Crime

A Glendale Heights woman has been charged with driving under the influence of cannabis in a 2024 crash in Addison that killed a truck driver.

A former Woodstock man pleaded guilty Monday to an attempted Harvard home invasion and was sentenced to four years in prison.

A woman accused of causing a disturbance at a business Saturday and pepper-spraying Addison police officers who were trying to subdue her is facing several charges.

Pre-trial release has been denied for a Chicago man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.

A motion was granted Thursday to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen Toyota 4Runner, prosecutors said.

A DuPage County jury on Thursday found a DeKalb man guilty of shooting a man in the face during his dinner break from work in 2021, prosecutors said.

Richard Rowland of Crystal Lake continued to claim his innocence of child sex assault, but was sentenced to 36 years in prison. A statement from the victim, read in cout, said he claimed his actions were “in the name of the Lord.”

An Elgin man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing more than two kilos of heroin found inside a lunchbox during a traffic stop in Algonquin and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

A Woodstock man has admitted to bruising a 3-year-old child, and in a separate case, driving under the influence of alcohol.

The Third District Appellate Court of Illinois has affirmed the 36-year sentence of a man for the armed carjacking of a pregnant woman’s car from her driveway in December 2019.

In less than an hour Wednesday a jury convicted a man of arson for setting fire inside his father’s Lakewood home despite Connor Kirkpatrick saying he was only trying to take his life.

A Woodstock man with a past conviction for burglary to a vehicle pleaded guilty Monday to residential burglary.

Connor Kirkpatrick, accused of setting fire to his father’s Lakewood home, said he was in so much “unbearable” pain that from injuries he suffered when he crashed his car into a Crystal Lake home.

Dixon police are asking residents to be on the lookout for a gray 2022 Dodge Charger and a black 2014 Cadillac CTS.

According to Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department release, 40-year-old Alexander M. Zaragoza was the driver of a vehicle sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop at approximately 3 a.m. Monday.

A former Richmond woman has been convicted after fraudulently selling off more than $25,000 of an elderly Spring Grove man’s stock.

A Kankakee County jury found 25-year-old Larry Kent guilty of a July 2024 home invasion that resulted in the assault of a 18-year-old woman.

A McHenry man has pleaded guilty to possessing one image depicting child sex abuse and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A Lake in the Hills man and registered sex offender was sentenced to six and a half years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to unlawful possession with the intent to deliver cocaine.

An Oregon man – described by his attorney as a successful businessman, Eagle Scout and former Eucharistic minister – was sentenced to jail time and probation Friday for sexually abusing a former Port Barrington child.

A McHenry County Corrections Officer has died after a battle with brain cancer, a post from the sheriff’s office said.

A man has been found guilty of exposing himself to a woman while at a Woodstock fitness center, court records indicate.

A Geneva man was charged early on March 13 with several felonies following a violent domestic incident where the victim, a woman, suffered multiple broken bones.

A Carpentersville man who was charged in the beating of another man 25 years ago – and then didn’t show up for court – has been arrested after an Algonquin traffic stop and released again pretrial.

A Wood Dale man has been sentenced to three years in prison for a drunk driving crash that killed his stepdaughter.

A Union woman who prosecutors said was on probation when she sold a fatal dose of methadone to a Crystal Lake man has been charged with drug-induced homicide.

Larenz M. Walters, the son of Kankakee mayoral candidate Genevra Walters, was arrested Saturday in Iroquois County for alleged possession of a weapon and cannabis. Genevra Walters releases statement.

A man has been charged in connection with a knife attack in which he allegedly assaulted multiple people, police said.

A 48-year-old Volo man has been charged in connection with having child sexual abuse images and videos on his cellphone, police said.

A motion was granted Monday to detain pre-trial a pair of Elgin men accused of leading police on a high-speed chase after shooting at another vehicle, prosecutors said.

A Downers Grove man who operated an immigration assistance practice is facing multiple immigration fraud charges, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday.

The sheriff’s department received a call at 9:59 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2025, of a deceased person at the small rural home located about 3 1/2 miles east of Oregon.

A Joliet man has been pronounced dead after a late-night shooting in the 1300 block of Pico Court in Jolie Township.

The suspected shooter in the shooting of three Joliet homes overnight Friday has been taken into custody, along with one of the home's owners on an unrelated charge.

McHenry County police testified about their cars being shot at while they were responding to 911 calls. The testimony came during the trial of Lake County man accused of attempted murder.

Cierra Norris, the attorney for Xandria Harris, served two days in jail after she was held in minor indirect criminal contempt of court in DuPage County earlier this week.

At the start of a Richmond dad’s sentencing Thursday in connection to his son’s fatal overdose, prosecutors played body-cam footage from detectives who responded to his home when his son was unresponsive.

Residents of a McHenry neighborhood testified Friday to being woken up early in the morning by loud crashes and finding windows broken and rocks in their homes.

Three men were caught by officers with the Momence Police Department allegedly in possession of fake $100 bills, currency printing equipment and materials.

A man admitted to falsely reporting there was a bomb in the Crystal Lake Public Library, court records show; he pleaded guilty to a similar false threat in Kane County.

The activity consists of charges being made to stores out of state, according to a news release.

A McHenry man was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, according to court records.

A Holiday Hills man charged in connection with the fatal overdose of a McHenry man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.

Nicholas Lopardo of Lake Villa allegedly shot off a gun, stole a vehicle, led police on chase and shot at cop cars in McHenry after a woman rebuffed his advances, prosecutors said at the opening of Nicholas Lopardo's trial.

James Piezonka is accused of fatally shooting his son Ryan in Lakemoor Sunday; authorities said the wounded man approached a passerby for help before he was found dead in the street.

A 61-year-old Crystal Lake man is being held without release at the McHenry County Jail after he was found with methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine following a stop for speeding

A man found shot on Route 120 in Lakemoor Sunday afternoon died at a McHenry Hospital, and a person is in custody, police said.

The house was unoccupied and no injuries or additional property damage were reported, according to a news release from the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office.

A McHenry woman, initially charged with Class X drug offenses that could have led to decades-long incarceration, pleaded to a lesser charge and was sentenced to five years in prison.

A McHenry woman has been accused of stealing more than $22,000 from her minor daughter’s estate.