Itasca Crime
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Prices jump as heroin antidote use increasesSep 19, 2015 7:05 am - The growing popularity of drugs used to treat heroin overdoses has resulted in costs that have quadrupled in the past two years in some cases. Experts say prices have es...
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Fallen McHenry County deputy hero honoredSep 19, 2015 1:00 am - The chattering stopped and a football, once airborne, sat stationary on the grass. At Northwood Middle School late Saturday afternoon, somber silence prevailed as peopl...
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Geneva man accused of embezzling $3.9 million from clientsSep 18, 2015 1:00 am - A 56-year-old Geneva man is facing federal fraud charges after being accused of embezzling $3.9 million of his clients' funds. Prosecutors said Stephen C. Browere promis...
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Teen shot, killed in AuroraSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - Aurora police are investigating the early morning shooting death of a 16-year-old Aurora boy. Police were called at 2:30 a.m. today about a gunshot victim lying in a dri...
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Police say scams are targeting Aurora's seniorsSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - Aurora police are investigating two recent attempted ruse burglaries that targeted senior citizens on the city's East side. Police say the first occurred around 3:15 p.m...
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Willowbrook teen charged with hate crime in Darien road rage beatingSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - One week after an altercation in Darien left him bloodied and bruised, Inderjit Singh Mukker returned Tuesday morning to the area where he says he was attacked because o...
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Hinsdale South lockdown lifted as police investigate gunshotSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - Hinsdale South High School dismissed class on its regular schedule Tuesday after taking precautions to keep students inside the building for more than 2½ hours at the di...
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Defense calls case against former forest IT staff a 'witch hunt'Sep 14, 2015 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors on Monday outlined a series of schemes in which they say a former DuPage County Forest Preserve employee and an outside vendor conspired to ste...
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Sikh-American's father urges education after Darien road rage attackSep 10, 2015 1:00 am - A road rage attack in Darien may have escalated into a hate crime, authorities say, after a 17-year-old hurled racial slurs at a 53-year-old Sikh-American wearing a bear...
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Man gets 12 years for arson near WillowbrookSep 10, 2015 1:00 am - A Broadview man was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for intentionally setting a fire in 2014 in front of his sister's apartment in an unincorporated area near W...