DUI news
The Romeoville Police Department has announced it will taking extra measures to ensure traffic safety during the St. Patrick's Day holiday weekend to avert potential issues with impaired driving.
To remind motorists of the dangers of impaired driving and to help keep our streets safe, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with the Illinois State Police and Illinois Department of Transportation for a traffic safety campaign between March 8 – March 19.
A Poplar Grove woman sobbed uncontrollably as she pleaded guilty on Friday to driving under the influence of cocaine when she drove at 104 mph and ran a red light before a 2021 Marengo crash that killed two people.
Illinois State Police announced the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Cook, Will and DuPage counties during December.
During these last days of the year, additional law enforcement will be patrolling Illinois roads for impaired driving, seat belt, speeding, distracted driving and other traffic laws.
The Illinois State Police released the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Cook, Will and DuPage counties.
Motorists will see hundreds of additional seat belt enforcement zones and other enforcement patrols looking for seat belt law violators and drug- and alcohol-impaired drivers through Nov. 28.
A Mokena man was accused of fighting with a Lockport police officer who suspected he drove drunk. The man was also charged with trying to take away the officer's gun during the scuffle.
The Will County State's Attorney said the life of Nicholas Ercolini was "extinguished" because Erik Christensen, a "repeat offender, made the selfish decision to once again drive while intoxicated."
To avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest, the Ogle County state’s attorney asked for and was granted a special prosecutor in the case of a now-former deputy charged with DUI and leaving the scene of a crash.
The man who drove drunk and killed a Sterling woman more than six years ago is set to be sentenced Monday – unless his request to reschedule a fourth time because of ongoing medical treatment is granted.
Bond has been set at $2 million for a Carol Stream man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase resulting in a crash while under the influence of alcohol, authorities said.
State police have arrested a Wilmington man on DUI charges for a wrong-way interstate collision that killed two parents and hospitalized three of their children on June 27.
A 2018 federal lawsuit against a Joliet police officer and the City of Joliet may go to trial during the week of May 22.
A woman was arrested after she was suspected of driving under the influence with her five children in a vehicle and crashing into three residential mailboxes in Joliet, police said.