'Home Invasion Bill' Inspired By June Attack Passes Assembly

In response to a brutal home invasion caught by a hidden camera earlier this summer, state lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill that would create stiffer penalties for those caught committing similar crimes. Assembly members Monday unanimously passed the "Home Invasion Bill," a proposal that would raise the crime of home invasion to a first-degree offense and require those convicted to face a...

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Chandler Domestic Violence Event ‘Celebrates Courage’

An event scheduled just a few days before the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month offers a first-hand experience about domestic violence, as well as resources to help. The “Saving Lives, Celebrating Courage breakfast,” which is scheduled for Sept. 26 at Tumbleweed Recreation Center in Chandler, is a free event that will offer community members an overview of issues related to domestic...

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Surveillance Video Released In Home Burglary

Police Searching For Two Crooks Who Burglarized A South Florida Home. This is a story about two crooks who broke into a self for home. Their image is captured surveillance video, so it's only a matter of time before police catch them. "Surveillance video captured the image of two crooks using locksmith tools to break into a home near Northwest 36th Street...

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Two Teens Assaulted/Robbed In Coon Rapids

Two teens reported being assaulted and robbed of their cell phones in the parking lot of a Coon Rapids apartment complex Sunday evening. Two suspects, one age 18 and the other 23, were cited by Coon Rapids Police for misdemeanor fifth-degree assault. A third suspect, a 15-year-old boy, was referred to Anoka County Juvenile Court on a felony simple robbery count. According...

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Naperville Police Warn Residents About Burglaries

Residential burglaries are plaguing Naperville with 12 occurring in less than two weeks, according to police. In half of those cases between Aug. 29 and Sept. 10, the burglars entered unlocked homes at night while the owners were sleeping, police said. In nearly all of the daytime cases, doors and windows were forced open. "We're thinking that there's probably a couple different...

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Lexington Nursing Home Worker Busted

An employee, who police say they caught on camera stealing from a wheelchair-bound patient, is set to answer charges in court. Lexington Police charged 52-year-old Marsha Woods with burglary. Police say Morning Pointe Assisted Living, where Woods worked, notified police after getting complaints of a theft. The rest of the story is HERE. According to court documents, a patient at Morning Pointe...

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College Campus Sexual Assaults

"A 22 year-old woman living on a college campus — or anywhere for that matter— I’ve heard the horror stories. I know that a female walking alone at night is a target. Many women — and men for that matter — end up in situations they never expected. I know this, and yet, more often than I care to admit, I find...

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