Naperville Crime
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Daredevil motorcyclist gets 4 years for Westmont chaseJun 13, 2014 1:01 am - A Plainfield motorcyclist who lured police into chasing him and then posted videos of the pursuits online was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. DuPage County Jud...
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Prosecutors: Naperville man lied when he admitted hit-and-runJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - More than three years after 20-year-old Melissa Lech of Joliet died in a hit-and-run crash, David H. McCarthy IV showed up unannounced at the home of Lech's sister to ma...
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West Chicago dad pleads guilty to aggravated assaultJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - A West Chicago man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated assault related to his Jan. 9 arrest for recklessly taking two juveniles off a school bus. Jimmy Palmer, 53, of ...
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Elgin woman gets 5 years for $483,000 theftJun 12, 2014 1:00 am - Cheryl Quinn used her former employer's bank account information 82 times between August 2008 and June 2012 to pay for extravagant purchases on her personal credit card,...
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Warrenville man's plea, sentencing put on holdJun 10, 2014 1:01 am - A 24-year-old Warrenville man who was expected to plead guilty Tuesday and accept a 6-year prison term on charges of selling cocaine to undercover agents was not ready t...
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Two students charged with disorderly conduct at MeteaJun 06, 2014 1:01 am - Two sophomores have been charged with disorderly conduct after planning to exchange an air-soft gun for money inside Metea Valley High School in Aurora. Authorities said...
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Guilty verdict in stabbing, beating of Lombard motherJun 05, 2014 1:01 am - A six-person DuPage County jury deliberated for more than two hours Thursday evening before finding Demetrice Tompkins guilty of severely beating and stabbing the mother...
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Naperville requires pawnshops to photograph jewelryJun 04, 2014 5:30 am - The five pawnshops in Naperville could play a greater role in solving future burglaries of jewelry, gems and previous metals β all with the snap of a camera. The city co...
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Victim in Lombard stabbing says she was prepared to dieJun 04, 2014 1:00 am - Crystal Ward says she prayed and was prepared to die on the morning of Dec. 12, 2011, as her βon-and-off boyfriend of 20 years,β Demetrice Tompkins repeatedly beat and s...
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Police: Federal drug investigation leads to Naperville manJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - A federal task force investigating drug trafficking led Naperville police to a 20-year-old man who now is accused of having more than 600 Xanax pills and planning to sel...