Arson

Steven W. Coleman, 45, was sentenced Oct. 17 to three consecutive life sentences and another 105 years in prison for setting a fatal fire at the Western Apartments in Sterling. He was in court Thursday asking for that sentence to be reconsidered.

Duane Meyer, 42, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in the 2016 deaths of Margaret “Maggie” (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and Amos Meyer, 3.

Steven Coleman was sentenced Oct. 17 to three consecutive life sentences and another 105 years in prison for fire that killed 3 at Sterling’s Western Apartments

A Crest Hill man has been charged with causing a fire that caused a residence in the 1400 block of Root Street to become uninhabitable.

Steven Coleman was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, to three life sentences for setting a fire that killed Shyla Walker, Celina Serrano and Carrie Hose in 2020. Coleman refused to attend the sentencing hearing.

An attempted first-degree murder charge was filed against a Bolingbrook man accused of setting fire to a homeless man who later died from his injuries.

A man in Bolingbrook has died after he was allegedly set on fire by another man. The suspect was on pretrial release despite being charged with an offense eligible for detention under the SAFE-T Act.

A Bolingbrook man charged with setting a homeless man on fire had already been on pretrial release in another case where he’s charged with causing a fire at Little Caesars restaurant.

A Bolingbrook man has been charged with an arson on Wednesday that caused severe burns to a 35-year-old man.

Ogle County jury found Matthew Plote guilty in June of killing Melissa Lamesch and their full-term unborn son in November 2020

The trial of Steven W. Coleman continued in Whiteside County Court on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Coleman is accused of setting fire to a Sterling apartment complex in June 2020, resulting in the deaths of three people.

After Monday's jury selection, the trial of Steven W. Coleman is underway in Whiteside County. Coleman is accused of setting a fire to the Western Apartments in Sterling that killed three people in June 2020.

A Joliet man has been accused of igniting a fire on Feb. 19 at a motel that caused a 45-year-old man to suffer burns to his legs and right hand, police said.

A trial date has been set for a Sterling man accused of stabbing a Dixon man and a Sterling woman several times after setting fire to the home’s attached garage and forcing his way inside.

They include a jury trial set in a Sterling triple homicide/arson case and a March trial date set in connection with the death of a pregnant Mt. Morris woman.

A Rock Falls woman is charged with arson after prosecutors said she set a car on fire in Rock Falls.

A Chicago inmate serving 24 years for home invasion and residential burglary in Will County was charged Monday in Lee County Court with aggravated arson, accused of setting fire to a cell at the Dixon Correctional Center.

Federal prosecutors are fighting an elderly Prophetstown anti-abortion activist’s request to plead no contest to trying to burn down a Danville clinic where abortions will be performed.

Bond was set Thursday at $500,000 for an Addison man accused of setting fire to an acquaintance’s car that was parked just feet from an occupied apartment building, authorities said.

A 34-year-old Sterling man who turned himself in to police after a house fire Thursday was charged Friday with two counts of arson, Sterling police said in a news release.

Manuel Escamilla, 23, of Joliet, pleaded guilty on Thursday to the aggravated arson charge, according to the Will County State’s Attorney's Office.

Three arson charges were added Tuesday to those already faced by a Sterling man accused of stabbing two people multiple times on Dec. 10.

The families of one of the children and a woman who perished in the Western Apartments fire in Sterling two years ago are suing the owners of the building and the man accused of setting it ablaze.

A candlelight vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday by the family of two children killed in a horrific arson fire in Sterling two years ago.

A Yorkville man has been accused of starting a fire in a Plano Walmart, before setting two buildings on fire in DeKalb and then leading police on a chase, where he was arrested on his way to Dixon.

Wheaton police are investigating an aggravated arson that reportedly occurred May 18.

Bond was set at $50,000 Jan. 7 for a Downers Grove man accused of setting fire to his house last month.

DeKalb fire crews responded Tuesday to reports of a substance being lit on fire in the third-floor hallway at an apartment building at 930 Greenbrier Road, a building that was the site of a suspected arson Thursday.