Crime

Honey and Louie are comfort and therapy dogs at the McHenry County courthouse. Now they've officially been sworn in for service.

The following cases were considered by the Bureau County Grand Jury on July 18.

An unincorporated Mundelein man has been charged in connection with possessing numerous videos and images of child pornography, many involving children under the age of 13.

A judge has sentenced a suburban bank robber to seven years and eight months in federal prison.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood wants answers about alleged federal immigration enforcement activity in Joliet that she says flagrantly violated law enforcement standards and recklessly put people at risk.

Two businesses in unincorporated Joliet Township were broken into early Wednesday morning. The incidents are thought to be connected and remain under active investigation by the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty to punching and kicking a woman during an altercation in a Woodstock home and was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.

A 64-year-old man thought he was arranging to meet a 16-year-old girl in Harvard for sex but found he was actually communicating with an undercover detective, prosecutors said.

The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force recovered about $750,000 worth of stolen property at a business in Gurnee following a multi-agency investigation that began in Joliet.

Two women have had their pretrial releases revoked after they were charged with new crimes in DuPage County.

A McHenry man was acquitted of charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in McCullom Lake. The not-guilty verdict came after the girl testified that he forced himself on her.

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.

Kankakee fire and police investigators are looking into two arson fires that occurred Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

A Lake in the Hills man who was convicted of defrauding the state out of more than $3 million in sales taxes from Denny's restaurants he owned is asking the court to seal related documents.

McHenry man has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault of a minor and, in addition to prison, must register as a sex offender.

Oswegoland Park District Executive Director Tom Betsinger faces multiple felony charges including attempted reckless homicide after allegedly attempting to run over a person.

A man residing in a Wonder Lake home in 2023 where illicit drugs and stolen license plates were found pleaded guilty Monday to possessing methamphetamine.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the robbery of a Marengo gas station where an employee was shot. He will serve the time concurrent with a Kane County robbery sentence.

A former Island Lake man has pleaded guiltyto possessing LSD, and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

An Island Lake man is accused of possessing thousands of videos of child sex abuse.

Fifty-three years after the “Pine Village massacre,” in which Carl Reimann shot dead two patrons and three restaurant workers, the niece of one of the victims is campaigning against Reimann being fully released from parole.

The Kankakee County State’s Attorney Office charged Jason W. Exton, of Momence, for possession of child sexual abuse images and possession of controlled substance.

Kankakee police arrested one of the victims in a shooting that occurred July 6 on the city’s east side.

An Elgin man had fled from a traffic stop and led police on a high-speed chase, which was called off before he crashed into three cars, causing serious injuries to one person, authorities allege.

Following a traffic crash, a former Huntley couple – convicted in connection with what authorities described in 2015 as a “drug-dealing enterprise” – have been charged with possessing cocaine, court records show.

An appeals court ruled in favor of state champion Marian Central wrestler Jimmy Mastny and his coach Jordan Blanton, affirming that Mastny was not improperly recruited when he moved from Ogle County to attend Marian Central.

The IHSA and state champ Marian Central wrestler Jimmy Mastny have responded to an appeals court ruling in their long-running eligibility feud.

A felon from Lake County, convicted of attempted murder for shooting at a car decorated with Batman decals, was sentenced Wednesday to 44 years in prison.

An Elgin man is charged with reckless driving and fleeing the scene after crashing into three cars in Crystal Lake Tuesday.

After an overnight burglary involving an unknown offender at the Exquisite Skillet Pancake House in Plano, the police are asking anyone with information to contact authorities.

When Shorewood police were escorted to the assisted living facility’s women’s bathroom, they found the caregiver attempting to flush jewelry that belonged to an elderly resident of the facility.

The man accused of trying to enter the McHenry County courthouse in Woodstock Monday afternoon with a semiautomatic pistol has been charged.

Algonquin-based School District 300 failed to protect students when an employee “improperly accessed” their files and then solicited them online for explicit images, according to a lawsuit.

The first graduates of Kankakee County’s Mental Health Court were celebrated last Wednesday in the courtroom of Circuit Judge Lindsay Parkhurst.

A Crystal Lake couple initially accused of possessing about $25,000 worth of marijuana pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

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.

Joliet police are investigating a shooting which took place Saturday morning damaging two homes in the 800 Block of Richmond Street.

Joliet Police are investigating a shooting which damaged a vehicle in the 500 block of Garnsey Avenue on Friday night.

Hundreds of teens descended on a Glen Ellyn Park District pool shortly before 5 p.m. July 5, police said.

Plainfield Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Settler's Park.

Two people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds Sunday afternoon in the 1700 block of East Maple Street in Kankakee.

A man was arrested July 5 after Lake County Sheriff’s deputies and the tactical response team responded to a call about shots fired in unincorporated Gurnee, authorities said.

A Braidwood man is in custody after allegedly shooting at an acquaintance who was wearing a bullet-proof vest at the time on Friday evening,

A Round Lake Park man charged with criminal sexual abuse is already on the Illinois Sex Offender registry and held pending trial, officials said

A Winfield has been acquitted of charges alleging he threatened a Wheaton Warrenville District 200 school board candidate in 2023.

Jose Martinez, 40, and Veronica Jaime, 46, of Kendall County, each have been charged with multiple counts of violating the Animals in Entertainment Act

The man convicted of trying to kill his estranged wife in her Crystal Lake apartment by beating her in the head with a hatchet and hammer was sentenced Thursday to 36 years in prison.

A man accused of creating YouTube videos threatening to kill Barrington Hills police, naming one in particular, was detained pretrial Thursday.

A Chicago man is charged with making unwanted contact with a teenage girl at the York Theater in downtown Elmhurst.

Nicholas Lopardo has been found guilty of four Class X gun charges after a one-night crime sprees in which he shot at several cars and houses.