Prosectors have added another DUI charge against James Corralejo, an ex-cop who lives in DeKalb charged with driving drunk and causing a 2023 crash that killed DeKalb grandmother Graciela Reza Contreras, court records show.
More than a dozen DeKalb businesses recently illegally sold alcohol to a minor, DeKalb police said this week, citing failures out of 34 compliance checks. Police Cmdr. Chad McNett said authorities are cracking down on underage drinking.
A Wisconsin man has been charged in connection to what police said was a 2020 string of burglaries and stolen vehicles in DeKalb County and Wisconsin, court records show. The man's brother and another Milwaukee man also were charged.
A DeKalb man has been charged with attempted murder in connection to a 2021 shooting near a Quick Stop convenience store that left another man suffering gunshot wounds to his leg, records show.
A Chicago man has been arrested and charged in connection with a string of robberies including at a Metro T-Mobile store in DeKalb, police said.
Chad T. Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois was scheduled to appear in court Monday on charges he killed 21-year-old Kara Welsh of Plainfield on Friday.
Update: A DeKalb man and woman suffered serious gunshot wounds Monday after a shooting inside a University Village apartment, DeKalb police Chief David Byrd said.
A DeKalb man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with an Aug. 2 stabbing that took place after an argument, police said Friday.
A DeKalb man who was convicted of an Elgin murder years ago has been found guilty of firing off a gun into the air outside a Marengo restaurant last year.