Local Crime

A Wisconsin man is being held in jail pending trial amid charges that he sexually assaulted two children multiple times in Genoa, authorities said.

A Waterman 18-year-old has been charged with attempted murder after authorities allege he beat and threatened to kill a 71-year-old woman in Big Rock Township. The woman suffered serious injuries, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

Kankakee police arrested a Chebanse man after he allegedly left an infant unattended inside a van.

An NIU student from Batavia was charged Monday after police searched his dorm room in DeKalb and allegedly found more than 20,000 images depicting child sexual abuse on his electronics. Police allege he used AI and photos of real people he knew and sold the materials via Snapchat

A man who killed a man during a drug deal in Hanover Park has been sentenced to life in prison

Kankakee County Sheriff’s police arrested Stephen N. Nelson of Momence after he allegedly fired multiple rounds from a firearm in the backyard of his residence in the 11000 block of East Parrish Street Friday.

A DeKalb man was charged this month with the criminal sexual assault dating back to August 2024 after the victim alleged the man “asked for a hug,” and then assaulted them, court records show.

A Colorado juvenile has been accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in downtown Downers Grove last month.

A Hinckley woman was charged this month after police allege she attacked an Elgin man with a large kitchen knife, injuring him in a domestic attack, court records show.

A DeKalb County judge on Thursday denied release to a man accused of shooting and severely injuring a teenager outside a DeKalb apartment complex Wednesday. “This defendant literally brought a gun to a fist fight with minors," prosecutor Heather Darsie said.

One person suffered serious injuries in a shooting mid-afternoon in DeKalb Wednesday, Police Chief David Byrd said. Two suspects are in police custody. This is a developing story.

A Bloomingdale man accused of attempting to rob at gunpoint a West Chicago gas station will remain in jail until at least his next court date, prosecutors said.

A jury on Friday found Lawrence Grant, 41, formerly of Chicago, guilty of shooting a woman who was eight months pregnant while she was traveling on Route 83 in early 2022.

A second teen has been charged with robbing a woman at gunpoint in downtown Downers Grove last month, prosecutors said.

Four Italian nationals accused of operating an electronics counterfeit ring worth more than $570,000 will remain in jail until their next court date.

Kankakee police arrested a 23-year-old mother of two children for allegedly harming one of them.

A third arrest has been made by Kankakee police related to a shooting in the 200 block of South Rosewood Avenue on April 30.

Kankakee police arrested Frances T. Rogers earlier this week after officers allegedly found her with a gas can and a lit cigarette as she stood on the porch of a residence in the 700 block of East Locust Street.

A motion was denied Friday to detain pre-trial a Chicago man accused of robbing at gunpoint a postal carrier, prosecutors said.

Instead of a jury trial in June, a plea could be coming for a DeKalb man accused of driving under the influence and causing a crash that killed DeKalb County sheriff's deputy Christina Musil, his lawyer said Thursday.

Kankakee police investigated a shots fired incident that occurred Wednesday in the 400 block of North East Avenue.

Ahmad Steele, 38, of DeKalb, was sentenced this week by a judge to 45 years in prison for shooting a stranger in the face in West Chicago in 2021.

A DeKalb man convicted of murdering high school teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in 2023 has new charges after he punched a DeKalb County jail deputy and spit at another, broke a fire sprinkler and damaged jail property, court records allege.

The Iroquois County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting Monday that left one person dead and the alleged shooter arrested.

A Plano man has been found guilty of criminal sexual assault to a teenager after a four-day trial this month.

A motion was approved Monday to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago man accused of crashing his car into the attached garage of an Elmhurst home while fleeing from police, prosecutors said.

A Joliet man is being held in Will County jail for allegedly stabbing a woman during an incident in which he was stabbed in the chest.

Joliet police are investigating a weekend shooting which left two homes and six vehicles damaged by gunfire.

A 24-year-old man was shot to death Saturday evening during an altercation in Downers Grove, police said.

Three teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection to a Monday shooting in DeKalb, police said Thursday.

A man wanted for a shooting that occurred last month in Paducah, Kentucky, was arrested Monday by Kankakee police.

Wednesday marks two years since DeKalb police found 15-year-old Gracie Sasso-Cleveland. dead. And while the man responsible has since pleaded guilty, he’s not yet received a prison sentence. “Losing a child changes you in every way,” her mom Ericka Sasso said.

Charges have been filed against five Venezuelan migrants, all male juveniles currently residing in Chicago, for allegedly stealing merchandise from two Oak Brook stores in two unrelated incidents.

DeKalb police are investigating a shooting Monday night outside apartment buildings on Kimberly Drive. Police Chief David Byrd said no victims or suspects have been identified as of about 8 p.m.

Downers Grove and Woodridge police are investigating several commercial burglaries that occurred in both communities in the early morning hours Sunday, authorities said.

Pre-trial release was denied a Chicago woman accused of leading police on a chase from Bloomingdale to Lombard after an alleged retail theft Friday by her passenger.

A DeKalb man has been charged with 15 counts of circulating materials online, including video and photographs, depicting child sexual abuse, court records show.

A DeKalb man who pleaded guilty in February to murdering teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in 2023 won’t be sentenced as planned this week. Instead, Timothy Doll, 31, has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, court records show.

A motion was granted Wednesday to detain pre-trial an Oak Park man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.

A Woodridge man accused of killing a bicyclist while driving drunk and then fleeing the scene was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.

A 54-year-old Chicago man is charged with first-degree murder after authorities said he spat on a Glendale Heights woman and stabbed her in the back Thursday near a CTA green line stop in Chicago.

A motion to deny pre-trial release for a Lombard man accused of crashing into another vehicle after fleeing from police at a high rate of speed, prosecutors said.

Downers Grove police are investigating an armed robbery that took place Friday in the 1600 block of 75th Street.

A Will County judge Thursday granted a two-year, no-contact order against a Neuqua Valley High School English teacher accused of grooming and sexually abusing a 16-year-old student.

Six people are in custody after Downers Grove police say a woman was the victim of an armed robbery Tuesday night.

A Georgia man is facing federal charges for threatening a spiritual mission based in West Chicago.

The niece of a man killed during a confrontation with Carol Stream police last year has pleaded guilty to making threats against officers during a protest over the deadly shooting.

Four Cook County men have been charged with stealing from multiple Home Depot stores located in DuPage County, prosecutors said.

A Woodridge woman has plead guilty to fraudulently applying for and receiving a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) totaling about $28,408 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul

Convicted murderer Jonathan D. Hurst has asked a DeKalb County judge to reconsider the two life sentences she handed him last month for the violent murders of Sycamore elderly mother and son Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson, court records show.