A Sterling man has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty in Lee County to felony criminal sexual assault using force.

One of the men is accused of striking the victim with a revolver

Baylee J. Gipson, 25, is wanted on a Whiteside County arrest warrant on charges of home invasion/causing injury, criminal trespass to property/persons present, mob action/force/more than two people; and battery with physical contact, according to court documents.

Just one day after a judge ruled that a Rock Falls man’s weapons trial will proceed next week, the case was dismissed Tuesday because the alleged victim is failing to cooperate with the prosecution

A Sterling woman has been sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to financially exploiting a person with a disability while employed as the victim’s social services worker.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public of an imposter scam that deputies were recently made aware of.

A man has been charged in Whiteside County with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of battery that accuse him of striking a woman’s head with a pistol and punching her in the face.

A Rock Falls man accused of outrunning police twice will remain detained in the Whiteside County Jail after a judge ruled he poses too much of a risk to be released.

Jordan L. Kaye taken into custody in Sterling on Whiteside, Rock Island county arrest warrants.