Downers Grove Crime
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Constable: Downers Grove Girl Scout wins National Gold Award for creating sex assault databaseOct 08, 2020 5:30 am - A middle school friend's “sexual assault crisis” and the lasting and traumatic effects it had on the girl inspired Therese Malinowski of Downers Grove to make a differen...
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Carol Stream man pleads guilty, gets 8 years for drug-induced homicideOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - A Carol Stream man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for supplying a fatal dose of fentanyl to a man in 2019. Mark Vecchione, 29, of the 500 block of Canterbur...
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Overdoses linked to counterfeit opioid pillsOct 03, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois has issued a warning about overdoses linked to counterfeit opioid pills bought on the street, DuPage County health authorities said Saturday. The state alerted ...
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Man accused of threatening tollway employeesOct 01, 2020 1:00 am - A Melrose Park man is facing a felony charge for making a threatening phone call to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, authorities said. Edward Rice, 34, of the ...
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Naperville police searching for man who robbed pizza delivery driverSep 29, 2020 1:00 am - Naperville police are searching for a man accused of robbing a pizza delivery driver Monday night, authorities said. The driver had just completed a delivery about 7:30 ...
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'We have too many guns': Casten proposes national gun buyback programSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - Already an outspoken advocate of stricter gun control laws, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove this week voiced support for a national buyback program in the U.S. si...
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Naperville man charged with illegally selling gunsSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - A Naperville man is charged with illegally selling guns, including two that were later determined to be stolen. Mohammed Haq, 38, of the 2700 block of East Gateshead Dri...
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FBI asks for public's help in Jerry Harris investigationSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - Less than a week after “Cheer” star Jerry Harris was arrested and charged with producing child pornography, FBI agents made an appeal Tuesday for the public's help findi...
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Car burglaries reported in NapervilleSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - Broken car windows and stolen valuables were reported in three separate locations in central and south Naperville this weekend, police said in a Naper Notify community a...
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Netflix 'Cheer' star from Naperville facing child pornography chargeSep 17, 2020 1:00 am - Jerry Harris, the Naperville star of the Netflix series "Cheer," was arrested Thursday on a federal charge accusing him of soliciting explicit images and videos from an ...