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.

An Elgin man allegedly hid in a Marengo barn as a SWAT team executed a search warrant on a house and his truck, where prosecutors said they found cocaine with a potential street value of $300,000.

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

Authorities say they've seen a "dramatic increase" in those sharing images of child sexual abuse. But officials in Kane and McHenry counties have employed technology and teamwork to track down sources of lewd images and videos of kids.

A Woodstock man who was wearing body armor and carrying a loaded machine gun when arrested pleaded guilty Friday to weapon and methamphetamine charges.

A patron of Izzy’s bar in Joliet said in court on Friday that a Crest Hill man charged with killing a bartender said he would “shoot the place up” after he was told not to smoke at the establishment.

In asking for modification to the conditions of pretrial release, Tom Betsinger’s attorney said that Betsinger’s vehicle is now equipped with a breath alcohol ignition interlock device, which is also equipped with a GPS locator.

Kankakee police arrested Qion J. White, of Kankakee, Friday after he attempted to flee officers who were serving a search warrant.

Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe said Friday his office is still waiting on documents from Xandria Harris’ expert witness.

The Bureau County Grand Jury considered the following cases on Sept. 25

Eight high-end bikes were reported stolen in Batavia from July 3 to Sept. 7, with five of them electric or e-bikes, all told valued at more than $8,000, according to police reports.

A Carol Stream man has been charged with spray-painting profane graffiti on the Carol Stream Police Station and two nearby businesses, prosecutors said.

A second witness testified in a Joliet murder trial about efforts to subdue a large masked man after he shot and killed a bartender in 2018 at Izzy’s bar in Joliet. 

A Glendale Heights woman is facing charges of endangering her 2-year-old child after the toddler was found Sunday wandering alone in an apartment complex.

Two Aurora men have been charged with several felonies following a months-long police investigation recovering illegal firearms, drugs and cash.

A Berwyn man accused of leading the Oak Brook and Aurora police departments on two separate high-speed chases Wednesday will remain in jail until his next court appearance, prosecutors said.

Jurors in a Joliet murder trial were shown security camera videos on Wednesday depicting the fatal shooting of a bartender and the efforts by bar patrons to disarm the shooter.

A Marengo man on parole for battering a 7-month-old child in 2014, causing a brain bleed, pleaded guilty Wednesday to strangling a woman in February.

A Will County prosecutor told the jury they will see evidence with their own eyes proving their case that a Crest Hill man committed the deadly 2018 shooting at a Joliet bar.

Alan Hanke of Crystal Lake - already facing possible prison for a Ponzi scheme - was allowed to take back a plea in McHenry County court to defrauding the McHenry American Legion.

Two Streator men were charged with felonies Tuesday following an investigation into a gunshot fired Sept. 9 near a Thornton’s. There were no injuries.

A woman charged with a shooting in Shorewood that damaged two homes, including one belonging to a state senator, faces a new charge of attempting to disarm a courtroom deputy.

More than 18 years after the brutal murders of two Burger King employees in Momence, Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 requests the public’s assistance with the death investigation of Pam Branka and Paul Jones.

A former Lake in the Hills woman who was accused of abducting her own child and leaving the Woodstock DCFS office, was sentenced Friday to two years probation in the case.

Two men in Joliet may have been shot from someone on a passing motorcycle, police said. 

A 15-count felony indictment filed against former DeKalb County executive Gary Hanson accuses him of illegally destroying and concealing emails for years, records show. More details in the case remain sealed on a judge's order, however

An Aurora man has been charged with four felonies following an alleged home invasion in which a female resident and a male juvenile were battered by an intruder, authorities said.

A Joliet man has been charged with firing a gun in the direction of his ex-girlfriend and prosecutors alleged he endangered multiple people in the incident.

Joliet police officers are investigating two separate shootings that occurred on Vine Street and Des Plaines Street in the past week.

A Morrison bank robbery case has moved into federal court

A Kane County man and previous convicted sex offender was sentenced to 11 years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault, State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced.

Six inmates who were traveling in a McHenry County Sheriff’s Office bus during a collision have sued the county, the driver and the other motorist involved, claiming negligence and carelessness.

Several DuPage County sheriff’s deputies were injured trying to detain a person inside the county courthouse Friday morning

A Lake Villa man was sentenced to prison after going on a “reign of terror” in the McHenry area on night in 2023 – firing a gun, damaging properties, fleeing police and stealing vehicles in and around McHenry two years ago.

Alexander Kurtz sentenced to concurrent terms of 30 months of probation.

An Ingleside woman was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for the fatal head-on crash she caused while authorities said she was under the influence of marijuana.

Early-morning police activity near Crystal Lake was “peacefully resolved" and was prompted by a mental health crisis, police said.

A Crystal Lake 18-year-old illegally carried around a loaded, defaced gun for months while “dealing drugs,” authorities allege - but his attorney blasts law change that prevents cash bail.

A South Elgin man admitted Thursday that he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old Harvard girl and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Sarah Safranek, 38, is accused of killing her son, Nathaniel Burton, 7, in the family’s Oregon home in February 2021.

A Kane County man who served 24 years in prison for the sexual assault and murder of a 20-month-old child faces new charges alleging he was living near a Carpentersville day care, authorities say. He previously lived near Crystal Lake after his prison release.

A Carpentersville man is charged with possessing and disseminating child sex abuse materials, authorities said.

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 Joliet man faces multiple felony weapons charges after allegedly firing a handgun from a vehicle on Tuesday night, according to police

Closing arguments were held in the case a Joliet man charged with the 2021 first-degree murder of Diego Arriaga, 17, who was found shot to death in the parking lot of Blue Kangaroo laundromat in Joliet.

A Chicago man accused of possessing hundreds of grams of fentanyl and cocaine when arrested in Algonquin after fleeing police in Crystal Lake was sentenced Friday to 14 1/2 years in prison.

A police investigation is ongoing Tuesday following a possible burglary at All Da Smokes in Batavia on Monday night, authorities said.

The 44-year-old man who suffered multiple stab wounds in Joliet has been hospitalized in serious condition but his injuries are not considered life threatening, police said.

Harvard police are seeking man who they said fled from them Saturday night after allegedly shoving a pistol at a teen during an argument.

Manteno police arrested Jayvin J. Savoie, of Manteno, for allegedly shooting a person Sept. 5.