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Patch Roundup: DUI Charges in Fatal Crash; Principal Helps Catch Streaking Students
Also this week: a fatal plane crash near Clow Airport, a fast-spreading "DEA" phone scam is busted and a university bans alcohol in its campus housing.

Here are some of the top stories from the past week in Patch's west Chicago region:
HINSDALEβMan Charged With DUI After Weekend Crash That Killed Hinsdale DadβBond is set at $750,000 for William Decero, who was charged with aggravated DUI after a car crash that killed Hinsdale resident Thomas Fitzsimons Sunday morning.
OAK PARKβPrincipal Helps Catch Streakers at OPRF GameβTwo boys in speedos and body paint interrupt halftime show to run across the field, straight to where their principal was standing to help catch them.
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BOLINGBROOKβBolingbrook Plane Crash Victims Identified as Kentucky Doctor & His WifeβA man stumbled out of the wreckage and was taken to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital, then transferred to Loyola Medical Center with severe burns.
BATAVIAβBatavia Cops Foil Fake DEA Agent Phone ScamβIn a nasty scam thatβs been perpetrated across the nation, the βDEA agentβ tells the victims theyβre under arrest for Internet drug purchases.
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LISLEβAfter Assault Claims, Benedictine Bans Alcohol in Campus HousingβThe new policy comes two weeks after the alleged incident of sexual assault, although school officials are not citing any one factor for the ban.
GENEVAβMan Charged With Sept. 4 Judicial Center Bomb ThreatsβCarpentersville man accused of phone calls saying four bombs were hidden in the Kane County Judicial Center and many people in Kane County would die.
ELMHURSTβDriver in I-290 Crash That Killed Four Cited for No Valid LicenseβAll four of the deceased are women, three men were taken to area hospitals.
LA GRANGEβBicyclist Gropes Woman Jogging in La GrangeβA man on a bike groped a woman who was jogging in La Grange early Saturday morning.
WOODRIDGEβFirst Female Police Chief Appointed in WoodridgeβDeputy Chief Gina Grady has served all 27 years of her career with the Woodridge Police Department.
NAPERVILLEβ4 Charged in Connection with Naperville Vehicle BurglariesβPolice have charged four in connection with burglaries to motor vehicles this weekend.
WESTERN SPRINGSβChicago Tribune's John Kass Excited About LT's Silver Brick MatchβThe Chicago Tribune columnist posted on Facebook about the Lyons Township vs. Hinsdale Central boys soccer rivalry game that took place Saturday in Western Springs.
DOWNERS GROVEβDowners Grove Police Detail Burglaries at Home of Deceased NeighborsβTwo of the burglaries took place in September, according to police reports. Kenneth Harry, a 43-year-old neighbor, was charged in connection to the incidents.
LEMONTβOld Quarry Placed on Soft Lockdown after Alleged Bomb ThreatβThe Lemont Police Department found "nothing out of the ordinary" after a student reported seeing the words "school bomb" written in a middle school bathroom.
ELMHURSTβHeroin Addicts Dying Every Week in DuPageβA panel attempts to break down this complex epidemic at Elmhurst College forum. Parents of addicts who died from heroin share their grief.
ELMHURSTβElmhurst Homes Ransacked, BurglarizedβThieves made off with cash and jewelry.
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