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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.

Former NIU running back LeShon Johnson was charged in connection to illegal dog fighting after federal authorities seized 190 dogs from his Oklahoma property, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.

A DuPage County jury on Thursday found a DeKalb man guilty of shooting a man in the face during his dinner break from work in 2021, prosecutors said.

Nancy Strever said her family still has nightmares about finding her sister Patricia Wilson and nephew Robert Wilson beaten to death in 2016. But the man responsible, Jonathan D. Hurst, 56, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge ruled Thursday.

Jonathan Hurst, found guilty on Jan. 30 of murdering Sycamore elderly mother and son Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson in 2016, wants a new trial, court records show. He's set to be sentenced Thursday by Judge Marcy Buick.

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Jonathan D. Hurst, convicted of murdering Sycamore mother and son Patricia and Robert Wilson in 2016, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.