Crime and Courts

The defendant accused of stabbing another homeless man in Woodstock has agreed to being held in McHenry County jail while awaiting trial.

An accomplice in a robbery described feeling “scared and shocked” in 2019 after their “target” was shot in the head and left lying in the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant in Joliet during testimony in a Will County courtroom on Wednesday.

A felon convicted of a 1993 Elgin murder has been sentenced to another 12 years in prison for firing a gun outside a Marengo restaurant.

Acevedo is the star of the last episode that prosecutors are seeking to prove in Madigan’s bribery, racketeering and extortion trial

A Kankakee man serving 32 years in prison for a 2007 conviction for attempted murder was given his freedom back Monday

An internal affairs investigation has still not begun over a Will County sheriff lieutenant’s fatal shooting of a bank hostage taker in 2022.

A 16-year-old girl has been arrested in Joliet after she was accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl over a social media dispute, Joliet police said.

A McHenry County judge will decide if a Wonder Lake man is guilty of his second or third DUI offense, given he was convicted of causing a fatal boat crash while drunk.

A Chicago man has been arrested on a charge of recklessly firing a gun in a Oct. 3 shooting that damaged a vehicle in Joliet.

A man who was going to be jailed for allegedly failing a drug test ran out of the Will County Courthouse in Joliet but was caught at a parking garage, police said.

A scammer persuaded a New Lenox man to deposit $15,140 into a bitcoin machine by claiming he had been issued a warrant for missing jury duty.

Shorewood police officers have arrested a man who is accused of stalking a 16-year-old girl and her mother outside Mariano’s grocery store.

After an extraordinarily short day of trial Monday, jurors may only remember one detail: those high up in Gov. JB Pritzker’s 2018 campaign had nicknamed then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “Sphinx.”

Court records show New York prosecutors have charged a man with murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

A Crystal Lake man is accused of sharing “sexually explicit" images and messages with a 13-year-old child from Texas over Snapchat; authorities said he lied about his age.

A Chicago man has rejected a plea offer on the eve of his trial in the Joliet Denny’s murder case and could face up to 120 years if convicted, prosecutors said.

An appellate court is upholding a judge’s decision to dismiss Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis from a lawsuit regarding one of his employees being involved in an improper physical relationship.

A Sterling man is charged with several weapon and drug violations accusing him of being armed while possessing cannabis and intending to deliver the drug.

A man pleaded guilty to possessing lewd images of a teen girl who Johnsburg and McHenry police say he met on Snapchat then traveled from Chicago Heights to see.

Police officers in Joliet are searching for a suspect who attempted a robbery and fired shots at the victim who fled in a vehicle.

A Chicago man accused in a fatal DUI Dec. 1 in Villa Park had a blood alcohol content of .374% when he ran a red light and crashed his minivan into an SUV, killing a 69-year-old man, authorities say.

Prosecutors said a 70-year-old Crystal Lake man exchanged sexually explicit messages with someone he believed to be an 11-year-old child.

A Will County judge found a former Joliet city manager not guilty of driving under the influence following a trial where his attorney claimed he was subjected to biased treatment by police.

Man who robbed teen during would-be drug buy pleaded guilty in McHenry County and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

A frustrated Will County judge warned a former attorney for convicted ex-Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson that he will face a new contempt case if he continued to interrupt and talk over her.

Republican lobbyist testifies about ‘crazy parking lot disaster’ at heart of Michael Madigan corruption trial

A man with a past felony conviction was found guilty of possessing multiple narcotics and a loaded firearm found in a McHenry home.

A motion was granted Tuesday to detain pre-trial a Round Lake Beach man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of methamphetamine, prosecutors said.

Theodore Broduer, former chief executive officer of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy counties, has been indicted in Will County on felony theft charges.

The smell of raw marijuana alone is enough probable cause for an officer to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday, reversing the decision of a Whiteside County judge and upholding the appellate court’s ruling.

Wednesday’s sentencing hearing included a tearful plea from Darnell Wilson’s partner to not send him to prison, an admission from Wilson that possessing and using the drug was wrong, and his apology to his family and the court.

A felon, listed as a registered sex offender since 2003 resulting from a child pornography conviction, pleaded guilty last week to sexually assaulting a child in Wonder Lake.

At the end of the three-page list, Madigan’s former chief of staff Jessica Basham noted that 43 of the 91 recommendations had been taken up by the Pritzker administration

A Richmond man held in McHenry County Jail since February in connection with his teen son's overdose now faces a witness tampering charge, court records show.

Casper Jennings is accused of committing sex acts with the girl between June and November.

A Chicago man accused in a fatal DUI Sunday in Villa Park had a blood alcohol content of .374% when he ran a red light and crashed his minivan into an SUV, killing a 69-year-old man, authorities say.

Homer Glen residents Alexa Balen and Edward Weiher have once again been denied pretrial release after the Will County State's Attorney's office revealed new information regarding the overdose death of the couple's 2-year-old daughter.

A Wonder Lake man and McHenry woman have been arrested and charged with possessing methamphetamine and other drugs as well as firearm offenses.

Bart Beals represents clients in Kankakee County court as well as U.S. District Court

Danny Solis’ extraordinary cooperation deal will see the single bribery charge that was eventually pressed against him in 2022 dropped so long as prosecutors are satisfied with the truthfulness of his testimony in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan

Authorities have identified the chainsaw-wielding man shot by police at a St. Charles assisted living facility Sunday morning.

A woman accused of stealing from Macy’s in Oakbrook Center and sideswiping a police car has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.

A homeless man found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman near the Illinois Prairie Path in 2018 has been sentenced to 66 years in prison, prosecutors said.

Judge Daniel L. Kennedy has been reelected to a third term as chief judge as the 12th Judicial Circuit of Will County.

A federal civil lawsuit filed against the former executive director of the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency Richard Simms and his daughter Anna, could be nearing a conclusion

A Woodstock man was taken into custody this week who is accused, along with a woman, of endangering five children found in soiled diapers in a garbage-filled home.

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, though he had previously said he would not do so

A Chicago woman remains in the DuPage County jail after authorities say she caused a crash in Oak Brook Wednesday while trying to evade police.

Appearing via video, David Sosa was seen Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, in Lee County Court for a pretrial hearing for his first-degree murder charges. Sosa will be held in a juvenile facility until he turns 18 on Dec. 18 and then remanded to the Lee County jail.

Andrew Densmore of DeKalb is accused of loading up a cart with more than $3,600 in alcohol and walking out with it at McHenry's Jewel-Osco.