Downers Grove Crime
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Naperville police: Woman's ring robbery story a fakeSep 15, 2017 1:00 am - Naperville police say a Plainfield woman fabricated a story that she was robbed of her wallet and wedding ring this week in a strip mall parking lot. Police received a W...
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Parishioners: Naperville woman was agitated with children before murdersSep 14, 2017 1:00 am - Less than three hours before Elzbieta Plackowska is accused of stabbing to death her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl, she took the children to church. Church member...
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Glen Ellyn man charged in 2011 slaying of ex-wife in custodySep 13, 2017 1:00 am - A Glen Ellyn man charged with the October 2011 strangulation murder of his ex-wife lost his extradition appeal and was returned to DuPage County. Juan Granados, 39, was ...
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Police: Pregnant woman reports wedding ring, wallet stolen in NapervilleSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - A pregnant woman told police she was robbed of her wallet and wedding ring, possibly at gunpoint, Naperville police said Wednesday. The woman reported the robbery about...
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Son: Mom was "acting normal" until days before she killed 2 children in NapervilleSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Matusz Plackowski said his mother, Elzbieta Plackowska, was deeply saddened by her father's recent death but was otherwise "acting normal" until just days before she fat...
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Death of Naperville teen who made sex video shows quandary for schoolsSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Staff members at Naperville North High School called 16-year-old Corey Walgren to the dean's office to ask about a video he made of himself having sex with a classmate. ...
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Prosecutor: Woman killed two kids because she 'got a raw deal in life'Sep 12, 2017 1:00 am - No one denies that Elzbieta Plackowska had problems on the night of Oct. 30, 2012, as she plunged a kitchen knife into her 7-year-old son 173 times and a 5-year-old girl...
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Former golf club employee pleads guilty to misdemeanor attempted theftSep 11, 2017 1:00 am - A 29-year-old former employee of the Bartlett Hills Golf Club pleaded guilty to misdemeanor attempted theft. Clayton M. Gerlach, of Naperville, was sentenced to two yea...
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Woman's trial begins Tuesday in 2012 slaying of two Naperville childrenSep 09, 2017 1:00 am - After nearly five years of investigations, psychological exams and thousands of pages of reports and court appearances, a DuPage County judge is finally prepared to hear...
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Former Winfield fire official pleads guilty to attempted official misconductSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - A former Winfield deputy fire chief was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and 10 days in the DuPage Sheriff's Work Alternative Program. Bryan Lewis, 45, of th...