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CRIME & SAFETY
Aurora man, his 2 sisters get prison sentences for battering police officer during traffic stop
AURORA, Ill. - An Aurora man has been sentenced to prison for threatening and battering a police officer in 2021. Paul Sherrod Taylor, 32, was found guilty earlier this year of aggravated battery to a police officer, threatening a public official, aggravated assault of a police officer and resisting a peace officer.
The family of a man shot and killed by Carol Stream Police earlier this year demand justice
Attorneys representing the family of a man, fatally shot by Carol Stream Police in February, say thanks to a federal judge in Chicago, the names of the officers involved will be made public later this month.
2 suspects charged after theft led to high-speed Oak Brook police chase ending in Willow Springs
Charges have been filed Thursday after a police chase in DuPage County on Wednesday. Police said two men wanted for stealing chainsaws out of a truck sped away from officers at speeds approaching 120 miles per hour.
Bolingbrook Man Charged In Move Over Law After ISP Trooper Car Hit
An Illinois State Police trooper is recovering following a crash on I-55 in Will County. Authorities say the trooper’s stationary squad car was hit by a Toyota Corolla Monday night north of Route 59. The ISP squad car was parked on the right shoulder on Interstate 55 northbound near milepost 252, north of Route 59, with emergency lights activated, handling a traffic crash. The trooper was sitting inside of the squad car with his seatbelt fastened when his squad car was struck by a gray Toyota Corolla. The trooper was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Corolla, 31-year-old Asante Williams of Bolingbrook, was cited for the Move Over Law, Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident and Improper Lane Usage.
Utility crew in southwest suburbs finds human remains while digging trench: police
YORKVILLE, Ill. - A contractor crew found something very unexpected while doing utility work in Yorkville earlier this week. The crew was working Wednesday in the 200 block of Park Street. As they were digging a trench to repair water pipes, they found what they believed to be human remains, according to Yorkville Police Department.
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