Stories from the Kane County Courthouse
The Kane County Coroner's Office identified a man who was stabbed to death Sunday, Oct. 12 as Sunday Ogunjimi, 36, of Elgin.
A Kane County jury found Ernesto Velasquez-Jimenez of Elgin guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child on Oct. 8, according to a news release.
The Illinois Supreme Court has recertified the Kane County Treatment Alternative Court, the 16th Judicial Circuit's Mental Health Court.
A lawsuit filed by the owner of Ludwig, a dog that was shot by a neighbor in 2021 is still pending in Kane County Circuit Court.
The Illinois Second District Appellate Court in Elgin reversed itself in a domestic battery conviction of a Geneva political campaign adviser – which it overturned in 2021 – and ruled June 12 to reinstate his conviction, based on another appellate decision.
The civil action against former Campton Hills trustee Timothy Morgan was dismissed, but it may be brought back if prosecutors decide to refile the case, according to a judge's ruling.
A man pleaded guilty Thursday to felony mob action in connection with the 2021 death of a man in a road rage incident in West Dundee.
Kane County Associate Judge David Kliment found former lieutenant firefighter Greg M. Algrim guilty following a bench trial.
A man has been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after bullets went through a wall into another apartment Wednesday in Batavia.
Campton Hills Village Trustee Timothy Morgan was almost sidelined from taking office after winning in the April 4, 2023 consolidated election - and efforts to remove him are continuing.
The driver who was involved in a Halloween bus crash in 2022 that killed two passengers who were siblings and severely injured a third is being sued by the siblings' mother and the surviving passenger.
A lawsuit filed by Joe Petit, the owner of Ludwig, the dog that was shot by his neighbor in 2021, is continued to a hearing Tuesday on whether his attorney can file a second amended complaint.
An appellate court’s ruling to reduce the conviction from a felony to a misdemeanor of a man convicted of secretly sening himself sexual images of a woman from her cell phone while working at a Huntley cellular business was upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Kane County grand jury indictments for the week of Oct. 31, 2023
A Campton Hills man was charged with disseminating and possessing sexually explicit visual content depicting someone under age 18.
A Kane County jury convicted a Rockford man on a charge of predatory sexual assault of a child he knew, who was younger than 13 years old.
A Batavia man was sentenced to six years in prison as part of a plea agreement on charges of disseminating child pornography involving a victim younger than 13.
Joe Petit, the owner of Ludwig, the dog that was shot by his neighbor in 2021, filed a lawsuit against the neighbor seeking more than $450,000 in damages plus attorney’s fees.
A St. Charles Township man was found guilty of child sexual assault, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
When former Kane County circuit clerk Thomas Hartwell has his next court date May 26, it will be via Zoom before a visiting Ogle County Judge Matthew Klahn, according to court records.
The village of Campton Hills has been in 14-month legal battle with Brian Larsen – of Larsen’s Christmas Lights Show – citing him for 10 zoning violations over 29,634 days and warned that it “could seek a fine as high as $22,225,500."
Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser pressed the county board’s labor management committee in a series of recent meetings to push through immediate raises for her staff.
Trevon Morris, 22, of Elgin, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of cannabis -- causing death for the April 20, 2021 crash.
The Second District Appellate Court in Elgin ruled Nov. 29 that the Mill Creek Water Reclamation District owes more than $2.6 million to Shodeen Inc. and other entities related to the development of the Mill Creek subdivision and its water and wastewater system.
A jury has found a St. Charles man guilty of a criminal sexual assault and home invasion that occurred in 2019.
Kane County Associate Judge William Parkhurst died Aug. 16 from cancer. Those close to Parkhurst say he was best known for his kindness, smiles and overall humble demeanor.
Investigation by authorities in McHenry and Kane counties led to seizure of variety of drugs, four guns, including a stolen one
A former Aurora teacher who was convicted last year of sexual abuse of a child younger than 13 was sentenced today to 18 years in prison.
A Lakewood man who works as a special education teacher in Sugar Grove is charged with providing a minor with alcohol and marijuana, McHenry County court records.
A Kane County jury found a former Illinois Youth Center-St. Charles guard from Yorkville guilty of six counts of official misconduct and one count of aggravated battery in a public place, all felonies, on April 27 according to a news release.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a lawsuit against the owner and operator of a gasoline service station located in Lily Lake over a gasoline spill that resulted in a highway closure and contaminated a nearby wetland.
A Boy Scout leader and former Catholic school teacher from Rockford was charged Friday with two counts of felony grooming in connection with sending text messages to a Kane County child asking the victim to perform sex acts and share photos of them with him, according to a news r
An 18-year-old East Dundee man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the June 2020 murder of a man outside a Carpentersville apartment.
A Huntley man, previously convicted in the 1990s of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for a separate possession of child pornography conviction.
Jean Micklevitz, 65, was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery to a child under 13 in October 2019.
A Carpentersville man was found guilty Thursday of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
A Geneva man who lives less than a half-mile from the Holmstad in Batavia, is suing the senior living facility, alleging that he contracted Legionnaires’ disease from contaminated vapor released from its cooling tower because of the company’s negligence in not properly maintaining and cleaning its water system.
Jeffrey N. Ward, 62, was charged June 2, 2018, at the scene of a car crash after Geneva officers saw him push his wife, causing her to stumble, according to police and court records
A man was arrested after authorities discovered his DNA matched evidence found at the scene of a burglary almost 3 years ago in East Dundee.
A DeKalb man is suing two lawyers in Kane County alleging that they engaged in a “sexually charged” relationship with his fiancee – and at her urging amid nude photos of herself – led him to plead guilty to a felony so she would win a custody dispute with him over their two children.
An East Dundee man who was charged with felony violation of a no-contact order is now serving a 90-day jail sentence after a Kane County judge revoked his probation for contacting yet another person he was supposed to stay away from.
A Kane County jury on March 19 found an Elgin man guilty of armed robbery of a gas station with a firearm, Class X felony.
A West Chicago man who was charged with drunken driving had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit.