Crime Brief | Kankakee County

The public defender representing Julius Burkes, who is accused of killing Courtney Drysdale last month, was granted a motion for a 90-day speedy trial.

What happened last week to halt the second attempt to start the trial against Xandria Harris?

The judge in the Xandria Harris trial expanded the scope of the gag order she put in place in August 2024.

Kankakee police made an arrest last week in connection with a shots fired incident that occurred on Feb. 24.

Michael C. Setticosi, of Aroma Park, was arrested by the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department Friday on suspicion of discharging a firearm.

Attorneys in the Xandria Harris trial continue to put together a jury.

Nine jurors were picked Monday during the first day of Xandria Harris’ trial at the Kankakee County Courthouse.

It has been 4 years, 1 month and 24 days, approximately 216 weeks or 1,517 days since that December fateful night in 2021 when one Bradley officer was killed and a second seriously wounded.

Kankakee police arrested a suspect in Monday’s armed robbery of a business located in the 1400 block of East Court Street.

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