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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Auroran suspect in 17th robbery
After admitting to 16 bank robberies and being sentenced to more than five years in federal prison, Daniel Vincent could have reformed. But Vincent, 28, is now facing new robbery charges after a Friday morning car chase and crash outside of Lexington, Ky.

Friday, November 6, 2009
Businessman charged with bribery
A Naperville businessman was charged in federal court today with bribing "an agent of the City of Chicago" in an effort to land a restaurant franchise at O'Hare and Midway airports.

Berwyn man arrested in Downers Grove burglary
A Berwyn man was arrested Nov. 5 in connection with a residential burglary in Downers Grove.

Blast forces Naperville plant evacuation
A chemical explosion at a Naperville metallurgy plant blew out an overhead garage door and sparked a fire that smoldered inside for hours Thursday afternoon. No one was injured.

Naperville burglary suspect charged with driving 112 mph
A Naperville man already awaiting trial on charges of burglary and battery has even more trouble with the law, for allegedly riding his motorcycle on the city's far southwest side at a speed of 112 mph.

Police Blotter
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, some of the reports include when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Broken window a racial crime?
A teenage interracial relationship likely inspired a nasty pre-Halloween trick at a Plainfield family's home, police say.

Cops: Motorcyclist going 112 mph in a 45
A 20-year-old Naperville motorcyclist's efforts to get somewhere in a hurry were thwarted when an officer clocked him traveling 112 mph in a 45-mph zone Tuesday night. A Naperville officer spotted the motorcycle traveling south on Route 59 near 95th Street at an extremely high rate of speed.

Police report: Attempted theft at car wash
Between 8 p.m. Oct. 31 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, there was an unsuccessful attempt to pry open two automated customer payment machines at the entrance to Bill's Car Wash, 311 E. Ogden Ave.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
$1,000 reward offered in tire slashings
Naperville Police are searching for whoever slashed tires on six vehicles in the downtown area Saturday. Naperville Crime Stoppers are offering a $1,000 reward for any information about the perpetrators that leads to an arrest.

Police Blotter
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, some of the reports include when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Police report: Theft reported
A theft was reported at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at 336 S. Route 59.

Monday, November 2, 2009
Court Dispositions
The following court records of charges that originated in Naperville were provided by the circuit clerk's office.


Sunday, November 1, 2009
Police blotter: Fraud; hit and run; theft
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, some of the reports include when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

Friday, October 30, 2009
Police report: Wallet stolen
Between 10 and 10:07 p.m., customer's wallet stolen after she left it unattended on counter inside Speedway, 3004 111th St.

Thursday, October 29, 2009
Naperville house fire damage at $80,000
Three adults were displaced by an early Wednesday morning house fire in Naperville that did more than $80,000 in damage. Nobody was injured.

Police report
Maria Cendejas, 27; 10:51 p.m. near Beebe Drive and Route 59, was charged with driving without a license, driving without insurance and improper lane use.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Addict could get ‘boot camp’ for Naperville burglary
A 19-year-old Naperville man who turned to crime to support his heroin addiction has been sentenced to four years in prison for burglarizing a house earlier this year. Jeffrey R. Dillavou could escape that fate if he successfully completes the Illinois Department of Corrections' "impact incarceration program," a form of boot camp sometimes offered to first-time or nonviolent offenders.

Police report: Hit and run at strip mall
Between midnight Oct. 24 and 3:40 p.m. Monday, a vehicle was struck and damaged by a hit-and-run vehicle while parked in strip mall at 2735 111th St.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Police report: Telephone harassment reported
Man reported between Saturday and Sunday that his estranged sister left numerous obscene messages on an answering machine in his home at 2008 Sudbury St.

Monday, October 26, 2009
Truck fire closes tollway
No one was hurt when a semi truck caught fire on westbound I-88 just west of the Winfield Road exit shortly before 7:30 a.m. Monday, but at least a few commuters were delayed. Rescue crews closed down all westbound lanes for nearly an hour while they extinguished the flames.

Court Dispositions
The following court records of charges that originated in Naperville were provided by the circuit clerk's office.


Sunday, October 25, 2009
Police Blotter
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, some of the reports include when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

Saturday, October 24, 2009
Probation for school worker in sex case
Laura J. Obzera, a former Valley View School District employee, who admitted she had sexual contact with a teenage boy, was sentenced Wednesday to 48 months of probation. Obzera, 50, of 876 Bonnie Brae Lane in Bolingbrook must register as a sex offender for life.

Friday, October 23, 2009
Police report: Criminal defacement
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, some of the reports include when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Police report: Mailbox knocked off post
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

Key Wester stabbing called a hoax
The Aurora man who told Naperville police he had been beaten and stabbed in an armed robbery outside the Key Wester restaurant last weekend was lying, officials said, and he now faces a misdemeanor charge of filing a false police report.

4 hospitalized after crash near Plainfield
Two adults and two children were hospitalized Wednesday night following a head-on collision near Plainfield. About 9 p.m., two vehicles were involved in a head-on crash on Route 126 near Ridge Road in unincorporated Kendall County, authorities said.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Police report: DUI
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, some of the reports include when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Truck tips on 75th Street
Update: Seventy-fifth Street at Washington Street in Naperville was closed to traffic for almost three hours Tuesday morning after a truck driver attempting to change direction tipped the truck's trailer, spilling its load.

NCC instructor robbed at gunpoint
Naperville Police officers responded to the intersection of School and Center streets at 7:19 p.m. Oct. 17 for a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred.

Police report: Hit-and-run accidents
Between 7 and 7:12 a.m. at Washington Street and Bunting Lane; a Mitsubishi Galant struck a Honda Accord in the rear.

Firefighters fight blaze in Lombard condo
A two alarm fire is raged at a condominium in Glen Ellyn Tuesday morning. As of 3:45 a.m. firefighters from 12 fire districts were battling a fire on the third floor of a condo located at 1188 Royal Glen Dr. in Glen Ellyn.

Monday, October 19, 2009
Court Dispositions
The following court records of charges that originated in Naperville were provided by the circuit clerk's office.


Sunday, October 18, 2009
Police report: Uninsured vehicle
Najeswari Cherukunda, 49, at 8:58 a.m. Thursday at 1437 N. Washington St., was charged with driving an uninsured vehicle.

Friday, October 16, 2009
Police report
Between midnight and 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, on the 400 block of Gartner Road; the rear window of a vehicle was broken.

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Heater caused school fire
A faulty heater was the cause of a fire that did $500,000 in damage to a Waubonsie Valley High School storage building during Saturday's homecoming dance.

Police report
About midnight, a vehicle was damaged on the 700 block of Superior Court.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Police report: Property damage reported
At 8:39 a.m. police discovered someone had spray painted an obscene phrase on an electrical box near 395 Knoch Knolls Road.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Police report: DUI charge
Frank. F. Vaughan, 44, at 604 Raymond Drive, was charged with DUI-alcohol.

Sunday, October 11, 2009
Fire does $500,000 damage at Waubonsie
Fire did an estimated $500,000 in damage to a Waubonsie Valley High School storgage building and its contents Saturday night in a blaze that erupted while the homecoming dance was taking place at the nearby Aurora school.

Saturday, October 10, 2009
Police report: Theft reported
Between 5:48 and 5:55 p.m., theft occurred at Dominick's Finer Foods, 1555 North Aurora Road; no further details provided.

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