Elgin Crime
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Kidnappers tortured teen by burning tattoo with cigarettes, police sayMar 07, 2016 12:00 am - A 19-year-old who was kidnapped in Elgin last month was forced to strip while her assailants beat her and used cigarettes to repeatedly burn her tattoo - one of a matchi...
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Elgin police arrest 2nd woman in torture of Elgin teen with lit cigarettesMar 05, 2016 12:00 am - Elgin police Friday arrested a second person in the kidnapping and torture of a 19-year-old woman last weekend, police said Saturday in a news release. Ruby Gomez, 20, o...
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Elgin police investigate shots fired in alleyMar 05, 2016 12:00 am - Elgin police are investigating shots fired early Saturday in an alley, authorities said. Officers called about 2:30 a.m. to the 700 block of Walnut Street, found several...
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Hoffman Estates man charged with sexually abusing teenMar 04, 2016 12:00 am - Prosecutors say a 22-year-old Hoffman Estates man sexually abused a teenager about three years ago at a time when she was intoxicated and could not consent. Yovani Hern...
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Police: Three St. Charles racist-vandalism suspects confessedMar 03, 2016 12:00 am - Three teens accused of a vandalism spree at a St. Charles Park District office last December have confessed to that and other crimes, according to a police affidavit use...
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Man charged in Aurora restaurant burglary, suspected in othersMar 03, 2016 12:00 am - A 44-year-old man has been charged with a Feb. 13 burglary at a west-side Aurora restaurant and is a suspect in several other break-ins, police said Thursday. Christophe...
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Burning cigarettes used to torture kidnapped Elgin teen, records showMar 02, 2016 12:00 am - A 19-year-old who was kidnapped over the weekend in Elgin was beaten and repeatedly burned with cigarettes, according to Kane County court records. Elgin police have arr...
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Elgin man charged in home burglaryMar 02, 2016 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged in connection with a home burglary in January. Christen Deleslin, 20, is accused of breaking into a home with another man on the 600 block ...
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Carpentersville teen accused of kidnapping, torturing another teenMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - Elgin police have arrested a 19-year-old woman from Carpentersville and are looking for four more suspects involved in a kidnapping and torture of another teen over the ...
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Guilty plea in 2014 Aurora drug slayingFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - A 22-year-old Joliet man has pleaded guilty to a 2014 drug-related murder in Aurora and is expected to testify against his younger brother at a March trial. Jaquan D. Gr...