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Man Sentenced to Seven and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Suburban Chicago Banks and Financial Institutions A man who robbed four banks and a credit unions in the Chicago suburbs has been sentenced to more than seven and a half years in federal prison, the Illinois U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros announced Monday….
Westmont Juvenile Charged with Shooting Woman in Leg/Hijacking Her Car at Gunpoint DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Westmont Chief of Police Jim Gunther announced today that a fifteen-year-old Westmont juvenile has been accused of shooting a fifty-four-year-old woman in her leg and hijacking her car at gunpoint late Tuesday evening. The juvenile appeared…
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Westmont native serves as a member of U.S. Navy’s “Silent Service” By Megan Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach A Westmont, Illinois, native is stationed at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, homeport to all East Coast ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines. Lt. Cmdr. Emil Marcinskas, a 2003 Westmont High School graduate, joined the Navy 10 years…
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Westmont, Illinois native selects U.S. Navy Ship MILLINGTON, Tenn.) – Navy Midshipman Thomas Donnelly, from Westmont, Illinois, participated in the 2018 winter Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) ship selection draft as a future member of the Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) community. More than 40 midshipmen from NROTC units around the country chose to serve…