Crime

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.

A jury has found Richard Goodwin, 59, formerly of Glendale Heights, guilty of the 2021 murder of Hanover Park resident Marek Krywko.

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 trial of a Crystal Lake man charged with attempted murder of his wife with a hatchet and hammer in 2022 in Crystal Lake is set to start Tuesday.

President Donald Trump says he is pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack

An elderly Lombard man charged with murdering his wife did so because he “went nuts” after she wouldn’t stop yelling and screaming at him, according to a 911 call played at a court hearing Saturday morning.

A man currently serving six years on a drug charge has been sentenced to five years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged with drug-induced homicide in the fatal 2021 overdose a Crystal Lake man.

The Illinois State Police reports recovering 245 stolen and/or hijacked vehicles from October through December.

A McHenry man has been sentenced to four years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged with Class X felony charges of possessing cocaine and fentanyl along with non-consensual dissemination of a sexual image.

A man currently serving 12 years in prison for firing a gun at a Marengo restaurant has been sentenced to three years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged aggravated domestic battery.

A Lake County Jail inmate has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated battery to a correctional officer along with other charges, stemming from an attack on a correctional officer.

A Lombard man has been charged with the murder of a woman early Friday morning

A Belvidere man is accused of firing a gun and restraining a person inside a home in Wonder Lake Tuesday night, according to court documents.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to nine years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged with possessing multiple drugs at a Crystal Lake motel last year.

A Prairie Grove man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in two plea deals after he was charged with possessing over 11 pounds of marijuana and images of children being sexually abused.

A Kankakee man faces federal charges for allegedly robbing a United States postal carrier at gunpoint in a Chicago suburb last week

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 Woodstock man has been sentenced to eight years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged for possessing with intent to deliver over 12 ounces of cocaine.

A motion was approved Saturday to deny pre-trial release for a Cook County convicted felon accused of possessing a loaded handgun, prosecutors said.

Kankakee County Circuit Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott said she will rule next month on a motion to suppress evidence in the trial of Xandria Harris

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.

After an extensive and detailed investigation, Lake County Sheriff’s detectives have identified two teens involved in the violent carjacking of a woman in unincorporated Libertyville in early 2023.

State seizes an estimated $1 million in cash and property in 2022 drug bust and money laundering case

A Crystal Lake man has been sentenced to six years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged in another man's fentanyl overdose death.

Deon Tillman, 28, Joliet and Anasia Williams, 23, Crest Hill were arrested following Hickory Street robbery in Joliet and both found to be in violation of their pretrial release, according the police.

Illinois State Police arrested Joseph L. Lookingbill, 35, of Kankakee, on Tuesday for allegedly being in possession of child sexual abuse images.

Alan Hanke of Crystal Lake, who pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of millions of dollars, was allowed to have his sentencing postponed while he undergoes surgery, court records show.

A Wisconsin man is sentenced to eight years in prison in a plea deal after being charged with breaking into eight cars in one day last year in Marengo.

A McHenry woman has been charged in the Sept. 27 hit-and-run crash that killed 24-year-old Austin Stanek of Island Lake. She made her first court appearance Tuesday.

Police have thus far questioned 15-20 people who were inside the house when the shooting occurred

A Richmond dad will be sentenced in March after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter on the one-year anniversary of the death of his 14-year-old son, who overdosed on fentanyl and xylazine, court records show.

Several murder trials are expected to take place in Joliet in 2025, including one that attracted international attention and a U.S. congressional hearing.

Richmond dad Eric Ullrich pleaded guilty Friday to involuntary manslaughter on the one-year anniversary of the death of his 14-year-old son Trent.

A Cary man is resentenced to five years in prison after violating his probation by testing positive for drugs and alcohol in a case where he pled guilty to strangling a child.

 A McHenry woman who convicted in connection to a 2019 fatal overdose of a Woodstock woman has pleaded guilty to new cocaine charges.

Lake County Sheriff’s deputies identified and arrested a woman who tried to rob a gas station clerk on New Year’s Day, authorities said. 

The U.S. Department of Justice recently awarded the Lake County Human Trafficking Task Force an additional $700,000 in grant funding as a renewal of a previous grant.

A Wood Dale man accused of driving through a fatal crash scene in McHenry County was released with conditions pretrial.

K9 Nemo, a Dutch Sheppard who is almost 8 years old, began his career in May 2019.

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.

The Joliet region has been a busy place in 2024, with a lot of business development, infrastructure projects and new housing coming in. But the region also saw some tragedy with a mass shooting and the death of a toddler from neglect and drugs.

Authorities have no answers yet on what caused the death of a Crest Hill man who was taken into custody by Joliet police on Christmas morning and later died at the hospital. Police officials won't release videos because of a task force investigation.

A Will County judge will decide the sentence of a Chicago man convicted of a Joliet robbery and murder of a Crest Hill man. He faces up to 120 years in prison for the $850 robbery that led to the victim's death.

A Marengo man was resentenced to five years in prison for “grabbing or hitting” a 6-week-old infant after authorities say the defendant violated his original sentence of probation..

A 19-year-old Crystal Lake person faces felony charges and is accused of reckless driving and causing a head-on car crash that resulted in serious injuries over the summer in Algonquin.

A Kankakee County Sheriff’s Deputy was on routine patrol when he interrupted a burglary in-progress early Tuesday morning

A Wauconda man is accused of more than 5,000 grams of marijuana and nearly half a pound of the hallucinogen peyote found in a bus and suitcase in McHenry County, prosecutors say.

A McHenry man accused last year of slashing a relative in the face and head will now go to trail after courts determined him fit after six months of treatment.

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 78-year-old Trout Valley man is accused of possessing images of child sexual abuse and destroying flash drives of evidence.