Downers Grove Crime
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Former Wheaton man gets 40 years for soliciting murdersJul 19, 2013 1:00 pm - Gordon Vanderark will be about 96 years old before he's eligible to get out of prison in a case that began with a DUI and ended with him soliciting the revenge killings ...
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DuPage charges man in Woodridge carjackingJul 18, 2013 4:09 pm - A DuPage County judge set bail Thursday at $1 million for a former nuclear power plant worker who authorities say fled to Venezuela after he and a colleague carjacked a ...
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Elgin woman gets jail, probation for DuPage credit union theftJul 16, 2013 4:00 pm - An Elgin woman will serve jail time and probation for stealing more than $3,000 from a nonprofit credit union that serves DuPage County government workers. Hermila Garc...
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Victim's mom wishes Borizov 'was the one in the grave'Jul 15, 2013 12:00 pm - Judy Pokorny has just one regret about the man who had her son's family killed serving life in prison. “I wish he was the one in the grave,” she said Monday. Pokorny f...
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Naperville man guilty of home invasion, batteryJul 12, 2013 5:58 pm - A jury has found a Naperville man guilty for entering the house of his estranged wife and beating her in 2011, prosecutors said Friday. Kenny Edwards, 36, was found guil...
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Two Aurora men charged with growing potJul 12, 2013 11:44 am - Two Aurora men have been charged with unlawful production of cannabis and unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver after authorities said they seized 230 p...
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Lisle man charged with driving more than 100 mphJul 12, 2013 7:56 am - A 24-year-old man has been charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol after allegedly driving more than 100 mph down a busy Naperville stre...
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Naperville man charged with striking neighbor with swordJul 12, 2013 7:00 am - A Naperville man has been charged with attacking a neighbor with a 3-foot novelty pirate sword following an Independence Day argument, authorities said. Phillip K. Head...
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Woodridge man pleads guilty to stalking Naperville womanJul 06, 2013 5:34 pm - A Woodridge man has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to stalking a Naperville woman. Ashish Kolli, 24, of the 2700 block of Laurel Court, also received...
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$650,000 bail for Naperville man charged in cab driver stabbingJul 06, 2013 4:16 pm - Bail was set at $650,000 Saturday for a Naperville man accused of stabbing a taxi driver and stealing his cab. Maurice Martin, 33, appeared before Kane County Judge Susa...