Elmhurst Crime
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Suburban attorney sentenced for stealing millionsFeb 10, 2015 12:00 am - A former real estate attorney with offices in Oak Brook was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in prison for stealing $2.34 million from her clients. Kathleen Niew, ...
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Online gamer nabbed in Naperville 'swatting' episodesFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - An online gamer, known in the gaming community as the "Famed God," has been arrested in Las Vegas and will be extradited to Will County in connection with a "swatting" p...
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Lombard Salvation Army thief sentenced, released from jailFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - A modern-day grinch was ordered released from DuPage County Jail on Friday with orders to stay out of trouble or go back to jail. Kavin Gipson, 48, of Hillside, and anot...
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Ex-teacher from Naperville held on sex chargesFeb 02, 2015 12:00 am - A 27-year-old Naperville man and former Wilmington High School teacher and girls basketball coach is being held on $1 million bail in Will County, accused of molesting a...
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Son convicted in father's 2011 stabbing deathJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - The final moments of William Clifford, Jr.'s life were horrifying as he was stabbed repeatedly before taking the fatal blow that punctured his heart, according to prosec...
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Naperville police use heroin antidote to save 17-year-oldJan 29, 2015 12:01 am - Newly trained Naperville police officers saved a 17-year-old girl's life last weekend when they used a drug that reverses the effects of a heroin overdose for the first ...
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Elk Grove Village man guilty in sexual abuse of girlsJan 29, 2015 12:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man faces a maximum 127 years in prison after being convicted of multiple sex offenses against two young girls. A 12-member DuPage County jury delib...
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Mother testifies in son's murder trialJan 29, 2015 12:00 am - William Clifford III accepted financial support from his parents for about eight years, his mother testified Thursday, even though he was sometimes unappreciative and fr...
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Man testifies he saw Aurora man stabbed by sonJan 28, 2015 12:01 am - Joe Holman heard a commotion outside his Westmont hotel room in the afternoon of May 28, 2011. And he opened his door to see the repeated flashes of a slashing knife. Th...
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Spitalli gets 68 years for Darien slaying, kidnappingJan 27, 2015 12:01 am - A 36-year-old Darien man convicted of nearly beheading his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend will likely never be free again. DuPage County Judge Daniel Guerin sentenced Jos...