A Polo man was sentenced Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, to 5 years in prison for a January 2022 crash on a Sterling bridge that killed a pedestrian and injured a police officer.

Nathan Sandell, 34, faces charges of aggravated fleeing to elude, theft over $500, and possession of a stolen vehicle, according to a news release issued by Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker

The attorney of an animal rights activist accused in Ogle County of falsely reporting a shooting in May at a rodeo near Rochelle is looking to set a February trial date.

An attorney of a rural Dixon man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers at his home in June 2024 is planning to file a petition asking that his client be allowed to wear civilian clothes at hearings.

Decision to be made in October 2025 after case law is reviewed.

A Morrison bank robbery case has moved into federal court

A Lee County judge ordered Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, that a Dixon man charged with aggravated battery and several other offenses submit to a mental health evaluation.

A Lee County judge ruled Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, to maintain the several pretrial release conditions previously imposed on a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

A Dixon man has been charged with aggravated battery and several other offenses after police say he chased a family member with a knife Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, and injured a person who disarmed him.

A Herscher man sustained serious injuries when his pickup truck crashed into an unoccupied vehicle and an occupied house in Herscher Sunday.

The defense attorney of a rural Dixon man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers in Ogle County last year is asking the court to reconsider its previous ruling regarding media coverage.

Thomas Dugger admitted in a plea agreement that he sold 55.7 grams of methamphetamine in July 2021.

The mayor of Rock Falls says its police department is “running smooth” after the father of a Rock Falls murder victim called for the chief's resignation in June.

According to court records, the two were charged after they were pulled over during an Aug. 3 traffic stop near Lincoln Road and Rock Falls Road near Rock Falls

David W. Bomleny entered a not-guilty plea in Whiteside County Circuit Court

A Dixon man pleaded not guilty to six charges in connection with gunshots reported Monday, July 21, 2025, near Tilton Park Drive and Institute Boulevard in Dixon.

One of the three men now faces an additional two charges, filed July 21, 2025, that accuse him of two counts of aggravated battery of a third-party guest

A Dixon man has been charged with six offenses, including four felonies, in connection with gunshots reported around 4:25 a.m. Monday, July 21, 2025, in a field off Tilton Park Drive.

Andrew Gornick pleaded guilty and was sentenced Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Ogle County Circuit Court.

A Lee County judge has filed a written statement explaining his July 7, 2025, decision to allow the pretrial release of a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

Malakye Swanson, 18, pleaded guilty Monday, July 14, 2025, to the Class 4 felony offense of disorderly conduct.

A Rock Falls man has pleaded not guilty to seven felony charges accusing him of being one of three men who showed up at a June Rock Falls garage party unwelcome, masked and armed, beat two men, threatened others and then shot at the garage while running away

A Lee County judge decided Monday to allow the pretrial release of a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

A Sterling man is accused of producing a note at Community State Bank in Morrison, demanding money and threatening to kill the teller, before leaving with $2,000, a prosecutor said Monday.

Heath A. Knipple, 46, was charged in Lee County Circuit Court with six counts of Class X felony dissemination of child pornography with each listing that the victim was younger than 13

A Whiteside County judge has set the trial date for a Rock Falls man facing charges in five separate cases, including one for attempted murder. What has yet to be determined? Prosecutors must decide by July 18 which one of Daveon Lucas’ five cases will go to trial on that date.

Three Rock Falls men were in police custody Wednesday, July 2, accused of entering a garage in rural Rock Falls during a party over the weekend, assaulting a man, firing multiple gunshots at the residence and fleeing.

Jaysiah A. Segobiano, 24, pleaded guilty June 26 to one count each of mob action and battery in connection with the events that unfolded Dec. 8 in the 1000 block of Avenue K in Sterling. She is the second person to plead guilty in the case.

Less than a month after he was sentenced to probation in Lee County on a felony weapons charge, a Dixon man has been charged in Whiteside County with felony weapon and drug offenses.

Judge Magen Mertes on Monday, June 16, 2025, also denied John Trumbla’s request to be granted release from house arrest for a block of time each week to purchase groceries, clothing and medication.

A Thomson man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of sexually assaulting and abusing a 17-year-old Fulton girl three years ago.

The defense attorney of a former Carroll County sheriff’s deputy accused of reckless homicide and destroying evidence calls the July death of a Mount Carroll teen a suicide.

The father of a Rock Falls man murdered Feb. 14 wants the Rock Falls police chief to resign after officers testified last month that several protocol violations happened during the investigation.

The trial of a former Rock Falls man facing up to 60 years in prison on sex assault and sex abuse charges will be delayed a month after prosecutors requested more time to review a report of new evidence in the case

As a Whiteside County deputy pulled up on a vehicle believed to be driven by a man considered a person of interest in another case, he said he discovered the wanted vehicle not only had a different driver but also more than 100 grams of meth stashed inside

A Rock Falls man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a 2021 shooting that injured another man and damaged a Rock Falls home.

The private attorney representing a rural Dixon man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers said he will be pursuing a motion made by a former Ogle County public defender to hold the trial outside the county.

David Skinner, 62, was found not guilty of all seven counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child younger than 13 that he faced.

A Sterling man has been sentenced to up to 9 years in prison after admitting he set fire to his Sterling apartment last fall as officers arrived to investigate an aggravated battery reported at that address

John Trumbla, who fulfilled a prison sentence for a 1984 Cook County murder conviction, has been out on parole for a drug conviction since 2023 and was set to be discharged from that sentence in 2026. Arrested in another drug case Friday, he was granted pretrial release Tuesday.

A Rock Falls man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Whiteside County Circuit Court, then apologized for fatally stabbing the man, whom he considered a friend.

Mark T. Kelly, 54, of Eldridge, pleaded guilty Monday, May 19, to the charge, which is a Class X felony because he had had at least five previous DUI violations, according to Whiteside County court records.

A Dixon man sentenced to nearly 70 years in prison three months ago for sex-related crimes against a victim younger than 13 says his sentence is excessive and is asking that it be reduced.

Carlos T. Loyola, 27, is charged in Whiteside County with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated domestic battery.

Prosecutors allege the offenses occurred between January and April 2023. The predatory criminal sexual assault charges are Class X felonies that carry possible prison sentences of up to 60 years.

A Lee County judge decided Wednesday to permit the pretrial release of a Rock Falls man accused of a felony sex crime against a minor with conditions which include electronic monitoring and home confinement.

Just one day before Kyle Cooper was set to be tried on a first-degree murder charge in a Rock Falls stabbing case, attorneys announced they’ve reached a tentative plea agreement.

An ill detective and an abundance of pretrial motions – covering everything from whether to let a jury hear a 911 call to the possibility the Rock Falls Police Department violated investigative protocol – has led to a two-day delay in the start of a Rock Falls murder trial.

A Sterling man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday, May 7, 2025, to fatally stabbing a man found severely injured last August in a vehicle that crashed in the hospital parking lot.

An Ogle County judge will now be presiding over the felony case of a former Carroll County sheriff’s deputy accused of reckless homicide and destroying evidence in connection with the July death of a Mount Carroll teen.