A man has been charged with committing a hate crime, accused of yelling slurs at a worker at a Carol Stream grocery store and threatening to kill her.

DeKalb police are asking for the public’s help in an investigation of a reported burglary in the Summit Enclave subdivision on Christmas Day.

A Joliet man accused of posting a video threatening a Westmont Porsche warehouse will remain in jail until his next court appearance, prosecutors said.

DuPage County prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for an Elmhurst man accused of killing a woman in his garage, due to the brutality of the attack.

A Rockford man has been charged with driving under the influence after a car crash northwest of Genoa, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Three women were shot in Aurora on Christmas night, authorities said, The shooting remains under investigation by the Aurora Police Department.

A Chicago woman is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase after the theft of more than $1,400 in merchandise was reported at a Villa Park store, authorities said.

Kankakee police said a homicide at a Kankakee apartment on the city’s east side Sunday occurred during an attempted forced entry.

An Elgin woman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the starvation and torture of a child in her care. "In my many years as a prosecutor, this is one of the most disturbing cases I have encountered," Assistant State’s Attorney Lori Schmidt said.

Current Campton Hills officer Douglas Kucik pleaded not guilty to felony charges related to illegal gun sales in a court appearance this month. Three others charged, two former officers and a former chief, also appeared in court.

The Kankakee Police Department announced last week that it will be making a special effort to enforce laws regarding drunk driving this holiday season.

A Chicago man has been charged with stealing a package from the front porch of a Hinsdale home last week, prosecutors said.

A 51-year-old Geneva woman was charged with multiple felonies after police alleged she spit in an officer’s mouth and threatened to attack her neighbors, records show.

An Oswego man was charged this week after a three-day manhunt with federal authorities following a report of a home invasion and domestic battery in Sandwich.

A DeKalb man was jailed and denied release this week after being accused of sexually abusing a minor in a Walmart bathroom in December 2024, according to court records. Police said he had a history of approaching minors at the DeKalb Walmart.

A DeKalb man who was shot by police during a confrontation after he wielded a knife inside a car dealership won’t spend any time in prison, though he pleaded guilty this week to attempted armed robbery, court records show.

Nick Africano, Kankakee County’s treasurer and chairman of the county’s Republican Party, was issued a notice to appear for alleged disorderly conduct following a traffic incident which occurred last week in Kankakee.

A Hinckley man with a history of confrontations with the police was arrested on Tuesday after several hours of negotiations with DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies. He's the same man who crashed a car into the Sycamore Police Department in 2021, according to court records.

A 29-year-old St. Charles man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 16 years in prison for dissemination of child sexual abuse images, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Four individuals have been charged with stealing merchandise from three DuPage County businesses in separate incidents this past weekend, prosecutors said.

A fourth civil lawsuit has been filed as a class action against a Batavia chiropractor, who is also accused in a felony criminal complaint of secretly recording more than 180 of his patients while they were undressing or fully nude.

A man on parole for armed robbery has been charged with robbing an Oak Brook gas station.

Kankakee police said Tuesday they interviewed a person of interest in the shooting death of 20-year-old Donnie E. Smith, of Chicago, Sunday night.

Earlier this month, a Momence man agreed to plead guilty to battering a 72-year-old man in Momence in June.

A man was charged Friday after he threatened to harm multiple people in DeKalb on Thursday, including a city hall official and officers. Police Chief David Byrd said authorities attempted for days to offer aid to the man with a history of mental illness, but he became violent.

The Kane County State's Attorney's Office confirmed receiving more than 900 calls and emails in the wake of criminal charges against a Batavia chiropractor alleging he secretly video recorded more tan 180 of his patients.

The health records of a Sycamore man who police say confessed to beating his parents to death in September have been subpoenaed by his defense attorneys ahead of an expected December arraignment, court records show.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office conducted a successful Halloween enforcement campaign, resulting in zero impaired driving arrests and zero citations for seat belt and child safety seat violations.

A Montgomery man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty in the murder of Ferrer Velasquez, who was shot to death in Aurora in 2022. Prosecutors said Sanchez drove a getaway car from the scene.

A DeKalb man was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for a 2024 shooting outside Lord Stanley’s bar that left one man suffering multiple gunshot wounds. DeKalb County State’s Attorney Riley Oncken said he thinks that sentence wasn’t enough.

The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect authorities believe was involved in a Nov. 8 armed bank robbery at U.S. Bank in St. Charles.

An Elgin man was charged Thursday after authorities said his SUV crashed in a corn field east of Sycamore and when they responded to the crash, he drank out of an open tequila bottle in front of sheriff’s deputies.

A DeKalb man faces almost a dozen felony charges after police said they found more than 20 videos on his phone depicting child sexual abuse, according to records filed this week in DeKalb County court.

Kane County Circuit Judge John Barsanti set Jan. 7, 2026 as a new date either for a plea or a trial for an elderly man accused of sexually assaulting minors.

Bradley police arrested two men Nov. 5 for allegedly passing counterfeit $100 in Bradley.

A Kankakee man was arrested by Kankakee police following an incident in which he allegedly threatened a neighbor with a firearm.

A road rage incident in Kankakee Nov. 6 led to the arrest of a Kankakee man.

A Genoa woman was charged after police allege she intentionally hit multiple people with her vehicle off Illinois Route 38 when they tried to flee from her attack near a rural field, according to records filed in DeKalb County court this week.

A Batavia chiropractor has been charged after authorities alleged he secretly videotaped more than 180 of his patients, most of them women and young girls, as they undressed or were nude.

An expected November jury trial for a former DeKalb School District 428 employee accused of battering and grooming a student has been postponed by a judge’s ruling at the request of his defense attorney

A Villa Park teenager accused of punching a Villa Park police officer in the face after leading police on a high-speed chase will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance, prosecutors said

An Addison man has been charged with felonies after authorities said he fired multiple gunshots at police, striking one officer in a protective vest during a four-hour standoff at his home Thursday.

A DeKalb County Courthouse employee pleaded not guilty this week after being indicted on charges of defrauding the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program out of more than $41,000.

A man fired multiple gunshots at police officers, striking one in a protective vest, during an hourslong standoff Thursday at an Addison home, authorities said.

A Kingston man is facing new charges after police found explosive devices in his home this month, according to multiple sources.

A DeKalb woman has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor in a Wendy’s bathroom while she was working as their supervisor, according to records filed in DeKalb County court.

A former DeKalb County Board member and an ex-corrections deputy pleaded not guilty on Thursday to multiple charges related to defrauding the federal COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program.

Three DuPage County men have been charged with conspiring to impersonate a peace officer while traveling to numerous No Kings protests on Saturday, prosecutors said.

A teenager suffered injuries in a shooting near a park that was filled with children playing, Aurora police announced Friday. They're asking for the public's help investigating the Thursday shooting.

Update: Former Campton Hills Police Chief Steven Millar has been charged with 41 felonies connected to an Illinois State Police investigation that alleges firearms from a police evidence room were unlawfully sold between 2018 and 2023, records show.