Tuesday, December 25, 2012
The 15-year-old was spotted on Route 31 with a rifle Christmas morning. Here's what happened.
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- Rick Nagel
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
A male teenager was taken into custody late Christmas morning after he was seen with a rifle near Wheeler Park, according to police and reader reports. The initial address on the police call was in the 400 block of North First Street (Route 31) near Stevens Street in Geneva. The incident took place at about 11:35 a.m. after police received two calls regarding a male of undetermined age crouching behind a dark-colored sports utility vehicle. While in custody, Geneva police determined that the teen was carrying an airsoft rifle, the Kane County Chronicle reports. Airsoft guns shoot plastic BBs and other projectiles, but many of them can appear similar to real firearms. The teen, who is in town visiting family, was referred to a juvenile …
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
The 58-year-old man who jumped out of a window Monday had passed an extensive background check, the building's director said.
The residents and staff members of a Route 31 apartment complex struggled to come to terms with the death of two residents after a murder-suicide there this week. Most of the Eden Supportive Living's 150-member community spoke with a counselor individually or in a group setting, said Barbara Lawrence, director of the apartment complex, on Wednesday. "We’re hanging in there," Lawrence said. "It’s a horrible tragedy, it’s affected everyone in the building." Police were called to the complex, 311 S. Lincolnway, Route 31 in North Aurora, on Monday night for a report of a suicidal resident. The resident, a 58-year-old man, jumped from his third-floor window. Inside his apartment police found Tomi Vandiver, 50, another resident of the complex. …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The woman had a romantic relationship with the man suspected in her death, who died after jumping out of a third-story window, police said. Here are the details.
A 50-year-old woman was found dead Monday night in an apartment on Route 31, and the man suspected to be responsible for her death took his own life by jumping out of a window, police said. Police found Tomi Vandiver, of the 300 block of South Lincolnway (Route 31) in North Aurora, unresponsive in the 58-year-old man's apartment. She lived in the same building as the man. She was later pronounced dead at the scene, according to North Aurora police. Officers were dispatched at 8:51 p.m. Monday to Eden Supportive Living, 311 S. Lincolnway, for a suicidal resident who was threatening to jump from his third-floor window, police confirmed. On-site security at the building identified the resident as a 58-year-old man. Officers arrived at the man…
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Luis Pina of Aurora was arrested at Delnor Hospital in Geneva on the third day after the Oct. 14 crash on Route 31 that injured four people.
An Aurora man faces multiple drunken driving and related charges as a result of an Oct. 14 accident on Route 31 that left four people injured and shut down the roadway for more than three hours. Luis Avila Pina, 45, of the 400 block of New York Street, Aurora, was arrested at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, where he had been treated for his injuries in the crash. He is charged with aggravated DUI-great bodily harm; aggravated DUI-license revoked or suspended; aggravated DUI-no insurance; speeding, too fast for conditions; driving on a suspended or revoked license; and operating an uninsured vehicle. He is being held in the Kane County Jail pending a court appearance on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. St. Charles police …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
A man's description helped officers track down the accused, both 14 years old, in North Aurora on Wednesday. Here's a recap of the chase.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
A quick response and police teamwork on Wednesday in North Aurora resulted in the arrest of two vehicle burglary suspects. Two 14-year-old boys from Joliet face charges in connection to a Wednesday morning car burglary. The incident occurred shortly before 9:18 a.m. in the 100 block of Overland Drive, according to a news release. On Wednesday morning the two teens entered a man's unlocked vehicle while it was parked in a parking lot in the 100 block of Overland Drive, according to an initial police investigation. Police said the teens took a cell phone, keys and loose change. The man chased the teens about a half-mile east to the area of Route 31 and Airport Road but lost them. He went to the police station nearby, 200 S. Lincolnway (Route…
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Be aware, if you're driving on I-88 on Friday, Aug. 24, that you could get stopped on the Route 31 exit ramp.
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
The Illinois State Police will conduct a Roadside Safety Check (RSC) in Kane County during the hours of 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, until 4 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. According to Captain Joe Perez, the RSC will be held on the eastbound exit ramp from the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) to Illinois Route 31. The ISP has zero tolerance for impaired driving in Illinois. Officers working this detail will be watchful for drivers who are operating vehicles in an unsafe manner, driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license, transporting open alcoholic beverages, or driving under the influence. Alcohol and drug impairment is a significant factor in more than 40 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. RSCs are designed to keep our …
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Detours will be put in place while construction goes on south of Fox Glen Drive to repair a culvert at Norton Creek.
It's summer in Illinois, and that means road construction. Geneva residents who have to brave St. Charles' East Main Street on a daily basis well know the travails of road construction. Long lines of cars surrounded by the dusts of road construction as the Illinois Department of Transportation adding and widening lanes, new lighting and repairs bridge work along a nearly six-mile stretch of road between downtown St. Charles and DuPage Airport in West Chicago. The $39 million project is slated to be completed next year. Now IDOT announced a new project in St. Charles beginning July 23. Route 25 will be closed just south of Fox Glen Drive for three weeks while IDOT repairs a culvert at Norton Creek. Motorists should use alternate routes or …
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Tollway reminds area residents of lane closures associated with I-90 Roadway and Bridge Rehabilitation Project.
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
If you're commuting from the Tri-Cities via I-90, here's a quick heads-up on ramp closures at the Route 31 interchange and some lane closures on Route 72 that start Aug. 7. The work is part of I-90 Roadway and Bridge Rehabilitation Project. According to a press release from the Illinois Tollway, the exit ramp from the eastbound Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) to northbound Route 31 and the eastbound entrance ramp from southbound Route 31 will close for one week beginning on Sunday, Aug. 7, for ramp reconstruction work. Additionally, traffic on Route 72 over I-90 will be reduced to one lane in each direction throughout August for deck patching work. The Route 31 ramp closures are scheduled to start at midnight Sunday, and detour routes …
Fozzie Dabear
4:29 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
There are kids killed every year for carrying 'toy' guns that look so much like real ones that cops think they are about to get shot. Although this boy might not have realized that, he is lucky to be alive. And we are lucky to have careful police. Ok so after the police of two cities were called out and had to walk into some situation that they saw as being very dangerous - at least until the … more ›