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Prison for Angry Man Who Stabbed Ex in the Heart / Downers Grove Man Wins $2 Million / A Perfect ACT Score at York High / Charlie Sheen Hates Downers and Denise Richards

Miss a day, miss a lot. Catch up on recent DuPage County headlines, including four river rescues in Naperville in a week.

Man Who Stabbed Ex in Heart with Anniversary Gift Gets 47 Years in Prison

  • Adam Belmont broke into her apartment and sexually assaulted her.

Downers Grove Man Wins $2 Million Lottery Prize

  • Chase Knapp hit the jackpot at a Villa Park gas station.

York High School Student Receives Perfect ACT Score

  • Grace Achepohl is interested in math and science with an emphasis on the study of medicine as it relates to autism.

Charlie Sheen Rips on Downers Grove and Denise Richards

  • She’s a “doosh phace” and her hometown is “retarded,” Sheen blurts on Twitter in Father’s Day rant.

Jury Awards $3.9 Million for DUI Crash That Crushed a Mom’s Leg

  • The insurance company wouldn’t pay claim despite its client being drunk, without a driver’s license and in the U.S. illegally.

Naperville Fire Chief: Stay Off the River

  • “It’s an accident waiting to happen,” Chief Puknaitis says after fourth river rescue in a week.

Woodridge Man Arrested for Remodeling Scam

  • Investigators found David L. Briggs spent remodeling money and didn’t complete any projects.

Lisle Monks Sue Benedictine University Over Rights

  • The suit stems from 7 monks not being allowed to interview candidates or vote for Benedictine’s next president.

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