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A man was arrested Thursday after punching another man in the face at a contentious Glendale Heights Village Board meeting, police said.

A Bolingbrook man on pre-trial release on a drug case, where he was accused of fleeing police at high speed, is now behind bars on a new fleeing-and-eluding case, where he is accused of crashing into a vehicle in Woodridge.

DeKalb police on Friday arrested a Chicago man they say was wanted for robbing a credit union while armed this summer and getting away with more than $50,000 in cash.

DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan this week denounced plans for a Kirkland rodeo expected to be held Saturday amid his office’s ongoing investigation into animal abuse, and said he opposed the county’s issuance of a second permit for the event.

A DeKalb man pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening to assassinate state GOP Rep. Jeff Keicher, a threat which Keicher, who lives in Sycamore, called “an affront” to democratic society.

A DeKalb man was arrested Thursday after police said he fled from authorities, leading them through a high-speed car chase in a Sycamore neighborhood.

A Chicago man this week was ordered detained pending trial as he faces charges that he made a false 911 call prompting two Sycamore schools to lock down as a precaution Friday.

A DeKalb County judge on Monday released a Kingston man charged with attempted murder in a DeKalb stabbing, citing law that requires court rulings to consider how to mitigate public threat if released.

A DeKalb man suffered serious injuries Sunday after police said another man, now charged with attempted murder, stabbed him with a butter knife during a quarrel over peanut butter and jelly, according to court records.

A Kingston man was charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in the early morning hours Friday in downtown DeKalb left a man with serious injuries, police said.

DeKalb police are investigating gunfire reported around Kimberly Drive Thursday night, said Police Chief David Byrd. The incident remains under investigation.

Prosectors have added another DUI charge against James Corralejo, an ex-cop who lives in DeKalb charged with driving drunk and causing a 2023 crash that killed DeKalb grandmother Graciela Reza Contreras, court records show.

More than a dozen DeKalb businesses recently illegally sold alcohol to a minor, DeKalb police said this week, citing failures out of 34 compliance checks. Police Cmdr. Chad McNett said authorities are cracking down on underage drinking.

A Wisconsin man has been charged in connection to what police said was a 2020 string of burglaries and stolen vehicles in DeKalb County and Wisconsin, court records show. The man's brother and another Milwaukee man also were charged.

A DeKalb man has been charged with attempted murder in connection to a 2021 shooting near a Quick Stop convenience store that left another man suffering gunshot wounds to his leg, records show.

A Chicago man has been arrested and charged in connection with a string of robberies including at a Metro T-Mobile store in DeKalb, police said.

Update: A DeKalb man and woman suffered serious gunshot wounds Monday after a shooting inside a University Village apartment, DeKalb police Chief David Byrd said.

A DeKalb man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with an Aug. 2 stabbing that took place after an argument, police said Friday.

While the parents of slain Sycamore teen Kaleb McCall, 17, watched, the defense for another teen charged in his 2023 fatal stabbing argued in court Monday that the juvenile system would better rehabilitate their client for a future that could include college and a career.

A Somonauk husband and wife who own an auto body shop allegedly swindled a semi truck owner out of $28,000 in fake repairs, court records show. Each face criminal charges of theft by deception and seven counts of forgery.

Two DeKalb brothers, including a convicted felon, are facing criminal charges after police allegedly found a machine gun, multiple types of weapons ammunition and drugs inside their home, court records show

A southern Illinois man has been charged with 13 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in DeKalb County, records show.

Almost five years after his arrest, a postponed trial and other court delays, an Ohio man accused of beating to death an elderly Sycamore mother and her son has a new trial date.

A DeKalb credit union has reopened fully to customers after a bank robbery reported about a week ago, officials with Illinois Community Credit Union said. Normal credit union operations resumed Monday.

DeKalb police are investigating a shooting reported in the early morning hours Sunday, police chief David Byrd said.

A Cortland man was indicted by a statewide grand jury this month after an investigation by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office alleged he had multiple materials on his computer that depicted child sex abuse, according to DeKalb County court records.

A Sycamore woman pleaded guilty this week to stealing $90,000 from the Sycamore Music Boosters club, and was sentenced by a judge to pay it back and serve 24 months probation. Prosecutors said she used the stolen funds for gambling and to buy alcohol.

Update: DeKalb police are on the lookout for a man they allege robbed a credit union while armed on Barber Greene Road Wednesday morning. Authorities released more information Wednesday night.

A Plano man accused of defrauding a DeKalb bank using multiple high school students’ bank accounts was released from DeKalb County Jail Tuesday after a judge’s ruling.

A Cook County man recently pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 3 years in prison for threatening multiple judicial officials in a series of phone calls in December.

A Cortland man has been charged with aggravated battery to a police officer after a DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy suffered a fractured arm while making an arrest this month, according to court documents. The man allegedly spit on another deputy while being arrested.

A man is facing multiple criminal charges of animal neglect and cruelty after a months-long investigation led by state authorities which they said uncovered dozens of dead livestock carcasses on his Sandwich property, court records show.

A DeKalb man accused of driving under the influence of drugs and causing a March crash that killed a sheriff’s deputy and mother of three was granted leave by a judge this month to travel for the birth of his grandchild.

A DeKalb County judge on Monday decided to keep jailed a DeKalb man accused of threatening to assassinate state Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, citing in part the man’s criminal history of making false 911 calls to police.

Prosecutors on Saturday asked a DeKalb County judge to detain a DeKalb man accused of threatening to assassinate GOP state Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, and a ruling is expected Monday. Forrest R. Brandon remains in custody at DeKalb County Jail for now.

A DeKalb man was arrested Friday and charged after police allege he threatened to assassinate State Rep. Jeff Keicher at an event planned Thursday at DeKalb High School, court records show. This is a developing story.

A DeKalb man is facing charges after police allegedly found hundreds of images on his cellphone depicting child sexual abuse, according to court records. An investigation by state and local authorities was prompted by a tip from Snapchat.

DeKalb County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Jim Burgh said the man allegedly crashed a 2017 Kia near the area of Genoa and Pierce roads Sunday, and attempted to flee the scene by knocking on a nearby resident’s door asking to use a phone.

Two people including a minor were arrested this week in connection to a robbery where victims alleged they were beaten and robbed by two masked individuals in DeKalb, police said.

A DeKalb man and convicted felony is facing criminal charges after police allege that he led officers on a foot chase and was found with a loaded gun.

Acting on a tip alleging illegal narcotics sales, DeKalb police arrested two men this week following a May drug bust that uncovered thousands of grams of illegal drugs, hundreds of prescription pills, a loaded handgun and thousands in cash, authorities said.

Ogle County Judge John “Ben” Roe sentenced Matthew Plote, 37, of Malta to life in prison Thursday for the November 2020 murder of Melissa Lamesch.

A DeKalb man and convicted felon is one of two accused of selling firearms earlier this year in a Kane County Home Depot parking lot after an investigation by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

A man suffered injuries in an overnight shooting in DeKalb, and authorities said Monday they’re asking for the public’s help in identifying the shooter.

Two vehicles were stolen, and others burglarized early Sunday morning at multiple locations across Kingston and Kirkland area, according to DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jim Burgh.

The defense team for the former Chicago man accused of beating to death a Sycamore mother and son is objecting to a court order that they reveal who they plan to call as witnesses in a now-delayed double-murder trial, court records show.

A North Aurora man was sentenced to 6 years in prison this week after he pleaded guilty to a 2021 attack on a boy with autism during a school bus ride from Camelot Center for Autism in Genoa, according to DeKalb County court records.

DeKalb County prosecutors this week told a judge they’re compiling evidence ahead of a potential jury trial for the DeKalb man charged with driving under the influence of drugs and causing a crash that killed DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Musil.

Loved ones of an elderly Sycamore mother and her son found beaten to death inside their rural home in 2016 will have to wait longer to find out what happened, as a June murder trial set for the man accused in the killings has been dropped. No new trial date was set Wednesday.

A DeKalb man faces six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child after police allege he sexually assaulted a child multiple times in April, court records show.