Prospect Heights Crime
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D'Andre Howard 'just wanted to make the noise stop'Jun 02, 2014 1:00 am - D'Andre Howard admitted to “wildly slashing” four members of his fiancee Amanda Engelhardt's family and said he heard loud noises in his head “like a siren” while he did...
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Stab wounds too hard to look at in Howard murder trialMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Grim photographic evidence of the vicious attacks against three members of a Hoffman Estates family led some people to leave the courtroom and defendant D'Andre Howard t...
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Grandmother's mental fitness at issue in murder caseMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - A doctor says a South suburban woman is unfit to stand trial for the death of her 6-month-old granddaughter. The Southtown Star reported Alfreda Giedrojc will have a he...
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Paramedic recalls Laura Engelhardt asking, 'Am I going to die?'May 29, 2014 1:00 am - Eighteen-year-old Laura Engelhardt had one question as paramedics rushed her by ambulance to the hospital after a knife attack on her family on April 17, 2009. “Am I goi...
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Northwest suburban police blotterMay 28, 2014 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Ex-girlfriend describes killings in Howard trialMay 28, 2014 1:00 am - A tearful Amanda Engelhardt told jurors today that she fell asleep after a prolonged argument with former boyfriend D'Andre Howard and awoke to find him holding a knife ...
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After jury chosen, Howard tries to fire lawyersMay 28, 2014 1:00 am - After 12 jurors and three alternates had been chosen to hear evidence in his murder trial, D'Andre Howard informed the judge Tuesday that he wanted to fire his assistant...
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Man charged with raping woman at Elgin hotelMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - A 34-year-old man has been charged with raping a woman who had passed out from drinking at an Elgin hotel in February, according to police and Kane County court records....
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Trial to begin for 2009 Hoffman Estates murdersMay 25, 2014 8:00 am - Five years ago, violence transformed a Hoffman Estates family, claiming the lives of three members and devastating those left behind. On Tuesday, the Engelhardt family'...
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Ex-clerk pleads guilty to stealing from villageMay 22, 2014 1:01 am - A 70-year-old former Burnham village clerk has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $650,000 from her community, spending much of it at casinos. As part of a plea deal, ...