Elk Grove Village Crime
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Tragedy and turmoil marked suburban crime news in 2020Jan 04, 2021 5:00 am - The heartbreaking story of the short, tragic life of AJ Freund, the Crystal Lake 5-year-old beaten to death in 2019 then buried in a shallow grave in Woodstock, conclude...
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Cook County sees record numbers of opioid, gun deaths in 2020Jan 02, 2021 12:00 am - The Cook County medical examiner's office handled record numbers of opioid deaths and gun-related homicides in 2020, as well as a record number of total cases because of...
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Hoffman Estates stabbing suspect hit by car in SchaumburgDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - The suspect in an early morning stabbing Wednesday in Hoffman Estates was struck by a car on Golf Road in Schaumburg shortly after the assault, authorities say, leading ...
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Buffalo Grove chief had big plans for international police group in 2020. Fate had other ideas.Dec 11, 2020 4:30 am - When Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Casstevens was sworn in last fall as president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, it was the culmination of more...
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Suspect in 1999 Des Plaines slaying captured in Mexico, extradited to U.S.Dec 10, 2020 12:00 am - Following a lengthy international manhunt, the man suspected of murdering a Des Plaines woman 21 years ago has been arrested and returned to the U.S., police announced T...
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Bail set at $300,000 for Villa Park man accused of gunrunningDec 07, 2020 12:00 am - A 21-year-old Villa Park man accused of illegally selling multiple guns on four separate occasions is being held on $300,000 bail, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert ...
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Mother charged in 2003 murder of newborn twins, bodies dumped in trash bin near StickneyDec 05, 2020 12:00 am - Inspired by news in 2018 of the arrest of the Golden State killer 32 years after his crime spree based on a DNA search for familial connections, Cook County sheriff's De...
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Des Plaines man accused of sending private sexual imagesDec 02, 2020 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man who authorities say sent out intimate, unclothed photos of a woman to two other people has been charged with nonconsensual dissemination of private sex...
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Des Plaines man charged with exposing self to Fremd studentDec 02, 2020 12:00 am - A 33-year-old Des Plaines man was arrested by Palatine police Tuesday after being identified as the suspect in an indecent exposure case at Fremd High School earlier in ...
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Cook County homicides top 900 mark in 2020: What's happened in Northwest suburbsDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County has recorded 902 homicides this year, marking the first time since 2016 and just the second time in nearly a quarter-century that the 900 mark has been reach...