifeJul 19, 2024 5:19 pm - A man has been sentenced to natural life in prison, for shooting his estranged wife to death in front of her mother and two of her children.
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Pretrial release denied for man accused of murdering girlfriendJul 19, 2024 3:43 pm - A judge denied pretrial release Friday for a man accused of murdering his girlfriend Wednesday in Villa Park.
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What’s behind one suburb’s 184% increase in DUI arrests? ‘Unwavering commitment’Jul 18, 2024 5:42 pm - West Chicago increased its focus on arresting drunk drivers last year. The result? Nearly triple the arrests in 2023 compared to 2022.
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Authorities: Man stabbed his girlfriend to deathJul 18, 2024 1:29 pm - A Villa Park man has been charged with murdering his girlfriend by stabbing her a dozen times, according to court records.
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Sentenced to life for gruesome Barrington killing, he’s now free at 49. Here’s whyJul 11, 2024 3:49 pm - Less than three decades after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a grisly suburban murder, Paul Modrowski quietly left the Stateville Correctional Center a free man last week. The release of the 49-year-old convicted of murdering a man found decapitated in Barrington, and the reasons for it, raise complicated questions about equal justice, rehabilitation, disability bias and survivors’ rights.
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Aurora man charged in connection with Naperville shootingJul 10, 2024 4:33 pm - According to Naperville police, an Aurora man robbed a woman before shooting her in the chest and forcing her out of his car in late June.
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Naperville man murdered ex-wife after she insulted new wife, authorities sayJul 10, 2024 4:07 pm - A Naperville man accused of killing his ex-wife after hearing her use a derogatory word to describe his new wife will remain in jail as he awaits trial.
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State’s attorney investigating deadly shooting involving off-duty Kane County deputyJul 09, 2024 8:43 pm - An off-duty Kane County sheriff’s deputy was involved in a Monday shooting in Elgin that left one person dead, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
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Naperville man charged with in stabbing death of ex-wifeJul 08, 2024 3:53 pm - Zokir Kudratov, 55, will appear in Will County court Wednesday for a detention hearing. He is charged with Saturday’s fatal stabbing in Naperville.