Addison Crime

Local authorities keep plans for pre-inauguration security close to the vest

By Barbara Vitello
Jan 15, 2021 1:15 PM - While they decline to provide specifics, local authorities say they will be prepared for possible armed protests leading up to next week's presidential inauguration.
Ex-Joliet Central teacher pleads guilty to sex assault of student

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jan 8, 2021 5:17 PM - An ex-Joliet Central High School teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexual assault of one of his students.
Tragedy and turmoil marked suburban crime news in 2020

By Doug Graham, Susan Sarkauskas & Barbara Vitello
Jan 4, 2021 11:54 AM - The sentencing of AJ Freund's parents, the reversal of a cold case murder conviction, looting in the wake of civil rights protests against police shootings, an explosion of gunfire at a short-term rental in Roselle and a deadly Arlington Heights home invasion were among 2020's top suburban crime stories.
Police: Car with dog inside stolen from Elmhurst shopping center parking lot

Daily Herald report
Dec 22, 2020 2:10 PM - Elmhurst police are investigating an auto theft where a dog was left inside the vehicle.
Casstevens talks about police reforms, meeting with Barr

Dec 18, 2020 5:30 AM - In part two of our Q&A with Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Casstevens, we discuss police use-of-force police, work to stop the rising number of law enforcement suicides and meeting with Attorney General William Barr hours before his resignation was announced Monday.
2 women arrested in Lisle armed robbery

Daily Herald report
Dec 14, 2020 8:27 PM - Two area women were charged in the armed robbery of a visiting Texas man on Friday, Dec. 11, according to Lisle police. The man had agreed to meet one of the women in person after they had connected through a dating website.
Bail set at $300,000 for Villa Park man accused of gunrunning

Daily Herald report
Dec 7, 2020 4:05 PM - A 21-year-old Villa Park man accused of illegally selling multiple guns on four separate occasions is being held on $300,000 bond, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin announced Friday in a news release.
Chicago man charged in Addison gas station robbery

By Mary Chappell
Dec 3, 2020 8:47 PM - A Chicago man was charged Thursday with robbing an Addison gas station at gunpoint in January.
Car chase through Darien, Burr Ridge ends with crash into 2 police cars

By Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 24, 2020 6:58 PM - A high-speed chase Monday night ended with a Chicago man crashing a stolen vehicle into two police vehicles.
'I feel I had to protect myself': Rittenhouse offers no regrets in first public comments

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 20, 2020 5:00 AM - In his first public comments since his arrest, Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teen accused of killing two men and wounding another during violent demonstrations this summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, told the Washington Post he has no regrets.

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Year Incorporated:1885
Zip Codes:60101
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