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Amirali Bhimani, 42, of Naperville faces three federal healthcare fraud counts for allegedly selling Medicare beneficiary data to labs that billed $342 million for COVID-19 test kits never requested or delivered, with Medicare paying out about $240 million, as part of the DOJ's 2026 National Healthcare Fraud Takedown.
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Alan Wang, 62, of the 1100 block of North Mill Street in Naperville, was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the first-degree murder of his wife Hongyan Yang, who was 35 when she died after Wang kicked her repeatedly during an argument in March 2020.
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Naperville's Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously endorsed a 171-unit townhouse development by M/I Homes on a vacant 25-acre site near Route 59 and I-88, overriding city staff concerns that the project conflicts with the site's regional center land use designation; the proposal now awaits a City Council vote.
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Naperville police arrested 11 people from Friday, June 12, through Sunday, June 14, 2026, including Jeffrey Feigenbaum on felony hate crime charges for allegedly shoving a 9-year-old boy and yelling a racial slur, plus a second hate crime arrest downtown, a large-scale theft on Ogden Avenue, a burglary on West 75th Street, and an attempted aggravated assault on Diehl Road.
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The DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee approved a five-year, $1.71 million disaster recovery contract for the court system on Tuesday, June 16, along with a new Coroner's Office position and a domestic violence coordinator renewal.
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The Naperville District 203 Board of Education voted 5-1 on Monday, June 15, to adopt what administrators call the first student rideshare policy in Illinois, limiting services like Uber and Lyft to emergency use only during school hours with a signed parental waiver required each time.
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The Naperville Park District Board re-elected Commissioner Leslie Ruffing as president and Commissioner Rhonda Ansier as vice president at its June 11 annual officer election, with both beginning second terms as the district oversees $120 million in voter-approved capital projects.
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The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday, June 14, that an EF-0 tornado touched down at 8:04 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, near Gartner Road and Olesen Drive in Naperville, traveling 1.3 miles northeast through Huntington Hills, Olesen Estates, and over Huntington Apartments before lifting near Benedictine Parkway, with peak winds of approximately 80 mph.
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Jeffrey Feigenbaum, 29, of Plainfield faces two felony hate crime counts after Naperville police say he yelled a racial slur at a 9-year-old Black boy, shoved him, and threw his bike on June 13 near 1400 W. Jefferson Ave. A judge granted pretrial release with GPS monitoring and a 5,000-foot stay-away order.
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Naperville is offering a free, one-time citywide bulk brush collection starting Monday, June 15, to help residents clear debris from severe storms that hit June 10-11; all brush must be on the parkway by Monday morning for the single-pass pickup ending June 27.
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Naperville's Fleet Services Division reached No. 6 in the 2026 NAFA 100 Best Fleets competition, its highest ranking in 13 years of participation, while technician Jordan Gilbert became the first city employee to earn individual national recognition from NAFA with a top-five finish for Technician of the Year.
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The Naperville Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-2 on June 3 to recommend Pulte Homes' 94-duplex Naperville Ridge development on 32 acres of surplus DuPage Water Commission land on 75th Street, over opposition from 13 of 15 residents who testified. The project now heads to City Council for annexation and rezoning approval.
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