Stories from DuPage County Circuit Court
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.
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.
A motion was granted Sunday to detain pre-trial an Addison convicted felon accused of possessing a semi-automatic handgun, prosecutors said.
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.
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.
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.
A Downers Grove woman who was the office manager for a retail shop that specialized in medical equipment and prosthetics is facing federal health care fraud charges.
A Villa Park man has been charged with murdering his girlfriend by stabbing her a dozen times, according to court records.
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 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.
A Chicago man accused of robbing another man at gunpoint outside an Elmhurst apartment complex was ordered detained Sunday while awaiting trial.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul has charged a Cook County man for his alleged participation in a burglary ring that targeted liquor stores in DuPage and Cook counties.
An Elmhurst teen pleaded guilty Tuesday to a hate crime charge alleging he carved swastikas into playground equipment at an elementary school.
A Downers Grove man was sentenced to two years probation after admitting guilt to money laundering allegations linked to reported prostitution at a Lombard hotel.
A motion to detain pre-trial two Zion women accused of stealing more than $1,400 worth of merchandise from the Oak Brook Macy’s department store was denied on Sunday, prosecutors said.
A motion to detain pre-trial a Carol Stream man accused of shooting another man following a road rage altercation has been granted, prosecutors said.
A motion to deny pre-trial release for an Addison man currently on parole who was allegedly found to be in possession of a loaded machine gun, DuPage County prosecutors said.
The police officer who shot and killed a man in Carol Stream in February will not be criminally prosecuted, the DuPage County state’s attorney announced Wednesday.
An Elgin man has pleaded guilty to killing a passenger in his car in a drunk-driving crash.
A Bloomingdale man accused of killing his nephew in 2020 has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, authorities said.
A motion was granted Friday to deny pre-trial release for a Morton Grove man accused of robbing a man at gunpoint and taking his vehicle in downtown Elmhurst, prosecutors said.
A now former Glendale Heights police officer has been charged with official misconduct for allegedly misusing a village-issued credit card, prosecutors said.
The fiancee of a man who was shot to death last year in an unincorporated area near Willowbrook is suing two stores in the strip mall where the mass shooting happened.
A Naperville woman has been charged with enlisting the help of her two juvenile daughters to steal more than $4,600 worth of merchandise from the Yorktown Center JCPenney department store, prosecutors said.
A motion to deny pre-trial release for a Glendale Heights convicted felon accused of possessing a fully loaded gun that had been modified was granted Wednesday in DuPage County First Appearance Court, prosecutors said.
A motion to detain pretrial the second of two Elmhurst teens accused of carving swastikas into an elementary school’s playground equipment was granted on Tuesday.
A motion to detain pre-trial a Villa Park man accused of fleeing the scene after he allegedly struck a bicyclist with his car was denied Tuesday in DuPage County Court, prosecutors said.
Pre-trial release was denied Wednesday for a West Chicago man accused of possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse material, prosecutors said.
A former DuPage County assistant state’s attorney has been charged with threatening two state legislators.
Two Elmhurst teens are accused of carving swastikas into an elementary school’s playground equipment, authorities said.
A DuPage County sheriff’s deputy is suing the sheriff, two former deputies and the county, saying she was sexually harassed at work and retaliated against when she complained.
A former Glendale Heights man was sentenced Thursday to 58 years in prison for breaking into an elderly woman’s home and sexually assaulting her in November 2021.
A federal judge has ordered the village of Carol Stream to release the names of six police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man in February, according to an attorney for the man’s family.
A motion was approved Thursday to deny pre-trial release for two Chicago men accused of stealing two chainsaws from a truck and then leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.
A DeKalb woman accused of drinking and driving and then fleeing from police with her twelve-year-old daughter in the car.
A Glendale Heights man has been charged with a felony, accused of harboring a man suspected of murdering a Chicago police officer.
A 22-year-old Crest Hill man has been charged with shooting a man to death last week in Woodridge
A Chicago man charged with attempted murder in an Addison gang-related case pleaded guilty last month to mob action.
A motion to detain pre-trial a Chicago man accused of fleeing from police after allegedly stealing $837 worth of alcohol from a Lombard Mariano’s grocery store, prosecutors said.
A motion to detain pre-trial a West Chicago man accused of fatally striking a pedestrian with his car early Monday morning has been denied, prosecutors said.
Two individuals were charged with burglary and retail theft after stealing merchandise from Wheaton and Oak Brook retail stores in unrelated incidents this past weekend, prosecutors said.
A DuPage County judge on Friday granted the state’s motion to deny pre-trial release for a Westmont man allegedly found in possession of a loaded gun altered to allow it to fire in fully automatic mode, prosecutors said.
A motion to detain pre-trial a homeless man accused of breaking into a Westmont woman’s home and stealing her car was granted on Tuesday.
The second of two men charged with breaking into homes in Wheaton and Lombard and shooting a homeowner in August 2020 has been sentenced to 72 years in prison.
A motion to detain pre-trial two Chicago men accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from an Elmhurst Walgreens store was denied on Tuesday.
One of two men charged with breaking into houses in Wheaton and Lombard and shooting a homeowner in August 2020 was sentenced Monday to 60 years in prison, prosecutors said.
A former Westmont teen was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for shooting a woman in the leg and hijacking her car at gunpoint when he was 15 years old, prosecutors said.
A 39-year-old DuPage County man faces reckless discharge of a firearm charges after he allegedly fired shots from his apartment complex before barricading himself inside of his unit, authorities said.