Undercover officers who met with a Joliet man last Thursday for a drug buy at a McDonald’s had attempted to pin in his vehicle and arrest him before he fled and caused a multi-vehicle crash, prosecutors said.

A Kewanee man admitted in McHenry County court that he killed a woman’s cat after physically abusing the woman in Harvard following the 2023 Super Bowl.

A Villa Park teenager accused of punching a Villa Park police officer in the face after leading police on a high-speed chase will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance, prosecutors said

Jamar E. Clinton, 22, of Oswego, is charged with two felony counts of intimidation, a criminal damage to property felony, and an aggravated battery to a police, according to police.

Yorkville police responded around 5:42 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 to 500 block of Yellowstone Avenue following reports of an individual smashing out vehicle windows.

A judge has ordered the Will County Sheriff’s Office to pay a Mokena man more than $19,000 following the dismissal of a forfeiture case that his attorney claimed involved “outrageous misconduct.”

Charges have been dismissed against two Chicago men who were accused of scamming a Spring Grove couple out of $100,000, though one of the defendants paid back half the money, officials said.

An Addison man has been charged with felonies after authorities said he fired multiple gunshots at police, striking one officer in a protective vest during a four-hour standoff at his home Thursday.

A McHenry woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $22,000 from her child’s estate and was sentenced to 30 months of "second-chance probation" – a chance to wipe it clean from her record.

Selene M. Turner, 58, was reported missing on Tuesday.

Jonathon Gounaris, 33, is charged with shooting three members of the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response Team after a three-hour standoff when police tried to enter his home in Lost Lake, a rural subdivision east of Dixon in June 2024.

A civil trial will begin Monday in Whiteside County Circuit Court to determine whether the widow of a Sterling firefighter, killed in the line of duty in 2021, should be paid damages in connection with his death

Without waiting for a scheduled hearing on an ex-wife’s standing as a special representative for her late husband in a wrongful death lawsuit, a federal judge ruled on his own that she needed to file in state court.

Attorneys in the Xandria Harris murder trial informed the judge Thursday they had received most of the documents they requested during a Sept. 26 court date.

Derek Swanlund, 45, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the April 21 death of Cameron Pasley, 25, also of Mt. Morris.

Darryl Lee Jr., 19, of Kankakee, faces 11 felony counts, including first-degree murder, concealment of homicidal death and armed robbery.

Sarah Safranek is accused of suffocating her son, Nathaniel Burton, in the family’s Oregon home in February 2021.

Camren Hastings, 18, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated use of a firearm as a person under the age of 21, a Class 4 felony.

A man who faces a slew of charges – but not attempted murder – must remain in jail under the SAFE-T Act following his arrest in connection with a police pursuit and shooting in Joliet.

The prosecuting attorney told a Lee County judge Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, that a plea deal is being negotiated in the case of a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

Ashley Tucker, 25, was reported missing on Oct. 14, 2018 and her body was found 12 days later in a yard in Lockport Township.

An Island Lake man had been accused of viewing thousands of videos depicting child sexual abuse that one investigator called among "the worst" he'd seen. The man pleaded guilty to one video and is headed to prison.

In the past few years, steer-tailing events in DeKalb, Will, Ogle and McHenry counties, among others, have drawn widespread criticism. Some say animal abuse allegations are hard to prosecute, however.

A 20-year-old man shot at police before fleeing on foot from a traffic stop in Joliet Township early Wednesday, police said

Harley Canas, 26, of Rock Falls, is charged in Whiteside County with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and endangering the life or health of a child, a misdemeanor, according to Whiteside County court documents.

A Rock Falls man has been charged in Whiteside County with felony weapons violations and resisting arrest

A Kingston man is facing new charges after police found explosive devices in his home this month, according to multiple sources.

An employee for Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow charged with official misconduct was fired last May but his office won’t disclose her termination letter, records show.

A Glendale Heights man who worked as a chef is facing a charge of the 2023 attempted murder and aggravated battery of a Joliet police officer who responded to his 911 call.

A DeKalb woman has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor in a Wendy’s bathroom while she was working as their supervisor, according to records filed in DeKalb County court.

A man accused of threatening to kill Barrington Hills police officers in a video he posted on YouTube has been found unfit to stand trial.

A semitrailer driver has been charged in Will County with threatening another semitrailer driver with a handgun following a road rage incident in Elwood, court records show.

A Wheaton man charged with possessing images of child pornography and failing to register as a sex offender will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance

Christian T. Page, 29, of Marengo, was charged following an investigation by the Yorkville Police Department Investigations Unit.

Investigators from seven police agencies worked together to conduct compliance checks on 114 offenders, making contact with 58.

Raymond Link is accused of attempted murder of a woman he allegedly attacked in a McHenry park last year and of a man who tried to stop him. Link's lawyers are exploring an insanity defense, court records show.

St. Charles driving instructor Paul Bocska – convicted in absentia of 16 felony sexual assault charges when he didn’t attend his own trial – continues to be in police custody in Hungary with extradition efforts ongoing, court records show.

Antonio L. Alexander, 48, has been charged with burglary, theft, resisting a police officer and obstructing a police officer. He is in custody at the Kendall County Jail.

A Romeoville woman accused of stealing almost $136,000 from Walmart has been placed on electronic monitoring after she failed to appear in court for more than a year while on cash bail release. 

A sex offender has been accused of recording himself having sexual contact with an underage girl.

A Florida man is accused of exposing himself to a child in a Fox River Grove park and urinating on the floor of the police station.

A Will County judge has ordered a New Lenox to remain in jail after he was accused of possessing a cellphone containing about 100 files of child sex abuse materials.

A man with a past violent conviction was detained after he was accused of starting a vehicle fire near Harvard and wielding a butcher knife when authorities arrived, a prosecutor said Thursday.

The city of Kankakee and the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency reached a settlement in its federal civil lawsuit with former KRMA Executive Director Richard Simms and his daughter, Anna Simms.

Darryl Lee Jr., 19, of Kankakee, faces 11 felony counts, including first-degree murder, concealment of homicidal death and armed robbery.

An Arizona woman who traveled to McHenry County with her son – smuggling 120,000 fentanyl pills as alleged carriers for a Mexican cartel – was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison.

Officers' search of a Savanna residence on Tuesday led to the seizure of three assault rifles, unlawful firearm silencers, ammunition, high-capacity assault rifle magazines and firearm components, according to the Savanna Police Department

A Joliet man has been charged with firing a gun in a “reckless manner” which "endangered” the safety of residents near Rowell Avenue and Linden Avenue, court records show.

The owner of an Addison ice cream shop is facing a lawsuit filed by 11 teenagers who said he secretly videotaped them while they were in the shop’s bathroom

A Rockford man’s argument that he entered a Rochelle townhome to “rescue” a “loved one” who worked as an online escort did not sway Ogle County jurors Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, from convicting him of home invasion, armed robbery, and being an armed habitual criminal.