
Pair accused of trying to rob woman, holding up mini mart in western suburbs
A DuPage County judge granted prosecutors' motion to detain Max Bosco, 26, and Emily Frasca, 24, both of Naperville.
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A DuPage County judge granted prosecutors' motion to detain Max Bosco, 26, and Emily Frasca, 24, both of Naperville.
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Derrick Willman is a registered sex offender, and DuPage County prosecutors said he sent several messages of a sexual nature to someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl named Melissa. But this was really Downers Grove police monitoring the internet for sexual predators.
Derrick Willman, 58, appeared in court Friday afternoon charged with one count of indecent solicitation of a child-aggravated criminal sexual abuse, one count of traveling to meet a minor, one count of child sex offender/communicate through the internet, and one count of grooming.
DuPage County prosecutors said the man convinced a 7-Eleven clerk to let him get warm inside the store, then stole $730 in scratch-off tickets when the clerk later went into the back cooler.
Christopher Munger, 43, is charged with one count of trafficking in persons, two counts of involuntary servitude, and one count of promoting prostitution.
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The teen appeared at a detention hearing Friday morning, where the judge ordered that he be detained until at least his next court appearance.
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DuPage County prosecutors won't bring any criminal charges against the Carol Stream police officers involved in the fatal police shooting of Isaac Goodlow III inside his apartment last February.
The DuPage County State's Attorney said he won't file charges against any of the six police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Isaac Goodlow III.
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The pedestrian, a 33-year-old woman, was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The pedestrian, a 33-year-old woman, was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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