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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Villa Park police issued 130 speeding citations and made two arrests among 178 total enforcement actions during a federally funded speed campaign that ran July 7 through July 31.
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Andriana Huizar, 26, faces an aggravated battery charge after allegedly striking an Elmhurst police officer during a DUI stop on West Adelaide Street, leading a wave of EPD arrests that includes four more DUI collars, a storage-unit burglary, and multiple drug possession charges.
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A 60-year-old Villa Park man was arrested three times in three days for trespassing at Brewpoint Coffee, Dan Wangler Builders, and Kimmer's Ice Cream on the same block of W. Park Ave. in downtown Elmhurst, despite having no-trespassing notices at each location.
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