Mendota man gets probation for thwarting Peru shooting case
A Mendota man pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to police about a 2019 Peru shooting. During the plea, his prosecutor said who the gunman was believed to be.
Grand jury indicts motorist for wielding a shank in La Salle County Jail
A Machesney Park man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly wielding a shank inside La Salle County Jail, injuring two corrections officers
Video: Ottawa stabbing death called ‘an isolated incident’ by authorities
Ottawa Police Capt. Michael Cheatham said Wednesday the public should know there are no other people of interest in the investigation launched after an Ottawa woman was found dead Monday morning in her apartment.
Bond set at $3M for Mokena man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in Ottawa
A Mokena man was ordered held Tuesday on $3 million bond after authorities said he stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend in her apartment early Monday on Ottawa’s South Side.
Tri-DENT drug investigation leads to Marseilles man’s arrest
Ottawa Police and La Salle County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Benjamin R. Smith, 24, of Marseilles on cocaine charges Sunday in Ottawa.
Pair of Interstate 80 travelers face meth, cocaine charges after Tri-DENT traffic stop
Tri-DENT Drug Task Force agents arrested two Interstate 80 travelers on charges linked to methamphetamine and cocaine after an April 15 traffic stop near mile post 72 Bureau County.
Coroner called to crime scene at McKinley Road in Ottawa
The La Salle County Coroner’s Office confirmed Monday they are on scene at 321 W. McKinley Road in Ottawa, but otherwise declined to comment.
1 in 8 La Salle County inmates are supposed to be in prison
Officials at La Salle County Jail are getting frustrated with a backlog of inmates waiting to be transferred to the Illinois Department of Corrections. One in every eight of the county’s 175 inmates was supposed to have been shipped off by now.
La Salle County Jail deputies injured in inmate attack
Authorities said a 39-year-old Machesney Park inmate in jail on charges for fleeing and eluding police from an incident in Tonica attacked a nurse Thursday and injured two correction officers.