Public Safety
A Villa Park woman was pulled from her burning home in the 400 block of North Bierman Avenue on Oct. 4 and transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition after she reportedly went deeper into the house to retrieve her dog, which did not survive. Elmhurst and Oak Brook Terrace firefighters were among the mutual-aid crews that responded.
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Two women face burglary and retail theft charges after an Elmhurst police officer helped stop an 82-mph chase on I-290 following a nearly $1,700 theft from a Naperville Alo Yoga store on Oct. 19.
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Nine Elmhurst households near 809 Berkley are under a precautionary boil water order after a water main break on Wednesday, Oct. 14, and must boil tap water for five minutes or use bottled water until lab results confirm the supply is safe.
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Elmhurst police arrested a 47-year-old Albert Street resident on two domestic battery counts after a late-night 911 call, while separately booking a Berkeley man on drug and traffic charges near York Street and Butterfield Road.
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A DuPage County judge denied pretrial release for Chance Jamerson, 29, charged with three counts of attempted armed robbery in the Sept. 30 Oakbrook Center shooting that killed one man, a case that drew officers from Oakbrook Terrace, Elmhurst and Villa Park to the scene.
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