La Salle County Court

Cesar D. Jimenez-Preciado told police he was hauling hemp. Police said it field-tested positive for cannabis. Lab results favored Jimenez-Preciado and his charges were dismissed.

A homeless man charged in a pair of La Salle knife incidents pleaded guilty Friday to felony charges and was sentenced to four years in prison.

A Streator man accused of running a drugs and theft ring will stand trial March 17 on multiple felonies. Keith Gullens will stay in jail while awaiting his jury.

A Montgomery man was ordered held Thursday in La Salle County Jail for allegedly threatening a La Salle County judge in a pair of recorded phone calls.

A Montgomery man is being held in La Salle County Jail after allegedly threatening a judge, La Salle County Sheriff Adam Diss said in a Wednesday news release.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, and returned the following indictments.

La Salle County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is holding open registration until the end of December to train interested persons to be child advocates.

Dozens of Oglesby residents seek a structural change in city government and want it put to a referendum. A judge could decide next week whether to put it on the April 1 ballot.

A Streator woman charged in the “Bonnie & Clyde” crime spree pleaded guilty Thursday to three felonies. Ashley Moats is going to prison for five years.

A Streator man pleaded guilty Thursday to a 2023 shooting and was sentenced to 5-plus years in prison.

One of the suspects in Streator’s drug-theft ring has a Jan. 27 trial date. David Miller will stay in custody while he awaits trial.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, and returned the following indictments.

Tekeisha White is not getting out of jail Monday – the court wants proof a homeless shelter will take her in – but the arson suspect was granted pretrial release and will be cut loose if and when she has a verified place to stay.

An Ottawa woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to injuring a baby that was not her own and faces up to five years in prison when she’s sentenced on Jan. 16.

A Streator woman charged with residential burglary on back-to-back days – and who’d been granted pre-trial release after the first charge – pleaded guilty Wednesday and was granted probation with drug treatment.

An Oglesby man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months’ probation for striking a man with a miniature sledgehammer. Darnell Williams must, however, serve a month in jail.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, Nov. 19, and returned the following indictments.

Two of the defendants in the “Jane Doe” lawsuit against the city of Ottawa have been dropped from the case.

A La Salle man was granted pre-trial release Friday after prosecutors charged him with having unlawful sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl.

Police seized more than 200 grams of cocaine, multiple firearms and stolen goods worth more than $50,000. A trio of men are accused of overseeing the year-long criminal enterprise.

Four Streator men were charged Tuesday with the seldom-filed felony of criminal drug conspiracy. Streator police said other suspects in a drug and theft ring would be charged, as well.

The last charged suspect in the armed Ottawa home invasion, during which shots were fired, has pleaded guilty to a felony.

An Ottawa man serving 18 years for sexually assaulting a child struck out with an appeals court Thursday.

A judge was thinking about giving Nicholas Huber more of a shot at pre-trial release. A call from La Salle County Jail may have changed the judge’s mind.

A Streator man is charged with jumping out of a moving squad car and running from police. He had to be tased and was charged with having drugs on him.

The police searched the truck Sunday and found binoculars and bolt cutters in the cab. The trailer they were hauling was stolen. Both driver and passenger had been previously granted pre-trial release.

One of the suspects in a burglary-theft spree is back in custody.

Shots heard Sunday morning at Everett and Main streets in Streator were from a botched robbery. The man charged with firing those shots will be held in La Salle County Jail.

La Salle police and drug agents apprehended a suspect in a July shooting near a La Salle bar. Leeonta Patton will remain in custody while awaiting trial.

For the second time in less than a week, a Class X felony suspect is back in La Salle County Jail after authorities said he violated his pre-trial release.

A La Salle man charged with the sexual assault of a 10-year-old was ordered detained Monday after being charged with cutting off his ankle bracelet and trying to flee.

A La Salle County grand jury convened and returned the following indictments.

The man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2023 shooting death of an Ottawa man has completed a mental health evaluation and will stand trial for murder Jan. 13.

A man and a woman were arrested on residential burglary charges Thursday after being confronted and a warning shot fired, the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

A La Salle man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old was granted home confinement on Tuesday. Three days later, he was charged with cutting off his ankle bracelet and trying to flee.

A Marseilles man accused of killing his father on Father’s Day weekend will stand trial for murder Feb. 24.

A California man charged with hauling 2 tons of purported cannabis (his lawyer argues it was hemp) will stand trial Jan. 27.

A teen was put on probation Tuesday for bringing a gun into Ottawa High School. Wednesday, he was back in the La Salle County Detention Home for allegedly possessing a stolen car.

A teen charged after a gun was seized at Ottawa High School pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felonies. He was released from custody and placed on 18 months probation.

A La Salle man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old was released Tuesday into home confinement.

An Ottawa man charged following a Sunday morning fight was released from La Salle County Jail on Monday with conditions – and with significantly reduced charges.

Ottawa police are investigating an overnight residential break-in that resulted in a weapon charge, but police say no firearm was brandished.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, and returned the following indictments.

A woman who narrowly avoided prison for a 2021 high-speed chase – an Earlville police officer was injured in the pursuit – admitted Friday to violating her probation. Jaquaya Roy could go to prison this time.

A Decatur man turned himself in Tuesday night for his alleged role in a non-fatal stabbing in La Salle.

A Sheffield man facing up to 10 years for allegedly threatening an Ottawa shooting was released from custody Tuesday and into home confinement.

A teen was sentenced to state-run youth lockup for firing a gunshot June 19 in Ottawa. There were no injuries.

Two Spring Valley men were granted pre-trial release Monday after being charged in connection with a non-fatal stabbing in La Salle.

A Sheffield man faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly threatening a shooting at a government office in Ottawa.

La Salle County prosecutors wanted Cesar D. Jimenez-Preciado detained for allegedly hauling 2 tons of purported cannabis. Then, prosecutors disclosed Thursday he was nabbed last month in Effingham County with another 4 tons. A La Salle County judge has decided not to detain him.