Jun 17 2013 | 5:19 pm
- A wrongful death lawsuit is filed against an Oswego man seeking damages for a Feb. 15, 2013, crash in Batavia that killed David Schele, 61, of Sugar Grove. Craig Schindlbeck was ticketed for failure to yield but is fighting it in court and is set to...
Jun 16 2013 | 4:07 pm
- A 41-year-old Chicago man recently lost an appeal of his conviction for a 2003 Elgin murder. Darren Denson, formerly of Chicago, is serving a life sentence for the Feb. 10, 2003, slaying of 32-year-old Kyle Juggins during an apparent robbery attempt.
Jun 14 2013 | 6:09 pm
- A 34-year-old Chicago woman accused of intentionally running down two teens in Carpentersville with her SUV in March and then leaving the scene didn’t know she hit anyone, said her defense attorney. Angelique Branch spent more than two weeks...
Jun 13 2013 | 8:05 pm
- Lee R. Patterson III acknowledged the forgiveness shown by the mother of the 22-year-old woman he killed while driving drunk 20 months ago in North Aurora. "Whether I walk out of the courtroom today or I go to prison, that's the best grace I've been...
Jun 12 2013 | 10:50 pm
- A 52-year-old man has been charged with insurance fraud after admitting to Elgin police that he filed a series of fake "slip and fall" lawsuits against fast food restaurants and grocery stores. Juventino Guzman, of Elgin, faces four to 15 years in...
Jun 12 2013 | 7:46 pm
- A former Elgin Deputy Police Chief accused of identity theft and official misconduct made his first appearance in Kane County court Wednesday. Robert Beeter, 51, who is now on unpaid administrative leave from his post as police chief in Stockon,...
Jun 11 2013 | 5:45 pm
- A 22-year-old from Aurora got a chance to clear his record after being caught with a small amount of marijuana earlier this year. But Dedrick Glover Pool now faces a felony charge. Authorities say he tried to foil a drug test that was part of his...
Jun 10 2013 | 11:47 am
- Jason Werner, the second of a heroin-addicted couple from Johnsburg that read newspaper obituarities to target and burglarize homes while victims were at wakes, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years in prison. The wife of Werner, 27,...
Jun 10 2013 | 3:43 pm
- An insurance company is suing the city of Geneva for $650,000 in damages, claiming the city was negligent in failing to remove a tree after a fallen branch had landed on a home's power lines. The second time this occurred, the suit says, an...
Jun 10 2013 | 4:59 pm
- A 51-year-old man is accused of slashing a neighbor with a kitchen knife during a fight Saturday at a St. Charles apartment complex. Edward Brubaker is charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon and is being held on $30,000 bail. Brubaker, who...