Elmhurst Crime
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‘Road rage’ driver guilty of DUI in fatal Naperville crashMar 27, 2013 10:58 am - A Plainfield man was convicted Wednesday of driving under the influence of drugs and leaving the scene of a fatal Naperville crash that prosecutors said was fueled by ro...
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Florida men charged in DuPage forgery schemeMar 26, 2013 3:23 pm - Two Florida residents went on a shopping spree with credit cards stolen from vehicles at health clubs and day care centers in three DuPage County communities, authoritie...
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Villa Park man faces gun chargeMar 26, 2013 1:58 pm - A Villa Park man has been charged with illegally possessing a semiautomatic handgun, police said Tuesday. Ismael Garcia, 20, was arrested March 20 by officers respondin...
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Brothers charged with stomping Villa Park man’s faceMar 26, 2013 12:37 pm - Villa Park police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two brothers accused of beating a man and stomping on his face while he was unconscious. Alexis Cruz, 28, and Arman...
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Man gets 7 years for Lombard robbery involving toddlerMar 26, 2013 9:00 am - A Bellwood man has been given seven years in prison for his role in a Lombard robbery in which two adults and a toddler were threatened. David T. Johnson, 22, of the 35...
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Convicted sex offender arrested near Oakbrook Terrace schoolMar 25, 2013 2:28 pm - A convicted sex offender accused of taking up residency too close to an Oakbrook Terrace elementary school was being held Monday on $150,000 bail. John D. Russell, 47, ...
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Buffalo Grove man now faces murder-for-hire chargesMar 22, 2013 11:00 am - A former Chicago police officer — who once served time on Illinois' death row — is now facing murder-for-hire charges following his latest arrest by the FBI in October. ...
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More DNA tests ordered in Naperville child slayingsMar 22, 2013 10:54 am - Prosecutors can run DNA tests on a pair of suspected bloodstains found at a Naperville home where two children were stabbed to death in October, a judge ruled Friday. Th...
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Judge to rule on hearsay in Darien triple-murder trialMar 20, 2013 8:53 pm - Two months before he and two family members were gunned down in their home, Jeffrey Kramer confided he was “worried about this Johnny coming in and shooting up the place...
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Wheaton North teacher charged with sex abuseMar 20, 2013 4:00 pm - A longtime English teacher and former coach of the Wheaton North High School speech team had more than a dozen sexual encounters with a female student, including at scho...