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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Georgia Man Lived 10 Days With Missing Hinsdale Mom Before Her Arrest

Missing mom Linda Fellenbaum took a job as a live-in housekeeper for a Georgia man after she disappeared from Joliet.

For more than a month, the police hunted for some sign Hinsdale mom Linda Fellenbaum was still alive after she ran barefoot into the night during an argument with her boyfriend. Detectives are still piecing together why Fellenbaum dropped out of circulation for 38 days in October and November, and what exactly she was up to all that time. But for about a week and a half between Fellenbaum disappearing from her boyfriend's Joliet home and turning up in a Georgia jail, she hung out under a fake name in a small town south of Atlanta where she worked as a live-in housekeeper for a retired truck driver. The trucker, a 48-year-old Sharpsburg, Ga., resident who says he owns rental properties and dabbles in the movie business, told how he met …

KatConn

12:19 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Dear Patch Editors: Don't you have anyone who reviews these posts for appropriateness? How could "pro streeter"'s post stay up from Jan. 3 till today, Jan 8. For shame. Sign Me, Disgusted   more ›

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Officials: Kane, DuPage Juvenile Jail Merger Could Save $1 Million a Year

Kane and DuPage chairmen tout proposal to close DuPage's juvenile detention facility and send inmates to Kane.

DuPage County could save $1 million per year by closing its juvenile jail and transferring inmates to Kane County’s regional detention center, County Board Chairman Dan Cronin asserted Wednesday. Cronin and Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay announced a proposal Wednesday that would add DuPage County’s juvenile detention program to Kane’s facility, which already houses juvenile offenders from Kane, DeKalb, Kendall and McHenry counties. Neither county board expects to vote on the proposal before Dec. 1, Cronin said. Both detention centers are under-used: DuPage holds an average of 23 inmates in a 60-bed facility, and Kane holds about 48 inmates in an 80-bed facility. Combining the programs would reduce overhead and lower the cost…

Robert

1:21 pm on Monday, August 8, 2011

THIS is truly a shame. I am fortunate that all three of my children have never been in 'the system'. I can tell you from experience, Kane County has the absolute worst paper work system and their processing, This is a grave mistake. MODIFY the existing DuPage Detention Center for a Youth wing. DONT ship our unfortunate few to another county.. WHERE will that stop?   more ›

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