Cory Love was accused of pushing woman off toilet, then attempting to strangle her and shove her head into toilet.
A Rock Falls man who recently entered into a plea agreement in 13 pending Whiteside County cases now is charged with appliance theft from a store in Dixon.
A 54-year-old Sterling woman is charged in Whiteside County court with financial exploitation of an elderly person and theft, which are punishable by four to 15 and three to seven years in prison, plus restitution, respectively.
The driver of a semitractor-trailer charged with improper passing in the death of a tractor driver in Rock Falls is scheduled to appear in Whiteside County traffic court in Sterling on May 13.
A former Savanna woman, who pleaded guilty March 1 to harassing a Black witness accusing her of hate crimes, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, April 26, after losing a bid to withdraw her guilty plea and proceed to a jury trial.
A Rock Falls man accused of injuring five others in a four-vehicle drunken crash while running from Dixon police on Dec. 5 pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated DUI, three or more convictions, and was sentenced to six years in prison, with no credit for time served.
A change-of-plea hearing for a 22-year-old Dixon man charged in the deaths of two Dixon 14-year-olds, which was scheduled to take place Tuesday, did not go off as planned because of some procedural issues.
The traffic charges against the teen driver of a pickup truck that investigators said failed to stop at an intersection on March 28, resulting in the deaths of his three teen passengers, have been dismissed for now.
A warrant was issued and an additional felony charge was filed against Dixon man accused of cutting a woman and stabbing her dog.