Downers Grove Crime
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Top Kane prosecutor: Synthetic pot still a suburban problemNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - More than five years ago, a 19-year-old Aurora teen who bought synthetic marijuana from a tobacco shop died after crashing his car into a North Aurora home. The death o...
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Couple charged with robbing Naperville CVS, claiming HIV-infected needleNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - Warrants have been issued and charges filed against a Chicago couple accused of robbing a Naperville CVS Pharmacy with a hypodermic needle they claimed was filled with H...
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Elgin man sentenced for stealing and selling dental equipmentNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing and then selling dental equipment valued at more than $146,000. Miguel Pizano, 27, of the 200 block ...
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Niles robbery suspect could be linked to Naperville case, police sayNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - Police say a man who robbed a Niles CVS pharmacy with a hypodermic needle he claimed was filled with HIV-positive blood may be linked to similar robberies in Naperville ...
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Illinois seeks ‘bold change’ in mental health treatmentNov 20, 2016 6:20 am -
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Russell maintains innocence in murder of Bensenville store clerkNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - For nearly three years, DuPage County prosecutors have pinned the Jan. 19, 2014 shooting death of a Bensenville shop clerk on 23-year-old Stephan Russell. Speaking for t...
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Chicago man guilty of 2014 Bensenville slayingNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - Stephan Russell now figures to spend the rest of his adult life in prison. A DuPage County jury deliberated for just shy of four hours Friday night before convicting the...
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Getaway driver says he didn't know Bensenville store clerk was killedNov 16, 2016 12:00 am - Tremayne Davis says he drove Stephan Russell and Kenneth Bardlett in a minivan as they fled from a Bensenville tobacco shop in the moments after the owner was shot and k...
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Police: Robbers said they had needle with HIVNov 16, 2016 12:00 am - Two people robbed a Naperville CVS store Tuesday morning by threatening employees with a hypodermic needle they claimed was infected with HIV and got away with medicatio...
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New trial date set for last of accused Schaumburg copsNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - An April 11 trial date has been set for a former Schaumburg police officer accused with two others of skimming drugs from police seizures and then using an informant to ...