Local Crime

An Aurora man has been sentenced by a Kane County judge to 125 years in prison for his role in the 2021 murder of Edward Smith Jr, also of Aurora.

An Elgin-area man has been charged with 28 felonies after authorities said a multi-agency federal and local police investigation uncovered “hundreds of suspected explosives” and other chemical equipment inside a Kane County home.

A Lombard teenager has been accused of planning to bomb an Islamic center.

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.

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

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

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 former DeKalb County elected official who once led the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity recently pleaded guilty to stealing more than $10,000 from the nonprofit, court records show.

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.

A Colorado juvenile accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in downtown Downers Grove has been sentenced to an indeterminate period of time in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice not to exceed his 21st birthday, prosecutors said.

A former DuPage County deputy sheriff assigned to the Corrections Bureau was found guilty Wednesday of having inappropriate sexual contact with a female prisoner, prosecutors said.

The Glen Ellyn Park District has issued a statement following an incident at Sunset Pool on July 5 involving a large group of young people descending on the pool.

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.

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

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

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.

One of two people who ran from a vehicle Elmhurst authorities were pursuing was fatally struck Wednesday in the northbound lane of I-294 in Elmhurst.

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

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

A Kankakee County jury found Wali Borders Jr., 32, of Bradley, not guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child on June 13.

An Addison man is being detained pretrial on charges he illegally possessed a handgun and led police on a high-speed chase.

A man is facing gun charges in West Chicago after people complained about a person approaching their car and pointing a gun at them.

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 DeKalb man pleaded guilty Thursday to driving under the influence of drugs and causing a 2024 crash that killed sheriff’s deputy, veteran and mother Christina Musil. He's expected to be sentenced in August.

A Cook County man accused of threatening a woman and hijacking a vehicle from a Villa Park Taco Bell in April will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance, prosecutors said

It’ll be more than two years since Sycamore teenager Kaleb D. McCall was stabbed to death by the time the youth accused in the killing stands trial, a DeKalb County judge ruled Tuesday. The teen will be tried as an adult.

Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police said a 39-year-old Pembroke Township man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot Monday afternoon.

A motion was approved Monday to deny pre-trial release for a Bolingbrook woman accused of DUI and crashing into an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) truck that was on the scene of a fatal car crash investigation Sunday.

The Downers Grove South High School teacher accused of sexually abusing a student is facing 52 new charges.

A St. Charles driving instructor, convicted in absentia of 16 felony sexual assault charges when he didn't attend his own trial, is in custody in Hungary with the U.S. attempting to extradite him.

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 DeKalb delivery driver is facing charges after police allege he hit a pedestrian, left the man bloodied on the ground, and then drove away from the scene, telling officers later he wanted to finish his food deliveries, according to court records.

Kankakee police arrested Carlos S. Vazquez, of Bourbonnais, on the charge of arson Friday.

One of two Chicago men accused of robbing an Addison gas station at gunpoint was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison, prosecutors said.

With a significantly short-staffed patrol division in 2024, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office improved its average response time to crashes with injuries and domestic violence-related 911 calls, according to the office’s annual report.

DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan said short staffing impacted his office’s patrol division, reducing traffic stops and arrests in 2024.

Three men have been charged with traveling to meet a minor at a Downers Grove motel for sexual purposes, prosecutors said.

An overnight shooting Sunday at DeKalb’s Meadowlark Townhomes left one man suffering from injuries that were life-threatening, police said.

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

A Waterman 18-year-old has been charged with attempted murder after authorities allege he beat and threatened to kill a 71-year-old woman in Big Rock Township. The woman suffered serious injuries, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

Kankakee police arrested a Chebanse man after he allegedly left an infant unattended inside a van.

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 man who killed a man during a drug deal in Hanover Park has been sentenced to life in prison

Kankakee County Sheriff’s police arrested Stephen N. Nelson of Momence after he allegedly fired multiple rounds from a firearm in the backyard of his residence in the 11000 block of East Parrish Street Friday.

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 Colorado juvenile has been accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in downtown Downers Grove last month.