Weekly News Recap

This Week: Official Misconduct Charges, Library Break-in, Hubble Construction

Patch recaps headlines from the week of Sept. 2-8, including sentencing for a woman who crashed into a Wheaton home, former government employees charged with stealing from taxpayers and a break-in at the Wheaton Public Library.

Here are some of the top stories in Wheaton from last week: Woman Sentenced for Crash into Wheaton House Park District to Pay Bonus for Jan. 1 Completion of Hubble Gyms Hubble to Close Friday, Asbestos Removal to Begin Next Week Wheaton Man Sentenced in Overdose Death Don't want to miss this stuff during the week? Sign up for our free daily newsletter. Then, like us on Facebook! Forest Preserve Files Civil Action to Recover Taxpayer Dollars Former DuPage County Forest Preserve Employees Charged with Theft, Official Misconduct Late Starts in Wheaton Schools Give Teachers Time to Focus on Learning Wheaton College Appeals Judge's Decision in HHS Suit Wheaton College Student Named National Pageant Queen Illinois Tollway to Pursue Worst …

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Man Charged in Break-in at Wheaton Library

A 43-year-old man faces charges after he broke a window to get in to the Wheaton Public Library after it closed Friday night.

A Wheaton man is charged with felony damage to government property and trespassing state land after he broke a window at the Wheaton Public Library last Friday and climbed into the building to retrieve a bag, police said. According to the police report Erik Oppenhagen, 43, of the 700 block of Liberty Drive in Wheaton, left his bag in the library Friday after he got a call from a friend, who told him he had a bottle of vodka. He left the library to meet the friend, drank half the bottle of vodka at Vintage Rides and returned to the library around 6:20 p.m. to get his bag. According to the report, a woman returning books at the library Friday evening said she saw Oppenhagen “angry and irate,” banging on the windows and shouting “let me in,” …

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