The two-day trial of Jodie Wiederkehr, 56, concluded Tuesday when the 12-person jury found her guilty of one count of false reporting, a Class 4 felony, and one count of harassment by telephone, a misdemeanor, after about two and a half hours of deliberations.

A Sterling man has been sentenced to up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to weapon, drug and resisting police offenses in two separate cases.

Defendants claim their car was stolen and they tracked it to Rochelle to recover it.

Charges were filed against Eduardo Hernandez-Maravillo from an incident which began in Oswego in June 2025, the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

The Grundy County Sheriff's Office Proactive Unit arrested a Riverdale man Tuesday after a drug dog found more than one kilogram of suspected cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 80.

A Batavia landlord reported to police that a tenant he evicted stole $8,420 worth of personal property while moving out, according to a police report.

A Joliet man has been charged with possession of child sex abuse materials and a judge granted him pretrial release on Tuesday.

A car repair shop in Batavia was tired of having its shed broken into – so they drilled holes into the old tires stored there, according to a police report.

A man held in Lake County jail the last two years on allegations he sexually assaulted a child from 2015 until 2024 is now in custody of the McHenry County and facing additional felonies involving the same child, court records show.

Animal activist is accused of calling Ogle County dispatchers 27 times on May 25, 2025, and falsely reporting that someone had been shot at a rodeo on Ritchie Road property.

Johann Cruz, 24, was charged following a traffic stop by Oswego Police at approximately 1:24 a.m. Sunday near U.S. Route 30 and Wolf Road, according to a news release from the police department.

The FBI and Aurora police are seeking potential victims or anyone with information on Michael Herbert, a now-former board member of Aurora Christian Schools charged with several felonies related to alleged sex abuse of minors.

A DuPage County judge allowed the pretrial release of a Plainfield man charged with using a racist slur against a Black child and it was not the first time he called someone that slur, prosecutors said.

Lake in the Hills police said 15 to 20 motorcyclists surrounded a vehicle Saturday afternoon, preventing the driver from moving, and one rider punched and hit the driver with his helmet “multiple times.”

A Joliet man is expected to go  to trial on July 6 in a first-degree murder case but prosecutors have been facing issues with getting a company to comply with a search warrant, court records show. 

A Whiteside County man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to theft and weapon charges in Whiteside County and to break-ins, unlawful restraint and battery charges in Bureau County

A Woodstock man allegedly told his therapist that he was going to harm a McHenry County sheriff’s deputy with an “aerosol can and a lighter,” prosecutors said.

An elderly Montgomery man, charged with sexually assaulting five minors, will have a jury trial Jan. 14 before Kane County Circuit Judge John Barsanti.

A Creston woman was charged with robbery, aggravated battery and mob action after her former partner was beaten by a group of men who jumped from her car, according to court documents.

Rogelio Alvarado-Alarcon, of Kankakee, was arrested Friday on multiple charges by the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group.

Northern Illinois authorities say to be on the lookout for romance scams, which tend to begin with gaining a victim’s trust on dating and social media apps. This courting is then followed by requests for money.

A Richmond man admitted Friday to unlawfully possessing a machine gun and was sentenced to six years in prison after authorities said he possessed an "arsenal" of weapons that were illegal because of a past felony convcition.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Hampshire after a string of reported burglaries from vehicles in the area. Police say the suspect was taken into custody following a brief foot chase.

An Aurora man has been charged with several felonies related to alleged illegal weapons and narcotics possession following a traffic stop and search of a residence.

A Crystal Lake man and former Deerfield High volunteer coach was sentenced to prison Friday for possessing an image depicting child sex abuse. A prosecutor called the allegations "deplorable."

A Kankakee teen has been found guilty in Will County of the 2024 attempted murder of a fellow juvenile detainee who suffered traumatic brain injury in an attack, court records show.

Oscar F. Pina, 49, pleaded guilty to the Class 2 felony offense as he appeared at the Ogle County Judicial Center in Oregon.

A Barrington Hills man with two pending cases involving alleged threats to police, judges and a probation officer has been ordered to be held in McHenry County jail.

A Plainfield Township man has pleaded guilty to the 2019 drug-induced homicide of a 26-year-old man. He was sentenced to serve 75% of a 6.5-year prison sentence.

For the year 2025 alone, the Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Complaint Center reports that the financial loss to the public is more than $20 billion. More often than not the victims are 60 years and older.

Alec H. Rutherford, 33, appeared in Ogle County court Wednesday morning and pleaded not guilty to four felony charges stemming from a June 4 incident at his rural home.

Harley R. Delander, 28, of Dixon, is charged with intimidation/physical harm, a Class 3 felony; and one count each of stalking/cause fear for safety and cyberstalking/cause person to fear, both Class 4 felonies, court records show.

Hamza Khatatbeh, 17, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Wednesday, nearly three years after he stabbed Sycamore teenager Kaleb McCall to death in a bank parking lot.

Alejandro Cota, who was charged in the horrific post-Christmas stabbing deaths of a mother and her 13-year-old son in 2024, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and accepted a life sentence in prison, officials announced in a news release.

Hamza Khatatbeh, 17, was sentenced to 17 years for second-degree murder Wednesday by DeKalb County Associate Judge Stephanie Klein, for the 2023 fatal stabbing of Sycamore 17-year-old Kaleb McCall.

The charges stem from a drug investigation that the Dixon Police Department began several months ago, according to police.

Police announced charges Tuesday against a South Elgin man accused of barricading himself inside a bedroom and threatening to shoot officers who had attempted to take him into custody on multiple felony warrants.

A Fox River Grove man has admitted to attempting to get a child’s guardian to send him lewd photos of the child and to possessing obscene materials.

Jury trials will remain on hold in Whiteside County after University of Chicago mathematicians’ work, though not complete, points to irregularities in how names surface for jury duty, a Whiteside County judge ruled Tuesday

A federal judge will review the grand jury minutes in a former Joliet police officer’s drug trafficking case at the request of his attorneys following the fallout from the unrelated “Broadview 6” case.

Alec H. Rutherford, 33, was taken into custody following a June 4 incident at his home north of Oregon.

A Kankakee man charged with killing a 15-year-old boy in June 2021 will now be facing federal charges.

An Illinois appellate court has upheld the 67-year prison sentence imposed on a Dixon man convicted of sexually assaulting and abusing a child

A Plato Township man, already on probation after pleading guilty to felony aggravated domestic battery in 2024, has been charged in a new domestic battery allegation, court records show.

A Woodstock man who crashed his car into a townhouse had just fled from a violent encounter with a woman who he allegedly punched while she was holding a toddler, authorities say.

DeKalb police arrested a Montgomery man recently after a woman told them he sexually abused her while delivering a couch to her apartment, according to records filed in DeKalb County court.

The Illinois State Police’s Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group (KAMEG) arrested 58-year-old Douglas P. Moore, of Kankakee, on multiple charges Friday.

University of Chicago mathematicians reviewed jury selection process selection methods over the weekend to determine if they are randomized. A report on their findings is expected by Tuesday.

A Joliet convicted felon accused of illegally possessing a loaded firearm will remain in jail until at least his next court date, prosecutors said

An Aurora man has been charged with first-degree murder after police said he fatally injured a 57-year-old man in an altercation near a downtown church in Aurora.