Heroin-Buying Mom Left Kids at Motel / Shaken-Baby Dad's Bail Set at $1 Million / Child Porn Tracker / Son's Jail Death

Naperville Mom Left Young Kids at Motel While She Went to Buy Heroin: Cops

• The police said the woman made a habit of leaving her children unattended while she went to Chicago to buy heroin

$1M Bail Set for Downers Grove Father Accused of Shaking Baby

• The 3-month-old girl was taken to the emergency room with substantial head injuries, prosecutors say.

Accused Child Porn Distributor Had Thousands of Illegal Images: Prosecutors

• Police tracked a suspicious IP address to Anthony Damaska’s home in Downers Grove.

Father Files Federal Lawsuit After Son Dies from Heroin Withdrawal in DuPage County Jail

• The DuPage County man says jailers should have known his son was exhibiting signs of a heroin withdrawal, according to the lawsuit.

Cambodian Wedding Scammer Arrives in Joliet to Face Theft Charges: Cops

• The former Bolingbrook resident had been arrested in Indiana.

Route 59 Construction Contractors Fined for Missing Deadline

• The $284,550 fine will not be collected until contractors have an opportunity to argue their case.

IDOT Considers Adding Toll Lanes to Decongest Stevenson Expressway

• Would you pay a toll to use faster lanes on Interstate 55?

Wood Dale Resident Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing a Child

• The 33-year-old man pleaded guilty to the crime and received a sentence of more than six years in prison.

Lake Ellyn Boathouse Seeks Spot on National Register of Historic Places

• Park District officials are now also moving forward with also nominating Lake Ellyn Park to be included on the state’s list.

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• Third Accused Radio Shack Robber Found Guilty
• Unknown Symbol Spray Painted on U-Haul
• Overnight Car Burglaries Spike in Hinsdale
• ‘Older Man’ Robs Naperville Bank
• Truck Slides Off Road and Into Home Near Winfield
• Police Find Pot Cookies in Car with Four Juveniles

WORTH A LOOK

• Former Guantanamo Bay Interrogator Eric Wentz to Present at Wheaton Public Library February 11
• One Earth Film Festival Returns to Elmhurst College
• College of DuPage Hosts Inaugural Italian Immersion Day
• Did the Naperville artist solve the Mona Lisa mystery?
• New Chocolate Shop Coming to Downtown Glen Ellyn

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