DeKalb Police

Law enforcement officers gathered Wednesday outside of the Brian Bemis Toyota car dealership in DeKalb after responding to a stabbing at the location where multiple employees were injured. The incident ended after police shot the man wielding the knife, authorities said.

A person suffered severe injuries Sunday night after they were struck by a passing train in DeKalb, Police Chief David Byrd said.

As election season ramps up ahead of November, DeKalb police are reminding the public that stealing someone’s political sign from a yard or property is a crime.

A DeKalb man has been charged with attempted murder in connection to a 2021 shooting near a Quick Stop convenience store that left another man suffering gunshot wounds to his leg, records show.

A DeKalb credit union has reopened fully to customers after a bank robbery reported about a week ago, officials with Illinois Community Credit Union said. Normal credit union operations resumed Monday.

A 20-year-old Plano man faces potentially decades in prison after police say he defrauded a DeKalb bank by depositing fake checks into other people’s accounts and then quickly withdrawing the funds, DeKalb County court records show.

Three DeKalb men were charged Tuesday after police say they beat and robbed a man in the parking lot of University Heights Apartments, sending him to the hospital with visible facial fractures.

No one was seriously injured in a rollover crash Friday morning in a residential area of DeKalb, DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd said.

A DeKalb man was charged with attempted first-degree murder Thursday after DeKalb police allege he stabbed a man in the abdomen with a knife

A DeKalb man faces potentially decades in prison after DeKalb police say they found LSD, psychedelic mushroom and other drugs in his Kimberly Drive apartment.

Prosecutors said this week that they’ve collected all the evidence they expect to ahead of an anticipated murder trial for the 30-year-old man accused of suffocating to death DeKalb High School freshman Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in May 2023.

Prosecutors said this week they intend to try all four people charged with murder in the July 4, 2020 shooting death of a 29-year-old at a gas station in DeKalb, and will do so in two combined jury trials a judge has set for the spring.

A DeKalb man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegations that he sexually assaulted a child multiple times over the course of five years, according to DeKalb County court records.

A DeKalb man allegedly broke into a couple’s bedroom while they slept in the middle of the night, beat one of them until unconscious and told one victim he did it “because he was upset and jealous,” according to court records.

A three-year investigation involving DeKalb police, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies throughout northern Illinois resulted in the arrest of five men from DeKalb, Sycamore and Aurora on various illegal drug charges, authorities said.

A DeKalb man is facing charges after a reported armed robbery Tuesday, according to DeKalb County court records. DeKalb police released more details about the robbery Thursday.

A person of interest has been linked to a DeKalb shooting on the city’s north side Monday, the DeKalb Police Department announced Thursday.

A DeKalb man recently pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a 32-year-old DeKalb father in July 2020 and was sentenced by a DeKalb County judge to 30 years in prison for the murder, court records show.

The DeKalb Police Benevolent and Protective Association will host its 22nd annual charity golf outing to raise money for charity.

A DeKalb man with a loaded 9 mm handgun tucked in his waistband was tired, so he took a nap on a stranger’s couch, according to court records.

One man and two teenagers were arrested by DeKalb police this week after a report of dozens of minors involved in a fight at Hopkins Pool that later prompted the DeKalb Park District to amend its rules for the facility, officials said.

K-9 Drax, a beloved member of the DeKalb Police Department’s law enforcement family, died Wednesday after succumbing to a medical issue, according to an announcement by the police department.

A DeKalb woman has been accused of defrauding her former employer, Cole Pallet, out of more than $1.4 million over a six-year span by cashing unauthorized checks, transferring funds and buying personal items on the company’s Amazon account and having them sent to her home.

One of two DeKalb men charged with first-degree murder in the Thursday shooting death of a 19-year-old 2022 DeKalb High School graduate was denied bail Saturday by a DeKalb County judge after prosecutors argued the man’s release would pose a public threat.

Two DeKalb men were charged with first-degree murder on Friday in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man during a confrontation on Russell Road the night before, police said.

A DeKalb registered sex offender accused of murder in the death of Gracie Sasso-Cleveland allegedly suffocated the teen for three minutes before discarding her body in a dumpster and calling paramedics for a back injury he suffered while carrying her body, court documents allege.

Developing: DeKalb police are asking motorists to avoid a portion of Peace Road as authorities respond to a traffic crash, according to a citywide alert sent shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday.

"She had a spark": Friends of a slain 15-year-old DeKalb High School freshman gathered to remember her Monday. A 29-year-old sex offender has been charged with murder in her death, police said Monday.

A 15-year-old girl reported missing by her family was found dead in DeKalb Sunday, and police are investigating the teenager’s death as a homicide, authorities said. The girl was a freshman at DeKalb High School, officials confirmed.

DeKalb police are investigating a shooting that occurred in a parking lot overnight on Regent Drive, said DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd Friday.

A DeKalb County judge Monday reduced bond to $350,000 for a Huntley Middle School student teacher, 23, accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old student after his defense attorney argued he was a church-going gospel singer with no criminal history.

A DeKalb man has been accused of robbing a Vinny’s Pizza delivery driver of cash and food earlier this week, and later was arrested after a brief foot chase downtown.

A 23-year-old Huntley Middle School student teacher has been accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old student at school, after he allegedly groomed them for months, according to court records.

A DeKalb man accused of armed violence after police said they found him with a machine gun and drugs during a traffic stop refuted his criminal charges Wednesday, telling a judge he fell asleep at a traffic light.

A DeKalb man was denied bond by a DeKalb County judge as he faces murder charges in the shooting death of 33-year-old Carl Austin, who prosecutors allege Romel A. Hollingsworth Jr. shot 13 times after a marijuana deal went bad.

The family of a DeKalb teen killed in a 2022 fentanyl overdose on his birthday is speaking out for the first time. The woman charged in his death is back in police custody after escaping to Florida.

Update: A DeKalb man has been charged with first degree murder stemming from a Sunday afternoon marijuana deal that went bad near University Village apartments, according to court records.

Two DeKalb women have been charged after police alleged they broke into a DeKalb apartment and attacked two people with a metal pole, court records show.

A DeKalb man is facing charges after police say he’s accused of driving while intoxicated and repeatedly stalking a woman who says she doesn’t know him, court records show.

A DeKalb man has been charged with numerous offenses linked to an alleged recent crime spree that included using a BB gun to rob a downtown game shop clerk of hundreds of dollars, burglarizing a drug store and damaging an insurance office, police said.

DeKalb District 428 faculty and the DeKalb police and fire departments' Guns and Hoses squared off this week to play a basketball game for a good cause. Proceeds from the game raised funds and collected toys for area schoolchildren.

A 23-year-old DeKalb woman accused of causing the fentanyl overdose death of a male teenager has escaped from police custody after a DeKalb County judge allowed her to go to a drug treatment facility from jail, court records show.

Two people are dead after a crash involving three pick-up trucks on Illinois Route 23, north of Ellen Drive, near Genoa Monday, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Update: A person of interest was arrested shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, four hours after one person was stabbed during a domestic violence incident at The Terraces in DeKalb, formerly Lincoln Tower, said Police Chief David Byrd.

A Northern Illinois University student died Friday in a campus residence hall, confirmed an NIU spokesperson.

DeKalb police are investigating a shooting confirmed in the early morning hours Sunday, said Police Chief David Byrd.

A nearly $7,600 grant awarded to the DeKalb Police Department by the Illinois State Police will help officers target non-compliant gun ownership in the city, said Police Chief David Byrd.

Developing: DeKalb police are investigating a reported armed robbery involving a handgun that occurred Friday evening, said Police Chief David Byrd.

DeKalb police are investigating confirmed gunfire on the city’s north side after an incident Sunday, confirmed Police Chief David Byrd. “We have a person of interest,” Byrd said.

Two drivers were hospitalized this past weekend after a collision between two cars caused one to crash into a house in DeKalb, said Police Chief David Byrd.