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A Bolingbrook man is accused of allowing the shut down of an electronic monitoring device that was placed on him after he was charged with a battering his former girlfriend and violating her protective order.
Victim, family are supportive of court's decision.
A Bolingbrook man has been charged with an arson on Wednesday that caused severe burns to a 35-year-old man.
One victim was identified as a 17-year-old of Sterling. He remains in critical condition. A second victim has been identified as a 14-year-old, also of Sterling. His condition is reported as stable.
A Villa Park juvenile has been accused of breaking into Jefferson Pool, a Villa Park recreation facility, and setting fire to a desk in the office of the facility.
Sterling police officers were notified of a shooting that had occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday in the area of 13th Avenue and East Fifth Street, Sterling.
The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed late Tuesday that it is “assessing the circumstances” surrounding the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy
A motion to deny pre-trial release for a Glendale Heights man charged with firing a gun into the air and then leading police on a high-speed chase was approved Tuesday, prosecutors said.
In a video released by Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser, the July 6 shooting of Massey in her home near Springfield shows the events that unfolded at about 12:50 a.m. on July 6
Defense attorney to argue for mental health evaluation.
A motion to deny pre-trial release for a Villa Park man charged with the murder of his girlfriend following a domestic altercation at his apartment was denied Friday, prosecutors said.
The wife of a Joliet man who was fatally wounded in a 2023 police shooting has filed a lawsuit that alleged the officers failed to defuse the situation and used excessive force.
Whiteside County jury on Friday convicts Steven W. Coleman of murder, four arson-related charges in 2020 Sterling apartment fire that left three dead.
A Montgomery man has been sentenced to natural life in prison for shooting his estranged wife to death in front of her mother and two children.
A former Schaumburg man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for robbing at gunpoint a Wheaton Sprint store in 2019 and a Hinsdale Verizon Wireless store in 2022.
A Joliet man asking for money was accused of punching a woman who declined to give him cash and threatening to shoot officers who arrested him, prosecutors said.
Two men have been charged with hate crimes for allegedly spray painting “Free Gaza” on an Israeli flag at the Bloomingdale Woodman’s grocery store last month, prosecutors said.
Defendant Steven W. Coleman's ex-girlfriend, brother testify about hours leading up to fire.
A Springfield woman’s call for help ended with her death and the indictment of a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy on first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct
A Villa Park man has been charged with murdering his girlfriend by stabbing her a dozen times, according to court records.
Ogle County jury found Matthew Plote guilty in June of killing Melissa Lamesch and their full-term unborn son in November 2020
The trial of Steven W. Coleman continued in Whiteside County Court on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Coleman is accused of setting fire to a Sterling apartment complex in June 2020, resulting in the deaths of three people.
Prosecutors set their sights on proving the 2020 fire that killed three people in Sterling was an act of arson. Meanwhile, the defense worked to prove to the jury that even though the defendant Steven W. Coleman phone was found near the burning building, he didn't start the fire.
Although Angel Contreras was a no-show at what would’ve been his final meeting with Joliet Township, he nevertheless received praise from several colleagues, including his successor on the township board.
Detailing what they described as a drug deal gone awry that led to the desire for revenge, Whiteside County prosecutors began laying out their case Tuesday against a Rock Falls man accused of setting a fire that killed a Sterling woman and two children in June 2020.
Steven W. Coleman is charged with arson and six counts of first-degree murder in the fire that killed two children and a woman at Western Apartments.
After Monday's jury selection, the trial of Steven W. Coleman is underway in Whiteside County. Coleman is accused of setting a fire to the Western Apartments in Sterling that killed three people in June 2020.
A woman from Atlanta, Georgia, has been charged with the May 16 fatal shooting of a man in Bolingbrook, court records show.
A former Bartlett man found guilty but mentally ill in the 2019 stabbing death of his mother has was sentenced Monday to 27 years in prison, prosecutors said.
A plea agreement could be coming for a Sycamore woman accused of stealing about $90,000 from the Sycamore Music Boosters Club and using the funds for gambling and to buy alcohol, her lawyer said Monday
On Aug. 23, a Will County judge will decide the sentence for a Joliet couple who pleaded guilty to stealing money from Plainfield American Legion Marne Post 13 Legion Riders.
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump in Florida has dismissed the prosecution because of concerns over the appointment of the prosecutor who brought the case
A special meeting will be held next Tuesday to accept the formal resignation of Joliet Township Supervisor Angel Contreras, who pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI and aggravated driving while license revoked.
Dieontae Sparks, 24, convicted for accountability in crime in which victim was shot by another man.
A case management conference on the two motions is set for 3:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Whiteside County Courthouse.
A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ‘s bankruptcy case on Friday, slamming the former New York City mayor as a “recalcitrant debtor” who thumbed his nose at the process while seeking to shield himself from a $148 million defamation judgment
Two Monmouth men have been charged in Lee County with felony burglary and theft in connection with a break-in at a rural Dixon residence.
Sarah Safranek, 37, the mother of Nathaniel Burton, is accused of killing him in the family’s Oregon home in February 2021.
A third man has been taken into custody by the Joliet Police Department in the fatal 2021 shooting of 18-year-old Jwaun Jones.
Duane Meyer, 42, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, house fire in Byron.
A federal appeals court reversed the dismissal of a privacy intrusion claim lodged by a Joliet police officer. A federal judge criticized the search warrant for the officer's phone that was signed by a Will County judge.
A Naperville man has been charged in Will County with the first-degree murder of his ex-wife, who suffered 30 to 35 stab wounds in the attack, prosecutors said.
After almost four years, a Kendall County case against a retired Joliet police sergeant accused of unlawfully accessing a controversial squad vehicle video has not yet gone to trial.
Gounaris is charged with shooting three members of the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response Team after a three-hour standoff.
Former Republican State Sen. Sam McCann was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for stealing nearly $700,000 in campaign funds and attempting to conceal his theft with false reports to state election authorities
A motion was granted Monday to deny pre-trial release for a Woodridge man accused of fleeing from police at a high rate of speed on multiple occasions, prosecutors said.
A motion was granted Tuesday to detain pre-trial two women accused of stealing nearly $6,000 worth of merchandise from two Oak Brook stores.
A Hoffman Estates man is being held at the DuPage County jail after authorities say he beat his girlfriend, kidnapped her and threatened to sexually assault and kill her.
Nicholas Davis was taken into custody on warrants from Lee and Ogle counties.
Americans are about evenly split on whether former President Donald Trump should face prison time for his recent felony conviction on hush money charges, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research