A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, and returned the following indictments.

Authorities found two bodies in a July 17 residential fire in rural Sheridan. Ronald Martin Jr., already charged with firing the shots that killed them, now is accused of robbing them and setting the fire, too.

Two more defendants in the “Jane Doe” lawsuit against the city of Ottawa have been dropped from the case.

She was charged after a trio of Marseilles cocaine deals and given a notice to appear. After skipping a court date, she was arrested and placed on GPS monitoring. Now, police have recovered Caitlin Panas’ ankle bracelet, but no sign of her.

La Salle County authorities have identified the victim killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday on Interstate 39 between Oglesby and Tonica.

The suspect in the Streator City Park shooting will stand trial Feb. 2.

A Streator man who set fire to the New Brite Spot in Ottawa in 2023 admitted Friday to violating his probation. John F. Smith could go to prison this time.

He was facing up to 30 years for holding up a credit union in Streator – and then got caught with a gun – but Charles Spencer’s testimony helped put away a murderer and won him a break.

She is alleged to have hidden in an attic crawl space while drug agents raided her Streator home. That, a judge ruled Thursday, made Tiffany Daniels a bad risk for pre-trial release.