A DeKalb County judge ruled Thursday morning that DeKalb City Clerk Sasha Cohen has forfeited his elected office after failing to file statements of economic interest for the past two years, rendering the city’s clerk position vacant.
A Cortland woman pleaded not guilty this month to charges that she took photographs of girls being sexually abused and sold them to a Wisconsin man for $10 each, court records show.
A DeKalb man was charged with armed violence this months after police said they found the man in possession of a loaded handgun following an alleged cocaine drug deal, according to court records.
A DeKalb County judge is expected to rule this month whether DeKalb City Clerk Sasha Cohen will forfeit his office for allegedly violating the state’s Governmental Ethics Act by failing to file statements of economic interest for the past two years, records show.
In the early morning hours on Feb. 5, a DeKalb man wearing a black ski mask got into a fight with another man outside of Lord Stanley’s Bar downtown and then shot the man, court records allege. The alleged shooter faces 10 felony charges.
Jurors deliberated for two hours Friday night before they found Matthew T. Plote, 36, of Malta, guilty of murdering Melissa Lamesch, 27, who was nine months pregnant Nov. 25, 2020 – just one day before Thanksgiving and two days before the baby was to be born.
She had spoken to Melissa Lamesch just hours before she was found dead, facedown on the kitchen floor of her burning home.
DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan was joined by deputy Doug Brouwer Friday at the Sheriff’s Office in Sycamore to talk about the advantages of law enforcement officers carrying Narcan, a spray used to treat opioid overdoses.
There was no soot in Melissa Lamesch's lungs or airways, pathologists for the prosecution said at the trial of Matthew T. Plote, accused in her death.