Stories about Police
A Peotone family was held at gunpoint and robbed Friday night while changing a flat tire. Police have a "heavy presence" in the area seeking the suspects.
A Chicago man on federal probation was sentenced to 22 years in prison for robbing a Glendale Heights business in April 2023, prosecutors said.
Crystal Lake and Algonquin police among local departments that will be conducting special patrols throughout Super Bowl weekend.
A rural Dixon man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers at his residence in June will remain jailed.
Campton Hills paid one of its police officers about $62,500 not to come to work during the last 10 months because he tried to organize a union, his attorney said.
A former Wheaton resident was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison for her role in the 2018 murder of a West Chicago man.
With no active officers other than the police chief, the Hebron Village Board Monday night approved a contract with the McHenry County Sheriff's Office during a testy, sometimes raucous meeting.
A Morrison teen was reunited with his family Monday night after a search by multiple police agencies and local residents.
Two men are in custody after Oak Brook police say they stole a car and fled on foot after being pulled over early Friday morning.
Joliet Democrat Rachel Ventura introduced a measure in the Illinois Senate to ensure that the odor of raw or burnt cannabis alone could not be a reason for police to search a vehicle.
A motion was approved Friday to detain pre-trial a Hanover Park man accused of robbing two Lombard 7-Eleven convenience stores at gunpoint, prosecutors said.
A federal jury has convicted the getaway driver in a string of bank robberies in Lisle, Westmont and neighboring suburbs starting in 2021.
A DuPage County caregiver was charged Wednesday for her involvement in an incident at a community-based home that resulted in an older resident sustaining second-degree burns to a majority of her lower body, prosecutors said.
A motion was approved Tuesday to detain pre-trial an armed Cook County man charged with leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car, prosecutors said.
A Will County sheriff’s lieutenant who is being sued over claims that he wrongfully killed a hostage taker in 2022 at a Romeoville bank will face no charges over the incident.
A jury has found Richard Goodwin, 59, formerly of Glendale Heights, guilty of the 2021 murder of Hanover Park resident Marek Krywko.
A motion to detain four men accused of stealing nearly $5,000 worth of merchandise from the Oak Brook Sunglass Hut store was approved on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
The Illinois State Police have announced that data from 2024 shows a decrease in shootings on Illinois interstate roads for the third year in a row.
The Illinois State Police reports recovering 245 stolen and/or hijacked vehicles from October through December.
A home in the 300 block of Youngs Avenue in Joliet was hit by gunfire Saturday morning. No one was reported injured, according to police.
A Joliet man is hospitalized with serious but stable injuries after a crash involving three vehicles at Ruby and North Broadway streets Friday night.
A Lombard man has been charged with the murder of a woman early Friday morning
An Aurora man was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in prison prison for robbing a Lisle Verizon store at gunpoint has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, prosecutors said.
Blessing J. Aoci was abducted around 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, near the intersection of 14th 1/2 Street and 13th Avenue, Rock Island, according to Rock Island police.
Plainfield Township beta tested the Thriveworks program in 2023 and then increased its budget in 2024 for mental health services.
A Villa Park convicted felon has been sentenced to 18 years in prison following convictions for aggravated unlawful restraint and weapons charges in two unrelated cases
A termination hearing for a Joliet police officer was expected to begin Monday. But a member of the board for the hearing was on a train that was involved in a crash.
Joliet police responded to a traffic collision at 2:56 a.m. Sunday in the area of North Chicago and Benton streets that caused two people to be injured. Police said those involved in the crash may have been involved in an altercation on Saturday night.
A motion was granted Friday to detain pre-trial an Arlington Heights woman accused of fleeing from police and crashing her car
A Darien woman has pleaded guilty to robbing a woman five years ago in Downers Grove as part of what prosecutors back then called a mini crime spree.
The skeletal remains discovered in a Bolingbrook park in December have been identified as belonging to a missing Minneapolis man.
Lake in the Hills police officers will see 4% raises this year if the village board approves a new contract with the police union.
While the top two positions within the Kankakee Police Department remain in place, there is significant change within the department
A motion was granted Friday to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago registered sex offender accused of soliciting and attempting to meet whom he thought was a 13-year-old girl for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts, prosecutors said.
State Reps. Tony McCombie and Brad Fritts presented an Illinois House resolution to three officers and the Ogle County sheriff.
A Wheaton man was denied pretrial release Saturday following his arrest Friday on charges of stealing lottery tickets from convenience stores throughout DuPage County.
Aaron Robinson, operations manager of Still I Rise organization, was arrested early New Year’s Day after Kankakee patrol officers observed him fire multiple shots from an AR-15 rifle
Investigators continue looking into the New Year’s Day mass shooting which left two brothers dead and five others injured, Kankakee Police Chief Chris Kidwell said
A third person has been charged in connection with a carjacking Dec. 29 outside a movie theater in Addison.
A man who left an elderly woman on a senior home bus overnight during a cold spell has been found guilty of causing her death.
Kellie Barnett, 50, of New Lenox, had been staying the night with relatives in a Schaumburg home when she was fatally shot early on Christmas morning.
Joliet police responded to the Shell gas station at 401 S. Larkin Ave. in Joliet after a man called 911 saying someone was trying to kill him.
A Joliet man is in jail following a Christmas Eve domestic disturbance that resulted in a woman being shot in the leg, according to Joliet police.
Two Cook County women and two male juveniles have been accused of stealing merchandise from the Oak Brook Sephora store,104 Oakbrook Center, prosecutors said.
A Wilmington man has been charged with violating Scott’s Law in connection with the death of an Illinois State Police trooper on Interstate 55 near Channahon.
In the wake of a high-speed collision and a takeover in the area, Villa Park police warned people Sunday to stay away from North Avenue between Villa Avenue and Addison Road.
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Wheaton police say they have determined that a burned body found Wednesday at Lincoln Marsh Natural Area is that of a missing person.
The the FIT Foundation in Crest Hill is seeking donations for Christmas dinners for Joliet police and Crest Hill police.
Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police arrested Juan Carlos Valdez-Pizarro, of Pembroke Township