A Joliet attorney was arrested after he was accused in Minooka of hitting a 4-year-old family member with a belt, police said.

The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force, which includes law enforcement agencies in Kankakee, Will and Grundy counties, on Monday received a $2.14 million state grant.

Richmond police reported they responded to a call to help a Harvard man and ended up charging him with a Class X felony after he was allegedly found hiding with 28 bags of fentanyl.

The Fox Lake Police Department has arrested a Fox Lake man and seized firearms from the residence.

A current Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School student was arrested by Bradley police for threatening that he was going to bring a weapon to school Thursday.

A Belvidere man accused of firing a gun and restraining a woman inside a home in Wonder Lake earlier this year was sentenced to one year of conditional discharge.

Three people were arrested and five weapons were recovered at a residence by Kankakee police Wednesday.

A Villa Park woman accused of causing an accident while intoxicated that injured two women will remain in jail until at least her her next court date, prosecutors said.

An alleged road rage incident ended in the arrest of Kodi M. Meyer, of Coal City, by Kankakee police Monday.

A married couple found dead in a vehicle in Harvard were both shot in the head, the McHenry County Coroner said Wednesday.

A convicted felon from Wheaton will remain in jail until at least his next court date after he was allegedly found in possession of multiple firearms, prosecutors said.

Crime Stoppers of DeKalb County is seeking information from the public to help police investigate reported thefts of electric scooters on Northern Illinois University campus in DeKalb.

A Lee County judge is allowing a Dixon man facing several weapons charges to be temporarily moved to a sober living home.

An Arizona man who smuggled 120,000 fentanyl pills into McHenry County was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison. His mother was also charged and they have alleged ties to a Mexican cartel.

Kankakee police arrested a Kankakee man Oct. 10 for allegedly trying to set an occupied residence on fire.

Cameron Cudney, 32, of Oakwood, was captured and arrested Friday by the Grundy County Sheriff's Office after he led them on a chase after he failed to yield while turning onto Illinois Route 47 from Interstate 55.

A man is suspected of setting a vehicle on fire near Harvard Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

The Fox Lake Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a Round Lake Heights man with two gunshot wounds.

Kankakee police continue the investigation into the death of a 62-year-old Kankakee man, who was shot and killed Oct. 3 on the city’s north side.

A Bellwood man who led Villa Park police on a high-speed chase will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance a DuPage County judge decided on Thursday.

A woman who police said threw a homemade “firebomb” into a Crystal Lake home at the behest of her husband is heading to prison along with him.

A man is accused of threatening to “kill everyone” at the McHenry Police Department as he was being arrested in an alleged domestic violence incident Sunday.

An Elgin man has been charged after a traffic stop in Fox Lake in which drugs were found in his vehicle, police said.

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An Elgin man is accused of committing a “sweetheart scam” when he allegedly schemed $8,000 in cash and wheel rims worth $1,400 out of a Huntley man who has a “documented intellectual disability.”

The Minooka Police Department announced the results from its Labor Day 'Click It or Ticket' enforcement campaign.

Two people were found dead overnight Monday inside a vehicle parked with flashers on in Harvard, police said.

A 62-year-old Kankakee man was shot and killed late Friday in the 200 block of North Evergreen Avenue.

Anthony Gulley, of Kankakee, agreed to plead guilty Thursday to the January 2023 killing of 47-year-old Randel Robinson II, of Kankakee, in Kankakee County Court.

A man accused of burglarizing a Harvard home - and discharging a weapon when the owners showed up - is already headed to prison for a separate residential burglary in another county, court records show.

A Kankakee woman accused of shooting and killing 58-year-old Harold Williams in June 2022 agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder Thursday.

An Elgin man arrested with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.314 in McHenry last year has pleaded guilty to driving drunk for a sixth time. How much prison time did he get?

A 17-year-old has been charged following a shooting on Wednesday night, according to a Streator Police news release.

A Union woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with a Crystal Lake man’s fatal overdose and was sentenced to 6½ years in prison.

A man who pleaded guilty to committing arson at a Crystal Lake residence while knowing that someone was home at the time has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. His wife was also charged.

A brief shelter in place order was issued to area residents on Friday morning when Joliet police executed a search warrant on the residence and arrested Reginald Rogers, 33, of Joliet.

A Chicago man has been charged with secretly video recording another individual in the restroom at the Church of God, in Addison, prosecutors said.

A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to his fifth offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, court records show.

Illinois State Police arrested 47-year-old Nathan D. Rodgers, of Momence, for allegedly being in possession of child sexual abuse material Thursday.

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office investigated an alleged road rage Wednesday that ended with the arrest of 19-year-old Krishaun C. Mays, of Kankakee.

Bradley police said they continue to investigate a shots fired incident that occurred during an attempted burglary Thursday.

Kankakee County Circuit Judge William S. Dickenson was selected by his fellow 21st Judicial Circuit judges as the next chief judge.

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A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to using Snapchat to solicit “sexually explicit” images from a 13-year-old child in Texas.

Court records indicate an Oakwood Hills man was accused of concealing an AR-15 outside the Crystal Lake Public Library. Police confirm the man faces gun-related charges but now say the weapon was not recovered outside the library.

A 78-year-old Crystal Lake man is accused of sexually assaulting a child in his truck nine years ago when she was 5 or 6 years old.

DeKalb County sheriff's deputies and other investigators gathered outside a home Tuesday where two people were found dead in the 1300 block of Oakland Drive in Sycamore. Authorities are expected to be on the scene for hours more.

Manteno police arrested a Bourbonnais man after he allegedly punched another man during a confrontation at a Manteno bar early Sunday morning.

A Roselle man was found guilty Tuesday on all counts in the shooting of a woman in the head in July 2022 at a Roselle restaurant.

Wheaton police have arrested a suspect in an identity theft investigation that targeted multiple victims in Wheaton and the DuPage County area