Crime and Courts

A 39-year-old Warrenville man is facing murder charges after authorities said he shot his wife to death Thursday.

A motion to detain pre-trial a Chicago convicted felon accused of possessing multiple handguns was granted Friday in DuPage County First Appearance Court, prosecutors said.

Attorneys discuss accessibility for Duane Meyer, 42, of Stillman Valley, as he is held in Ogle County Jail.

The federal election interference case against Donald Trump inched forward Thursday, with a judge permitting prosecutors to file court documents later this month that could detail unflattering allegations

Operation Streetsweeper is a joint effort of Joliet, Will County and federal law enforcement to address violent crimes, and those arrested face charges ranging from guns to drug offenses, Joliet police announced Thursday. Some arrests made are related to shootings this summer.

Two Cook County men charged over the weekend with weapons and drug offenses in separate incidents in DuPage County, authorities said.

A Westmont man accused of possessing a gun illegally modified to fire automatically has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, thwarting the former president’s latest bid to overturn his felony conviction and delay his sentencing

A Lombard man has been charged with yelling racial slurs and displaying a BB gun at a Lombard Park District facility, prosecutors said.

Chad T. Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois was scheduled to appear in court Monday on charges he killed 21-year-old Kara Welsh of Plainfield on Friday.

A Dixon woman charged with 11 offenses, including drunken driving and reckless driving, is accused of eluding officers in March in Rock Falls, according to Whiteside County court documents.

Sterling police say a vehicle, later abandoned in Jefferson school's parking lot, damaged a fence at Sterling High School during a police pursuit early Tuesday morning. Class schedules were not disrupted and students were not in danger from the overnight events, police said.

Lee County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jerry W. Juzwiak Jr., 35, after a traffic stop around 6:15 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 52 near Searls Road, south of Amboy, according to a news release issued by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Officers responded to the 600 block of Clement Street at 8:43 p.m. on Monday for a report of shots fired and found a 33-year-old male in a vehicle behind a residence, according to Joliet police.

Joliet police are investigating a shooting that occurred overnight Monday between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. in the 600 block of Whitley Avenue.

At around 12:29 a.m. Monday, Joliet police responded to the area of Hunter Avenue and Darcy Avenue for a disturbance. Upon arrival, an officer encountered an adult male holding a knife, according to police.

A 24-year-old Chicago man was ordered to remain in custody at the DuPage County jail while awaiting trial in connection with what authorities described as a road rage shooting Saturday night near Darien.

A former Joliet police officer who was convicted of domestic battery in 2023 has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.

Man accused of driving under the influence, combination drugs and alcohol; leaving the scene of an accident; improper lane usage; operating an uninsured vehicle; transportation of an open alcohol container; and no seat belt, according to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office.

Charges have been filed against two Chicago women for allegedly stealing more than $1,150 worth of merchandise from the Oak Brook Ulta Beauty store, prosecutors said.

Three attorneys for Joel Brodsky, a former attorney of convicted killer Drew Peterson, have motioned to withdraw from a case where Brodsky is accused of violating a Will County judge’s gag order.

A Joliet man faces 2 weapons charges following an investigation into shots fired Thurday at The Birches apartments on the city's west side

A Harvey man accused of fleeing from Villa Park police in a stolen car has pleaded guilty to being an armed habitual criminal.

A Joliet man charged with a robbery had been released from jail under an electronic monitoring court order in a separate gun-related case filed last year, court records show.

Prosecutor says 6,000 grams of heroin discovered in vehicle's hidden compartments during Interstate 88 traffic stop.

Joshua Anderson has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Bartlett police arrested an Elgin man Tuesday in connection with a shooting that caused damage to a home in early May.

An Ogle County judge has agreed to allow prosecutors to review a transcript of a juvenile proceeding during which they say a man accused of murder testified.

A Will County judge found a defense motion for an alternate suspect in a Lockport case involving the homicide of a woman and her infant daughter too speculative to introduce to jurors at the upcoming trial.

An Oct. 15 trial date has been set in Whiteside County Circuit Court.

Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him

A driver involved in a Joliet crash last year that led to death of a 25-year-old passenger from Texas has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence.

A young Joliet man has been charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery of a 19-year-old man earlier this summer in Joliet Township. The suspect was apprehended in Gary, Indiana.

Jonathon Gounaris, 32, is being held at the Winnebago County Jail in Rockford on 4 counts of attempted first-degree murder, 3 counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, 3 counts of aggravated battery and 2 counts of possession of a firearm without a firearm owner’s ID card.

A New Lenox man is charged with a Joliet shooting where he allegedly said he fired 30 rounds from a Glock firearm enhanced with a switch device, according to Will County prosecutors.

Alan Diaz Diaz was sentenced to 18 years by Kendall County Circuit Judge Jody Gleason after delivering more than 200 grams of psilocybin mushrooms to an undercover police officer in July 2022.

One of the two suspects in the shooting that damaged vehicles at the Joliet mayor's Hyundai dealership could be heard on video saying, “I’m going to try and hit that car,” prosecutors said.

Charges have been filed against four Chicago residents for allegedly stealing merchandise from two Oak Brook stores in two separate incidents, prosecutors said.

Five men have been charged with participating in a video gaming theft ring that stole more than $100,000 across numerous counties, including Cook, Will, Kane and Kendall.

Illinois State Police special agent trained at the FBI Academy for a year and then worked in forensics for five years before retiring

A man has pleaded guilty to killing a Glendale Heights man by supplying him with a mixture of fentanyl and heroin.

An attempted first-degree murder charge was filed against a Bolingbrook man accused of setting fire to a homeless man who later died from his injuries.

More than two years after he was charged with aggravated battery, the case of a Rock Falls man accused of beating a neighbor so badly that he died almost three weeks later is in limbo.

Defense attorneys in a case linked to a Joliet shooting spree are awaiting "enormous" discovery from multiple states. A Joliet police spokesman said their investigation of the shooting is finished but motive "still unclear."

A former Clinton, Iowa, man has been sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to criminal sexual assault in connection with a 2023 attack on a woman in Fulton.

Marquel Jimerson of Joliet was found guilty on five felony counts August 19 in the robbery and assault of his ex-girlfriend.

A young man from Indiana and a teen were arrested after they were charged with recklessly firing a gun at parking lot of the Joliet mayor’s dealership, police said.

A West Chicago teenager was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the brutal 2023 beating of an autistic man.

Deiontae McMillan convicted in murder of woman whose body was found by hunter near Joliet.

A former Chicago man was sentenced Thursday to 31 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to a Darien home invasion, prosecutors said.