Lee County Sheriff's Office news
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.
Nicholas Davis was taken into custody on warrants from Lee and Ogle counties.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a round of robocalls that wants people to give personal information over the phone or risk being arrested.
The sheriff’s office will increase its efforts to focus on stopping unbuckled driving.
The Lee County State’s Attorney’s Office, Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center and Department of Children and Family Services are assisting with the investigation.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Rock Island and Bloody Gulch roads.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office joined forces with the Illinois State Police, local law enforcement and highway safety partners for the enforcement effort.
A Sterling felon convicted less than a year ago of threatening over social media to kill two Reagan Middle School students is facing new drug charges in Whiteside County.
Since 2016, Vested Interest in K9s has donated over $392,459 to medical reimbursement programs for self-funded K9 units.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and more than 200 local law enforcement agencies to step up enforcement efforts across the state in recognition of Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
After looking at the evidence, the Lee County state’s attorney opted to charge an Earlville parolee accused of stealing a vehicle in rural Dixon with three felonies, not the four the sheriff’s office thought he would be charged with.
An Earlville man wanted for absconding while on parole on a three-year DUI sentence out of DeKalb County – and who also has a pending felony DUI case in Lee County – was arrested Sunday in Dixon in a stolen vehicle, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said Monday.
An 18-year-old Dixon man accused of robbing Casey’s early Wednesday while masked and displaying a handgun was arrested about an hour later carrying “a very realistic looking Glock BB gun,” police said in a news release.
A 42-year-old Custer Park woman was charged Friday in Lee County Court in the hit-and-run death of a Rock Falls man, killed Dec. 4 near Walton as he was walking, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said.
A semi from Mexico hauling a load of Hamburger Helper it picked up at Crest Foods in Ashton got hung up on the icy tracks at a crossing east of Franklin Grove and was struck by a Union Pacific train, sending boxes of “America’s favorite one-pan meal” spilling in the snow.
Lee County: If you have to travel today, make sure you are prepared to be in your vehicle for several hours.
Snowstorm brought 5 inches or more to the Sauk Valley, and it isn't over yet – super cold temperatures are on the way.
A six-hour armed standoff ended peacefully Sunday afternoon after officers tossed tear gas into the hotel room where the suspect was holed up, and he surrendered, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said.
A six-hour armed standoff ended Sunday after officers tossed tear gas into the hotel room where the suspect was holed up, and he surrendered, the Lee County sheriff said.
Dixon, Lee County and Polo officers treat kids to a day of Christmas shopping Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dixon.
Dixon, Lee County and Polo treat local kids to a day of Christmas shopping Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in Dixon.
“An individual” who may have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run Monday in Walton contacted the department Tuesday to report that he or she was in a crash near that location, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said in a news release Wednesday.
Lee County sheriff’s deputies are looking for the driver who struck and killed the 40-year-old pedestrian around 9:30 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Sterling and Walton roads in Walton.
Lee County Sheriff's Office personnel will accompany 57 kids between the ages of 8 months and 18 years to shop at Walmart in Dixon on Dec. 9 as part of the annual Shopping with the Sheriff event.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office collected 1,720 pounds of food and $1,657 in cash donations during its second annual Stuff the Squad event on Saturday
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s second annual Stuff the Squad is set for Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. It will benefit the Dixon Community Food Pantry.
Lee County sheriff says investigation continues.
Law enforcement in Lee and Whiteside counties are looking for whomever tried to break into teller machines at two banks in the early morning hours on Sunday.
Anthony W. Barna, 27, of Bridgeview, was pronounced dead at the scene of the one-vehicle crash on Tower Road near its intersection with Green Wing Road.
A 20-year-old Dixon man whose body was discovered Thursday morning in Lowell Park after an explosion in a burning car committed suicide, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said.
The body of a rural West Brooklyn man who last was seen Aug. 14 was found Wednesday near his home, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help finding a missing rural West Brooklyn man.
Law enforcement is looking for a Dixon driver charged in the April 10, 2021 deaths of two 14-year-olds, who has been missing for more that a year.
The safety campaign will run from June 16 through the early-morning hours of July 5 to encompass three summer weekends leading up to and after Independence Day.
Lee and Whiteside counties are seeing an uptick in accidental 911 calls. Here's why, and how to help.
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K-9 Henry and its handler graduated May 26 from a six-week Patrol, Utility & Narcotics Detection training course in Michigan and became certified by the International Police Work Dog Association.
A North Dakota felon found possessing less than five grams of meth and a gun at the same time is facing a severe charge of armed violence in Lee County.
A Nelson man convicted of a violent assault on a baby in 2017 now also is facing sexual assault charges, accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a physically disabled 14-year-old girl while her parents and siblings slept nearby.
Who's a good police officer? Lee County hopes to generate support for K-9.
Dixon, Lee County and Amboy all participated in the annual Shop with a Cop at Dixon's Walmart Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022.
Whiteside County voters will be asked Tuesday to increase the countywide sales tax by 1%. Here's why.
The shooting late Sunday in Nelson may be a case of self-defense.
Two people were killed and another injured around 3 p.m. Saturday in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of La Moille and Maytown roads, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said in a new release Sunday.
The kayaker whose body was found in the Rock River near Rock River Estates in Dixon drowned, an autopsy conducted Thursday revealed.
For the second time in a little over a month, an Amboy man is dead and his wife injured, the Lee County sheriff reported.
Whiteside County deputies arrested a Dixon felon accused of breaking into a rural Sterling home.
A 21-year-old Amboy man is dead of an apparent gunshot wound, and his 19-year-old wife was taken to a Rockford hospital with unspecified injuries Sunday, the Lee County sheriff said.
Joel 'Bible Joe' Shoemaker, a longtime volunteer and a saver of souls at the old Lee County jail, died Sunday. He was 67.
The driver whose car struck a tree April 10, resulting in the death of two of his three passengers, was indicted on two counts of reckless homicide, the Lee County state's attorney said this afternoon.