Lee County Sheriff's Office

The Ashton teen charged with the murdering his 16-year-old girlfriend will be move from a juvenile detention center to an adult facility on Dec. 18 when he turns 18-years-old, a Lee County judge ruled Monday.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is joining forces with the Illinois State Police to crack down on unsafe driving this Thanksgiving with their “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement campaigns from Friday, Nov. 22, through Monday, Dec. 2.

Harrison Webb, charged with attempted murder, is accused of walking from his Rock Falls home to Sterling, going into the restaurant’s kitchen, and with less than two feet separating them, shooting a 17-year-old worker in the back of the neck.

According to a Dixon Police Department news release, John D. Mowery, 41, was taken into custody Tuesday, Nov. 12.

The 17-year-old boy, whose name was not released by authorities because he is a juvenile, also is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, felony burglary and unlawful possession of a stolen firearm.

A Rock Falls teen was treated at a local hospital and released after he was shot in the neck Wednesday night at Sterling’s Pizza Ranch, police say.

Despite his insistence that he is a changed man, a Rock Falls felon was sentenced to up to 18 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a December 2023 standoff at a Dixon hotel.

Jaedyn Hill was found dead Oct. 15 in an Ashton apartment.

A firefighter was injured Sunday afternoon by farm equipment while responding to a 2.5-acre field fire about 3 miles south of Interstate 88 in rural Lee County.

Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan got emotional while presenting life-saving awards to Amboy Officer Tom Lehman and Deputy Kyle Kellen, who saved the life of Last Alarm employee Roberta Glenn after she collapsed and became unconscious behind the bar.

David J. Sosa, 17. of Ashton is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of his girlfriend, Jaedyn A. Hill, who turned 16 earlier this month.

Sept. 14 crash among 58 investigations aided by license plate reader cameras installed in August in Lee County.

Court documents: David Sosa walked 11 miles from his Ashton apartment to Rochelle to turn himself in to police, admitted he strangled 16-year-old Jaedyn Hill to death at their shared residence.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is urging motorists to commit to sober driving, buckling up and following traffic laws this Halloween, as children and their families walk through neighborhoods after dark for candy and spooky fun.

Rochelle police were first to learn of the death Tuesday morning when a 17-year-old boy walked into that police department and said he was involved in a murder, according to a news release issued by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigation reveals Omar Arroyo jumped in front of approaching train Sept. 24 about a mile west of Wadsworth Way and Railway Road, according to sheriff’s office.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded around 8:10 a.m. Tuesday to a call along the railroad tracks, about a mile west of Wadsworth Way and Railway Road, in rural Lee County.

Lee County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jerry W. Juzwiak Jr., 35, after a traffic stop around 6:15 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 52 near Searls Road, south of Amboy, according to a news release issued by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Dixon police shut down a portion of South Galena Avenue for about two hours Thursday morning while responding to a call alleging domestic violence, but led to no arrests, according to a news release from the Dixon Police Department.

Two women were injured in a two-vehicle, head-on crash shortly before 6:30 p.m. Friday at Illinois Route 2 and Sink Hollow Road, just outside of Dixon.

The sheriff’s office will increase enforcement to reduce impaired, distracted and unbuckled driving during Labor Day safe driving campaigns.

Sterling man accused of possessing 50 grams of suspected cocaine, 21 grams of suspected psilocybin mushrooms, 47 grams of suspected cannabis, 7.5 grams of suspected oxycodone pills and a scale with white residue that field tested positive for the presumptive presence of cocaine.

Two Monmouth men have been charged in Lee County with felony burglary and theft in connection with a break-in at a rural Dixon residence.

Nicholas Davis was taken into custody on warrants from Lee and Ogle counties.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a round of robocalls that wants people to give personal information over the phone or risk being arrested.

The sheriff’s office will increase its efforts to focus on stopping unbuckled driving.

The Lee County State’s Attorney’s Office, Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center and Department of Children and Family Services are assisting with the investigation.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Rock Island and Bloody Gulch roads.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office joined forces with the Illinois State Police, local law enforcement and highway safety partners for the enforcement effort.

A Sterling felon convicted less than a year ago of threatening over social media to kill two Reagan Middle School students is facing new drug charges in Whiteside County.

Since 2016, Vested Interest in K9s has donated over $392,459 to medical reimbursement programs for self-funded K9 units.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and more than 200 local law enforcement agencies to step up enforcement efforts across the state in recognition of Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

After looking at the evidence, the Lee County state’s attorney opted to charge an Earlville parolee accused of stealing a vehicle in rural Dixon with three felonies, not the four the sheriff’s office thought he would be charged with.

An Earlville man wanted for absconding while on parole on a three-year DUI sentence out of DeKalb County – and who also has a pending felony DUI case in Lee County – was arrested Sunday in Dixon in a stolen vehicle, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

An 18-year-old Dixon man accused of robbing Casey’s early Wednesday while masked and displaying a handgun was arrested about an hour later carrying “a very realistic looking Glock BB gun,” police said in a news release.

A 42-year-old Custer Park woman was charged Friday in Lee County Court in the hit-and-run death of a Rock Falls man, killed Dec. 4 near Walton as he was walking, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said.

A semi from Mexico hauling a load of Hamburger Helper it picked up at Crest Foods in Ashton got hung up on the icy tracks at a crossing east of Franklin Grove and was struck by a Union Pacific train, sending boxes of “America’s favorite one-pan meal” spilling in the snow.

Lee County: If you have to travel today, make sure you are prepared to be in your vehicle for several hours.

Snowstorm brought 5 inches or more to the Sauk Valley, and it isn't over yet – super cold temperatures are on the way.

A six-hour armed standoff ended peacefully Sunday afternoon after officers tossed tear gas into the hotel room where the suspect was holed up, and he surrendered, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said.

A six-hour armed standoff ended Sunday after officers tossed tear gas into the hotel room where the suspect was holed up, and he surrendered, the Lee County sheriff said.

Dixon, Lee County and Polo officers treat kids to a day of Christmas shopping Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dixon.

Dixon, Lee County and Polo treat local kids to a day of Christmas shopping Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in Dixon.

“An individual” who may have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run Monday in Walton contacted the department Tuesday to report that he or she was in a crash near that location, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said in a news release Wednesday.

Lee County sheriff’s deputies are looking for the driver who struck and killed the 40-year-old pedestrian around 9:30 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Sterling and Walton roads in Walton.

Lee County Sheriff's Office personnel will accompany 57 kids between the ages of 8 months and 18 years to shop at Walmart in Dixon on Dec. 9 as part of the annual Shopping with the Sheriff event.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office collected 1,720 pounds of food and $1,657 in cash donations during its second annual Stuff the Squad event on Saturday

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s second annual Stuff the Squad is set for Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. It will benefit the Dixon Community Food Pantry.

Lee County sheriff says investigation continues.

Law enforcement in Lee and Whiteside counties are looking for whomever tried to break into teller machines at two banks in the early morning hours on Sunday.