A Cortland man who appeared in front of a judge Wednesday with his head bandaged has been charged with a hate crime following a bloody attack in DeKalb that police said was provoked by the man yelling racial slurs.

A DeKalb man who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs when he rear-ended a DeKalb County sheriff’s vehicle, killing deputy Christina Musil, was sentenced by a judge Tuesday to 14 years in prison.

A man who had planned to represent himself at trial this month pleaded guilty instead to robbing a DeKalb bank last summer

Timothy M. Doll, who in February pleaded guilty to murdering DeKalb High School freshman Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in 2023, was sentenced Thursday by Circuit Court Judge Philip Montgomery to 52 years in prison.

A former Sycamore School District 427 employee accused of inappropriately touching multiple students pleaded guilty recently to felony battery in exchange for admittance into a behavioral rehabilitation program that could see his conviction reduced to a misdemeanor, records show.

Ex-police officer James Corralejo, 26, of DeKalb, was sentenced by a judge Thursday to four years in prison for driving drunk and causing a 2023 crash that killed Graciela Reza Contreras. “I don't expect to be forgiven," Corralejo told Graciela's family in an emotional hearing.

Timothy M. Doll, who pleaded guilty in February to the 2023 murder of teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland, will be sentenced in August, a DeKalb County judge ruled Wednesday.

A DeKalb man was arrested Sunday after police say he battered a woman, who they found with a bloodied face inside a locked hotel room, according to records filed in court.

A Sycamore man was charged Wednesday after police alleged he attempted to strangle a woman with a fan cord and threatened to kill her, according to DeKalb County court records.

A 51-year-old DeKalb man was charged Thursday after a minor told police that the man allegedly sexually assaulted them more than 100 times for multiple years and stomped the minor’s pet birds to death, according to court records.

A man was sentenced to prison this week after he pleaded guilty to arson and sexual assault in two separate cases, court records show. Police said he intentionally set fires multiple times inside Suburban Apartments units in DeKalb throughout March 2024.

A DeKalb man charged in the fatal 2024 DUI crash that killed sheriff’s deputy Christina Musil got a judge’s permission Thursday to travel out of state to visit family before an expected plea in the case later this month.

A Northern Illinois University student has been charged in connection to a sexual assault reported at a DeKalb fraternity house in 2024, according to court records.

A man shot multiple times on Sunday in DeKalb has died, DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd said Friday. This is a developing story

A Wisconsin man is being held in jail pending trial amid charges that he sexually assaulted two children multiple times in Genoa, authorities said.

An NIU student from Batavia was charged Monday after police searched his dorm room in DeKalb and allegedly found more than 20,000 images depicting child sexual abuse on his electronics. Police allege he used AI and photos of real people he knew and sold the materials via Snapchat

A DeKalb man was charged this month with the criminal sexual assault dating back to August 2024 after the victim alleged the man “asked for a hug,” and then assaulted them, court records show.

A Hinckley woman was charged this month after police allege she attacked an Elgin man with a large kitchen knife, injuring him in a domestic attack, court records show.

A DeKalb man convicted of murdering high school teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in 2023 has new charges after he punched a DeKalb County jail deputy and spit at another, broke a fire sprinkler and damaged jail property, court records allege.

A Plano man has been found guilty of criminal sexual assault to a teenager after a four-day trial this month.

An ex-suburban Chicago police officer has pleaded guilty to getting behind the wheel while drunk in 2023, causing a crash that killed DeKalb mother and grandmother Graciela Reza Contreras.

A DeKalb man who pleaded guilty in February to murdering teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in 2023 won’t be sentenced as planned this week. Instead, Timothy Doll, 31, has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, court records show.

DeKalb County government has settled a lawsuit filed against private buyers who backed out of a planned $8.3 million sale of the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, records show.

Convicted murderer Jonathan D. Hurst has asked a DeKalb County judge to reconsider the two life sentences she handed him last month for the violent murders of Sycamore elderly mother and son Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson, court records show.

A Somonauk 19-year-old was sentenced this week to 25 years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping in connection to the repeated sexual assault of a minor, court records show.

A half hour before jury selection was to begin Monday for a DeKalb bank robbery trial, the man accused asked a judge to postpone, arguing prosecutors didn’t give him enough time to review evidence. Lead prosecutor Daniel Regna said that Matthew L. Martin was “gaming the system."

Jury selection for the trial of Chicago man charged with robbing a DeKalb bank in July 2024 is set to start Monday, after the man accused, who’s representing himself in court, rejected two plea offers from prosecutors.

A Chicago man charged with robbing a DeKalb bank in July 2024 declined prosecutors’ guilty plea offer Wednesday that included a 24-year prison sentence served at 50%. He opted instead to proceed to an expected jury trial Monday. He plans to represent himself.

A DeKalb man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder of a baby. Prosecutors recently told a judge they’re gathering evidence in the case, expected to include cellphone videos of Maximino Mendoza, 26, intentionally choking and hurting a 1-year-old.

A Chicago man accused in a DeKalb bank robbery has dismissed his defense attorney as he prepares to represent himself in a jury trial set to convene next week.

Nancy Strever said her family still has nightmares about finding her sister Patricia Wilson and nephew Robert Wilson beaten to death in 2016. But the man responsible, Jonathan D. Hurst, 56, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge ruled Thursday.

Jonathan Hurst, found guilty on Jan. 30 of murdering Sycamore elderly mother and son Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson in 2016, wants a new trial, court records show. He's set to be sentenced Thursday by Judge Marcy Buick.

A Chicago man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison recently for making a false 911 call in September claiming he saw someone with a gun at Sycamore High School, court records show.

A Montgomery man pleaded guilty this month to murdering Chrishun Keeler-Tyus, of DeKalb, in a 2020 gas station shooting, and was sentenced by a judge to 37 years in prison. He's the fourth person to plead guilty in the fatal shooting.

A month before an expected jury trial was set to convene, Timothy M. Doll, 31, pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering DeKalb teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in May 2023. He's expected to be sentenced in April. He faces decades in prison.

As the verdict was read Thursday and family of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson wept, Jonathan D. Hurst, found guilty of murdering the elderly mother and her son, sat next to his defense lawyers and appeared to show no reaction.

Traces of Jonathan D. Hurst's DNA were found on a pillow and two knives tucked away in a crawl space in the basement laundry room of Patricia and Robert Wilson's rural Sycamore home, a forensic expert testified Wednesday. The Wilsons were found bludgeoned to death in 2016.

Family members of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson took the witness stand Thursday to recount finding their slain loved ones on Aug. 15, 2016. The double murder trial of Jonathan D. Hurst, a former Chicago man charged in their 2016 killings, continues Friday.

With a jury selected, a long-awaited murder trial is expected to convene Thursday for Jonathan Hurst, charged almost five years ago in the killings of Sycamore elderly mother and son Patricia and Robert Wilson. The Wilsons were found slain in their home in August 2016.

A former Sycamore teenager will remain held without release pending trial on adult first-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of classmate Kaleb McCall, a judge ruled Tuesday. It's the second time the 16-year-old's request for release has been denied.

Prosecutors anticipate calling nearly 50 witnesses beginning next week in the double murder trial of former Chicago man Jonathan Hurst, accused in the violent 2016 slayings of Sycamore elderly mother and son Patricia and Robert Wilson.

As prosecutors prepare to bring forward dozens of witnesses starting Jan. 21 for a former Chicago man’s double murder trial in the violent killings of mother and son Patricia and Robert Wilson, conversation in court Thursday turned to jury selection.

A DeKalb County judge ruled this month that cell tower data can be used as evidence in an upcoming double murder trial for the man accused in the 2016 slayings of Sycamore mother and son Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson. Prosecutors say the data proves the man was in the area.

A special prosecutor was appointed Wednesday in the murder trial of a 16-year-old accused of stabbing to death his Sycamore classmate Kaleb McCall in 2023. The teen's lawyer is expected to argue against his transfer to adult court in January.

State Rep. Jeff Keicher is calling for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office to investigate the driving background of a DeKalb man charged with driving under the influence and causing a crash that killed DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Musil.

Court proceedings for a Sycamore teen charged as an adult in the 2023 fatal stabbing of his classmate Kaleb McCall were delayed Wednesday after a judge said a special prosecutor is needed to avoid a conflict of interest with the newly sworn-in DeKalb County State's Attorney.

Body camera footage released by state police Tuesday shows DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd and Officer Brian Bollow as a tense scene and shooting unfurls at a local car dealership after a DeKalb man attacked multiple employees with knives, authorities said.

A Chicago man accused of robbing a DeKalb bank in July is representing himself in court, including at his upcoming jury trial which could occur as early as December at his request.

Republican candidate Riley Oncken appears likely to be the next DeKalb County State’s Attorney, according to unofficial election results updated late Tuesday night.

Madison Ricke, 24, of DeKalb, pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug-induced homicide after prosecutors said she sold the fentanyl-laced drugs that killed DeKalb High School senior Diamonte Dailey, 18, a day after his birthday in 2022. She was sentenced by a judge Wednesday.