Theft

The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country

The Illinois State Police issued a warning on Thursday to Illinois resident of scammers calling and impersonating ISP officers to steal personal financial information.

A Sandwich man has been charged following an investigation by the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office into items being sold on an online marketplace that were related to the theft of several off-road motorcycles in unincorporated Oswego.

Another man was charged this week in Whiteside County Court in connection with a string of area burglaries that occurred in October.

A man is in custody after stealing a car in Volo and leading police on a chase, police said.

Three or four oversized decorative bells were taken sometime between Nov. 22 and 23.

The Illinois State Police is targeting vehicle theft, hijacking, and related violence crimes

A Dixon woman who investigators say scammed an elderly woman out of more than $70,000 by lying to her about her granddaughter is facing three to seven years in prison, plus restitution, on each of two theft charges.

A Rock Falls woman wanted in Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties, as well as several states, for failing to appear on a variety of low-level felony and misdemeanor offenses dating back at least four years, was arrested this week in Rock Falls.

A Sterling man with a long history of felony convictions in Whiteside County is facing four fresh sets of theft and burglary charges, on top of the two other open cases already filed, one of which also accuses him of burglary.

A 56-year-old Sterling man is charged in Whiteside County Court with stealing $17,460 from the First United Methodist Church FISH Food Pantry.

A judge allowed the felony convictions vacated for former Joliet Police Officer Brian Nagra, who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $10,000 by submitting false time sheets. Nagra's attorney says his client will still have his police pension.

Antioch Police Chief Geoffrey Guttschow is alerting residents after several instances of car thieves canvassing Antioch neighborhoods.

The Grundy County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday that Jonathan P. Ballard, 34, Riverton, was arrested in relation to the October 24, 2022 burglary of cash from a gaming machine at EJ Karz Bar and Grill in unincorporated Verona.

Former Joliet financial advisor Ron Molo must also pay $710,308 to Edward Jones. A prosecutor quoted one victim who was disgusted they trusted someone who "knowingly took my wife’s deceased father’s inheritance without batting an eye."