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How many fewer criminal charges were filed last year due to pandemic The main DuPage County courthouse in Wheaton. Daily Herald file photo/2010
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Posted1/29/2021 5:22 AM
You can count suburban criminal court filings among the many items the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on in 2020.
Whether it was a lack of opportunity when stores, restaurants and other businesses were shut down, fewer drivers on the road, or police and prosecutorial staffs being stretched by quarantines, felony and misdemeanor filings took big drops compared to 2019 numbers.