DNA work helps nab suspect in Rantoul burglary

URBANA – A Rantoul man is due back in court in February after being charged with residential burglary and an unrelated drug possession.

Darren Monroe, 44, of the 1200 block of Wedgewood Drive, Rantoul, is accused of entering a home on East Wabash Avenue in Rantoul on Sept. 21 and stealing from the woman living there.

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