Aurora Crime
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Police: Drunk driver hit house with his carAug 06, 2024 8:04 pm - An Aurora man has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs after hitting a house with his car in Batavia early Monday morning.
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‘Disgusting’ images of child sexual abuse prompt judges to deny pretrial release in separate casesAug 03, 2024 2:04 pm - DuPage County judges last week denied pretrial releases for two men charged in unrelated child pornography felony cases that authorities characterized as “revolting.”
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Why the public’s confidence in police is on the reboundAug 02, 2024 5:15 am - After bottoming out in the wake of George Floyd’s killing and the summer of 2020, the public’s confidence in law enforcement is on the rise, according to a new Gallup poll. What have police done to improve the public’s confidence? We asked some suburban police chiefs.
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Police: Father, uncle invaded home, took childJul 30, 2024 6:10 pm - A father and his brother are accused of forcibly taking an 8-year-old boy in a home invasion in Aurora, police say.
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Lombard murder victim identifiedJul 26, 2024 4:18 pm - The DuPage County coroner has released the name of a man shot to death earlier this week in unincorporated Lombard. The victim is Alaa Ghnimat, age 38. The DuPage County ...
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Man faces child sex charges after amateur stingJul 26, 2024 11:08 am - A sex offender was arrested Thursday on new charges, after two minors fooled him in to thinking he was meeting up with a 15-year-old girl for sex in Aurora.
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Man charged in street racing crash in AuroraJul 24, 2024 5:06 pm - Aurora and North Aurora police are warning people about the consequences of street racing after a bystander was seriously injured in a crash.
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Man gets 25-year sentence in cellphone store robberiesJul 23, 2024 11:41 am - A Chicago man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for his role in a string of armed robberies of cell phone stores throughout Illinois, including trying to rob stores in Woodridge and Aurora.
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26-year prison sentence for Schaumburg man who robbed two phone stores at gunpointJul 19, 2024 6:01 pm - A former Schaumburg man was sentenced to 26 years in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery of two DuPage County wireless phone stores.
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Men sentenced to prison for shooting in suspected drug dealJul 19, 2024 11:43 am - Two men were sentenced to prison Thursday in connection with a shooting in Aurora during what police suspect was a drug deal gone wrong.