An Oswego man found guilty in a deadly two-car crash that killed a Somonauk man in November 2021 is set to be sentenced in June.

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.

Gallery

Matthew L. Martin, charged in a July 2024 DeKalb bank robbery, was back in the courtroom Thursday representing himself at a pretrial hearing as he considers an updated plea offer from the DeKalb County State's Attorney's Office. His jury trial is expected to start Monday.

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.