Crime and Courts news
Jonas M. Gragert, 37, pleaded guilty in Whiteside County Court to two counts of possessing sexual abuse images of a child younger than 13 in each of two cases, one filed in 2020 and another filed in 2023.
Donald Trump’s lawyers have sought to portray the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars
A new detention hearing was held for a man charged with killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse. A retired judge was found to have failed to follow requirements under a provision of the SAFE-T Act.
A motion was approved Thursday to deny pre-trial release for two Chicago men accused of stealing two chainsaws from a truck and then leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.
A former Sterling man already jailed in Whiteside County since late March on a charge of violating a protective order has now been accused of entering a Sterling home earlier that month, sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint and threatening to kill her.
A federal judge has ordered the village of Carol Stream to release the names of six police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man in February, according to an attorney for the man’s family.
Cheryl Hampton also is defendant in state’s 1st civil hate-crime suit for related actions.
Delano Albert, 35, was initially charged with 17 offenses, including narcotics racketeering, methamphetamine conspiracy, armed violence and possessing a firearm as a felon. Those charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
The Will County Sheriff's office is warning residents about scam callers impersonating police and Will County court officials.
Trump's former fixer will return to the witness stand Thursday for more cross-examination before prosecutors rest their case alleging a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election
Sarah Safranek, 37, is charged with killing her 7-year-old son in 2021
A Cook County correctional sergeant is seeking to end her marriage with a man charged with attempting to murder his neighbor in Homer Township. She's under an internal investigation but the sheriff's office declined to explain why.
Prosecutors are requesting a new pretrial release hearing for a man charged with killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse. Prosecutors contend a judge refused to follow a provision of the SAFE-T Act when allowing the man's jail release.
A Joliet woman who was killed in a murder-suicide on a public street on Saturday alleged in court filings that her husband was physically abusive to her, did not fear the police and would take away her phone so she could not call for help.
A former Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the attempted murder of his estranged girlfriend in 2022.