Articles filed under Crime
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Man shoots dog to save woman from attack near St. CharlesDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - A woman sustained serious injuries Tuesday morning when she was attacked by two large dogs near St. Charles, the Kane County sheriff's office reported. She was saved whe...
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Naperville police investigate Dollar Tree armed robberyDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place Thursday morning at a Dollar Tree store in Naperville. Officers arrived at the Dollar Tree at 1550 N. Route 59...
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Suburban school districts respond to unspecified social media threatDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - Area school districts are responding to a nationwide social media post about an unspecified threat, a TikTok post referencing "school shootings and bomb threats for ever...
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Judge sentences Naperville pimp to 30 yearsDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - Following his 2018 conviction on federal sex-crime charges, prosecutors say a violent, manipulative Naperville pimp declared, "The streets haven't seen the last of me." ...
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San Francisco mayor pledges more police, safety measuresDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The mayor of San Francisco on Tuesday announced even more initiatives aimed at curbing open drug use, brazen home break-ins and other criminal behav...
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Danes: Pirates off West Africa suspected of taking hostagesDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Pirates are suspected of taking six hostages from a container ship in international waters in the Gulf of Guinea this week, Denmark's military...
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At Kim Potter trial, jurors get 2 views of former officerDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jurors at the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter have been getting two versions of the white former suburban Minneapolis police officer, who says she ma...
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Appellate judges raise doubts about Weinstein's convictionDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court blasted Manhattan prosecutors Wednesday for filling out Harvey Weinstein's rape trial last year with what one judge deemed 'œinc...
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Germany expels Russian diplomats over state-ordered killingDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Germany announced Wednesday it is expelling two Russian diplomats after a German court concluded that Moscow was behind the killing of a Chechen man in Ber...
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Brazil police search home of likely presidential candidateDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's Federal Police on Wednesday searched the home of Ciro Gomes, a left-wing politician expected to run for president next year, as part of an...