John R. Anderson, III, 42, pleaded not guilty Wednesday Aug. 6, 2025, to two counts of aggravated stalking, five counts of stalking, harassment by telephone, and three counts of violating an order of protection.

A St. Charles Township man agreed to a sentence of nine years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of reproducing child sex abuse images.

A convicted felon cursed out a Will County judge who found him guilty of attempting to murder two police officers during a 2023 shootout in a Romeoville neighborhood.

A woman accused of kidnapping her daughter and found almost six years later because of a crime TV show, pleaded guilty Monday morning to child abduction.

A 31-year-old Cicero man was denied pretrial release Saturday in connection with a road rage incident and police chase throughout DuPage County Friday night.

A McHenry man - who prosecutors said Thursday refuses to give investigators passcodes to his electronics - is accused of possessing and sharing 14 images of child sex abuse on the Kik messaging app.

The trial of Xandria Harris will be pushed back to February 2026 at the earliest.

Victor V. Salov, 36, was officially reported missing from his Homer Glen home on Tuesday. He was last seen July 15, police said.

A man convicted of selling drugs to an informant in Fox River Grove is seeking a new trial.

A federal judge on Friday denied former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan’s legal arguments that he should remain out of prison while his appeal of both his corruption convictions and sentence play out

Lead attorney not in attendance for scheduled sentencing on contempt conviction

An employee of a New Lenox marijuana dispensary allegedly admitted to stealing $6,250 from the business, police said.

The teen accused of planning a terror attack on the Islamic Education Center in Glendale Heights will remain in detention until his next court hearing.

A Lakemoor man who police said had a “sophisticated” pot-growing operation in his home pleaded guilty to unlawful production of marijuana.

A Lake County woman has admitted to tampering with computers at her former workplace in Bull Valley; she had been accused of administering teeth-whitening without a license.

Five individuals have been charged with stealing merchandise from the Oak Brook Macy’s and Ulta Beauty in two separate incidents, according to DuPage County prosecutors.

An appellate court ruled a Tinley Park man convicted of murder in Will County should receive a new trial because a judge failed to sustain objections to prosecutors’ misstatements of critical evidence in the case.

At least two arrests were made following a gun bust operation in Will County where members of a Venezuelan transnational gang made an appearance, prosecutors said.

An Algonquin charged with drug offenses was on probation in McHenry County and on pretrial release for allegations in Kane County that he possessed images of child sexual abuse, court records show.

Duane Meyer, 43, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire.

A McHenry man was detained after he was accused of pushing his way into a stranger's apartment and then biting the resident’s thumb.

A Poplar Grove man pleaded guilty Monday to slashing an opponent’s cheek over a pool game in a Harvard bar.

A Joliet man charged with strangling a woman has been taken back to jail after a Will County judge revoked his pretrial release. 

Two counts of aggravated battery filed against Carlos T. Loyola, 27, of Rock Falls, were dismissed July 31, 2025.

The pretrial provision of the SAFE-T Act could have kept a man in jail and potentially prevented the escalation that led to a Joliet woman’s murder, according to an advocate for domestic violence victims.

A Crystal Lake woman whose husband admitted he secretly videotaped her daughter said their home was in “chaos” and they were trying to protect the 16-year-old.

Prosecutors allege a Lake in the Hills man sexually assaulted a child over a number of years and bought her a wedding ring to wear out of jealousy.

A Chicago man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver cocaine during a Crystal Lake drug buy and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

A fugitive’s vehicle struck a Will County Sheriff’s Office squad vehicle during a pursuit but the deputy was not harmed.

The Morris Police Department said officers discovered vandalism at around midnight Friday morning in the 200 block of Liberty Street.

A former La Salle County sheriff’s deputy charged with child pornography will be detained ahead of trial, a judge ruled Thursday

A former teacher for the Diocese of Joliet has completed his two-and-half year probation in a case where he pleaded guilty to grooming someone he thought was a minor to engage in unlawful sexual conduct.

A man was convicted of residential burglary for stealing vehicles, a weapon and appliances from a Marengo-area home, though his lawyer contended he had nothing to do with it.

A case where a Catholic priest was charged with placing the hair of a 13-year-old girl in his mouth in Joliet has been dismissed by Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow’s Office.

A 14-year-old Bloomingdale teen accused of leading police on an 80 mph high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle will be detained until at least his next court appearance, prosecutors said.

A former Huntley Little League volunteer treasurer is accused of stealing more than $14,000 from the league over multiple dates in 2022, court records show.

Matthew L. Thoreson is charged with aggravated arson, a Class X felony, following a May 1 house fire in Oregon.

An Oswego man was charged in Kane County with disseminating and possessing child sexual abuse images.

Randolph County Coroner Tracy Vallett said Joseph Czuba, 73, died of natural causes while in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections.

A federal judge dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit from a former Joliet police detective who claimed a former police chief conspired with another department to have him arrested on a domestic battery charge.

An 18-year-old man accused of being intoxicated during a crash that killed two other young people in McHenry has been ordered to be held in jail pending his trial on aggravated DUI charges.

A Lockport father has been arrested after he was accused of abandoning his child at Joliet Township bar and kicking the child, police said.

One of four men charged with the gang-fueled Joliet Township shooting on Halloween in 2021 has lost his bid to suppress his statements to sheriff’s detectives.

A 76-year-old man charged with killing his daughter-in-law Friday outside a Schaumburg hotel will remain behind bars while awaiting trial, a Cook County judge has ruled.

A Will County jury has found a South Chicago Heights man guilty of the 2023 first-degree murder of a Joliet woman

A Joliet man was arrested after he was accused of attempting to bite the ear of a police officer and traveling 80 mph on Theodore Street in a Volkswagen Atlas containing a machete, according to police and court records

There was a large police presence on Friday morning at an Elmhurst residence to arrest a man on domestic violence and gun charges.

In 2022, Bradley Goodbred was charged with the theft of more than $1.2 million from an elderly client over an eight-year period. The 97-year-old victim had dementia.

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

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