Deerfield Crime
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Deputies hailed as heroes after helping victims of Beach Park chemical leakApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - The police officers and firefighters who were injured while responding to a poisonous chemical leak in Beach Park Thursday are being hailed as heroes. "This type of even...
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13-year prison sentence for Elgin man who abused, shook 7-week-old babyApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday for breaking the leg of his live-in girlfriend's 7-week-old son in March 2016 and later shaking the ba...
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Man who stole BMW, led Elgin police on chase gets jail, probationApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - A McHenry man pleaded guilty this week to stealing a BMW from a driveway in Elgin and leading police on a drunken chase, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and two ye...
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Gliniewicz case could head back to state appellate courtApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - Prosecutors will decide whether to again ask the state appellate court to rule on a previous Lake County court decision involving cellphone text messages in the Melodie ...
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Wheeling man charged with sexually abusing girlApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - A 56-year-old Wheeling man was ordered held on $250,000 bail Monday on charges he sexually abused a girl more than two years ago when she was 10 years old. If convicted...
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Prosecutor receives death threats in wake of Smollett decisionApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has received a series of threats against her life and safety in the wake of her office's decision earlier this month to abruptly dr...
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Defense unsuccessful in getting trial delay in Libertyville slayingApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - An attorney was unsuccessful in delaying the trial date for a Round Lake Beach man accused of gunning down a Libertyville man he saw as a romantic rival. Kenneth Seplak,...
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Man accused of stabbing Elgin psychiatrist fit to stand trial; defense may argue insanityApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - A man charged with stabbing his Elgin psychiatrist with a steak knife in August after she refused to write him a prescription for medical marijuana was ruled fit to stan...
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Former Schaumburg officer continuing efforts to have conviction vacatedApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors are objecting to a former Schaumburg police officer's attempts to have his conviction vacated and charges dismissed. In a one-page motion to di...
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Judge allows some text messages between Gliniewicz, widow during trialApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - Some text messages between Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz and wife can be introduced as evidence during her trial on charges related to the theft of funds from the Fox La...