Prospect Heights Crime
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Barrington High School grad faces murder charge in New YorkSep 06, 2013 8:33 am - A Barrington High School graduate is being held without bond in a New York jail after being charged with killing an 18-year-old Long Beach woman. Maxwell Sherman, 18, o...
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Dart: Beating victim spots 2012 attacker; 2 chargedSep 04, 2013 12:00 pm - Two Niles men were arrested in connection with a 2012 beating in Maine Township after the victim recently spotted one of the men and identified him to police as the atta...
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Dawn Patrol: Stabbing death, attempted murder in 2 Aurora casesSep 04, 2013 5:00 am - Woman questioned in Aurora man’s death Police were questioning a 19-year-old woman about the apparent stabbing death of an Aurora man. Authorities said Lamar D. Hou...
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Elgin man gets 3 years for marijuana possessionAug 30, 2013 2:21 pm - The first time Jose J. Hinojoza Gamino was arrested in Kane County, it was in April 2000 on charges of possession of between 2.5 and 10 grams of marijuana — an amount th...
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Attorney: Elgin woman facing 5th DUI will seek treatment if bond loweredAug 29, 2013 5:12 pm - The attorney for a 30-year-old woman facing charges of her fifth DUI — including three from July — says the woman will seek alcohol treatment if her bond is reduced. Tia...
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Ex-Stroger aide guilty of theft, money launderingAug 28, 2013 6:24 pm - A former top aide to Cook County’s former board president has been found guilty of stealing more than $300,000 in taxpayer money and money laundering. In a bench trial, ...
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Suburban police chiefs say they want national checks for gun buyersAug 28, 2013 3:00 am - The small group of suburban police chiefs that gathered Wednesday in Lake County to discuss gun violence called for universal background checks for prospective gun owner...
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Snowden name, revelations feature in Chicago caseAug 27, 2013 4:10 pm - Edward Snowden’s name loomed over a West suburban teenager’s terrorism case as a judge said Tuesday she must delay the trial to grapple with unresolved issues raised by ...
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Elgin teen accused of swiping ATV arrested same dayAug 27, 2013 1:58 pm - A resident of the 200 block of Orchard Street reported to Elgin police that an ATV was stolen from a garage between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. Thursday. It apparently didn’t take...
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Chicago man charged with criminal sexual assaultAug 26, 2013 8:00 pm - A 25-year-old woman was lured away from a party early Saturday morning by a man she met there and raped behind a garage, Elgin police said. Stanford E. Thompson, 33, of ...