Crime & Courts | Illinois Valley
A Peru man faces up to a year in jail after La Salle police clocked him driving nearly 100 mph in a 55-mph zone.
Authorities have apprehended the fourth and final suspect in a drug and theft ring based out of Streator.
A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday and returned the following indictments.
Statistically, drunk-driving is headed for a 30% increase this year. But is the increase because DUIs are surging or because recent years had been artificially low? Police and lawyers weigh in.
A Whiteside County man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to theft and weapon charges in Whiteside County and to break-ins, unlawful restraint and battery charges in Bureau County
The City of La Salle Police Department announced plans for July Fourth traffic enforcement with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers.
Tired of suspects missing court dates and tampering with ankle bracelets, La Salle County judges were handing down multiple 30-day jail sentences. The judges may have to stop. An appeals court has capped the time a defendant can fetch for pre-trial violations
For the year 2025 alone, the Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Complaint Center reports that the financial loss to the public is more than $20 billion. More often than not the victims are 60 years and older.
Kill someone in a drunk-driving accident and a judge can jail you pending trial. But can someone be detained for an alcohol-related crash with injuries? A DuPage County man will find out Friday.
A search warrant executed Friday, June 5, 2026, in Ottawa yielded 38 grams of crack cocaine and resulted in felony charges against four individuals.
The suspect in the April 6 holdup of Granville National Bank has been granted a new trial.
Logan Petre argued he didn’t get a fair shake when he was sentenced for strangling his father. Petre struck out and keeps his 52 years in prison. There may be more prison time on the way.
A Spring Valley man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing a stolen gun – seized after he ran from a traffic stop – and faces up to 10 years in prison at sentencing on Aug. 13.
An appeals court acknowledged that his English was bad – and that the cops’ Spanish wasn’t that great, either – but the language barrier wasn’t enough for Roberto Carias-Moran to reverse his drug conviction and 30-year sentence.
A Streator man charged with sexually abusing a dog has been granted pre-trial release, albeit with multiple conditions.
A Streator man faces up to three years in prison if convicted of sexually abusing a dog.
A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday and returned the following indictments.
A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday and returned the following indictments.