A Cortland man who appeared in front of a judge Wednesday with his head bandaged has been charged with a hate crime following a bloody attack in DeKalb that police said was provoked by the man yelling racial slurs.

A DeKalb man who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs when he rear-ended a DeKalb County sheriff’s vehicle, killing deputy Christina Musil, was sentenced by a judge Tuesday to 14 years in prison.

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Nathan P. Sweeney, of DeKalb, apologized tearfully to the family of the late DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputy Christina Musil at his sentencing Aug. 26, 2025.

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Nathan P. Sweeney, 45, of DeKalb, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Tuesday, at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore, for driving under the influence of drugs and causing the March 2024 crash that killed DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy Christina Musil.

A man who had planned to represent himself at trial this month pleaded guilty instead to robbing a DeKalb bank last summer

A DeKalb man has been arrested on multiple charges after authorities said he fled a midday shooting Wednesday.

A Mount Morris man with prior assault convictions has been accused of home invasion and aggravated battery, according to court records, after allegedly cutting through a window screen and beating a woman.

Video: Timothy Doll, who was sentenced Thursday to 52 years in prison for the 2023 murder of 15-year-old Gracie Sasso-Cleveland, spoke at his hearing: “A lot of you see me as a monster, and I deserve it," he said.

A DeKalb man who pleaded guilty to murdering high school freshman Gracie Sasso-Cleveland was sentenced Thursday to 52 years in prison. “You treated her no better than you would an ordinary sack of trash,” Judge Philip Montgomery told Timothy M. Doll.