Elmhurst Crime
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3 charged with stealing $1,668 in perfume from Walgreens store, fleeing policeFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - Three people have been charged with stealing perfume and other items from a Walgreens store in Willowbrook on Tuesday, then leading police on a chase through several com...
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Elmhurst man pleads guilty to child porn chargeJan 31, 2023 12:00 am - An Elmhurst man pleaded guilty Jan. 25 to possession of child pornography. Samuel J. Pulli, 27, of the 600 block of South Fairfield Avenue, was sentenced to 180 days in ...
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Villa Park police: Harvey man fled traffic stop while driving stolen carJan 27, 2023 12:00 am - A Harvey man is being held without bail and facing charges after he fled an attempted traffic stop while driving a stolen car in Villa Park on Thursday, officials said. ...
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Police: Man fired a machine gun more than 30 times in Villa Park neighborhoodJan 27, 2023 12:00 am - A DuPage County judge on Friday denied bail for a Maywood man facing multiple weapons charges after prosecutors said he fired an automatic handgun more than 30 times int...
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022Jan 20, 2023 4:00 am - We all know you can't bring a gun aboard a commercial flight, but that didn't stop a record 6,542 failed attempts last year, according to the Transportation Security Adm...
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Man pleads guilty to leading police on high-speed chase that ended in ChicagoJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - A man accused of stealing items from an Oak Brook store last month, then leading police on a high-speed chase, has pleaded guilty to aggravated fleeing and eluding. Bran...
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Villa Park teen accused of threatening violence against another boyJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - A 13-year-old Villa Park boy has been charged with felony disorderly conduct, accused of threatening another juvenile and his family. DuPage County Judge Demetrios Panou...
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Oak Brook home burglarized as teenage girl hidJan 16, 2023 12:00 am - Neighbors of an Oak Brook home targeted for a home invasion Friday said it's one of several houses in the neighborhood hit by burglars in the last few months. But on Fri...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...