North Aurora Crime
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Former Gilberts man takes plea deal in murder caseMay 30, 2018 1:00 am - A former Gilberts man has pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his roommate and faces a punishment ranging from probation to...
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North Aurora to prosecute some DUIS, retail thefts itselfMay 25, 2018 1:00 am - North Aurora is going to handle some misdemeanor DUI, traffic and retail theft prosecutions itself. Doing so should reduce the time police officers spend going to court,...
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Man gets 55 years for gunning down teen in AuroraMay 24, 2018 1:00 am - A judge Thursday sentenced a man to 55 years in prison for gunning down a teen in Aurora after trying to rob him during a 2015 deal for a small amount of marijuana. Leon...
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10 years in prison for heroin, weapons possession for arrest near ElginMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing nearly $10,000 of heroin, a gun and other contraband during an A...
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Mentally ill woman gets 25 years in prison for stabbing sister in CarpentersvilleMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - A 57-year-old woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty, but mentally ill, in the fatal 2014 stabbing of her sister. Sandra L. Baumgartner...
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Woman who stole more than $100,000 from North Aurora company gets jail, probationMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - Saying she violated her employer's trust, a Kane County judge Thursday sentenced a woman to 180 days in jail, four years of probation and ordered her to pay $155,767 in ...
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Ex-Carpentersville substitute teacher faces more sex abuse chargesMay 15, 2018 1:00 am - Four more accusers have come forward to allege sexual abuse by a former Carpentersville elementary school substitute teacher, bringing the total to eight, according to K...
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Woman shot in North Aurora by man trying to shoot somebody elseMay 14, 2018 1:00 am - A woman was shot in the ankle and foot Monday morning in North Aurora by a man trying to shoot someone else. North Aurora police say the injuries to the 56-year-old woma...
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A year later, questions about deadly Delnor standoff remain unansweredMay 11, 2018 5:30 am - It's been a year since a Kane County jail inmate got hold of an officer's gun at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, took two nurses hostage and beat and sexually assaulted one b...
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Man guilty in 2016 Elgin fatal shooting, car chaseMay 10, 2018 1:00 am - After deliberating less than two hours, a Kane County jury convicted an Elgin man of gunning down a 59-year-old man in 2016, kidnapping his girlfriend and their infant d...