Aurora Crime
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Prosecutors: Driver in fatal Downers Grove crash was coming off 4-day cocaine benderFeb 26, 2019 12:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors say Joseph Kucharski was asleep at the wheel at 10:55 a.m. on Feb. 19 when he drove through the intersection of Main and Grant streets, strikin...
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Aurora releases names of officers injured in shootingFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - Aurora police have released the names and photos of the six officers injured during a mass shooting Feb. 15 at the Henry Pratt Co. Five employees of the company were kil...
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Recordings tell the story of cops' response to Aurora shootingFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - Roughly three minutes into their response to a reported shooting at Henry Pratt Co., Aurora police officers come under fire from what they later will learn is a lone gun...
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Elgin man seeks to undo guilty plea in shaken baby caseFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - An Elgin man accused in a 2016 shaken baby attack wants to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing he didn't have time to weigh all his options with his family because he was ...
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Charges upgraded in crash that killed Downers Grove North studentFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - Charges against the driver who struck a Downers Grove North High School student Tuesday have been upgraded to include reckless homicide following the girl's death. Josep...
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Naperville man shot by police pleads not guilty to assaulting officerFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - The 27-year-old Naperville man who was shot by a Naperville police officer last month has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault to a police officer. ...
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Aurora police response strategy - go right in, right away - goes back to ColumbineFeb 22, 2019 4:25 am - After hearing reports of gunfire and injuries at the Henry Pratt Co. facility in Aurora last Friday, the first police officers to arrive at the scene rushed right into t...
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Downers Grove man who gave fatal dose to foreign exchange student gets 24 yearsFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - A Downers Grove man who provided a fatal dose of methadone to a 15-year-old Spanish foreign exchange student he was hoping to sexually assault is headed to prison. DuPag...
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12 years prison for final defendant in 2016 Elgin kidnapping, cigarette tortureFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - A fifth and final adult defendant is headed to prison in the 2016 kidnapping of a teen who was beaten and held overnight in Elgin while cigarettes were used to burn a ta...
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How Cook County sheriff wants to fix the FOID revocation, weapons retrieval processFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is proposing a task force in each county of the state that would handle Firearm Owner Identification Card revocation and weapon retrieval af...