West Chicago Crime
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Woman gets 90 days in jail for killing son's catSep 12, 2016 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge ruled Monday that a cat named Zeppelin was trying to "save her own life from the hands of people trying to kill her" when she bit and scratched a C...
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Convicted ex-Naperville theater owner gets October sentencing dateSep 09, 2016 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge set an October sentencing date Friday for the former owner of the Hollywood Palms cinema in Naperville and the Hollywood Blvd. movie theater in Woo...
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Retired DuPage explosive-detection dog named Utah diesSep 09, 2016 1:00 am - Utah hasn't sniffed around the DuPage County courthouse for nearly four years, but his death this week still left many who work there feeling sad. The 13-year-old black ...
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Aurora man charged with 6th DUISep 08, 2016 1:00 am - An Aurora man has been charged with his sixth DUI arrest after a traffic stop earlier this year, according to Kane County court records. Roberto H. Patino, 44, of the 50...
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Police hope backpack will lead to mother of Baby HopeSep 08, 2016 1:00 am - The DuPage County sheriff's office is offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who provides information that helps identify or locate the mother of the newborn baby girl left...
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Elgin teen charged in Glen Ellyn kidnapping, robberySep 07, 2016 1:00 am - An Elgin teen is now the second person apprehended and charged in connection with the Aug. 26 kidnapping and armed robbery of a 21-year-old Wheaton College student that ...
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One charged, 2 on lam in kidnapping of Wheaton College studentSep 02, 2016 1:00 am - One man is being held on $3 million bail and police are searching for two others in the Aug. 26 kidnapping and armed robbery of a 21-year-old Wheaton College student tha...
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Joliet man found guilty in 2014 Aurora drug deal murderAug 31, 2016 1:00 am - A Kane County jury on Wednesday convicted a 21-year-old man from Joliet of shooting and killing an Aurora man in January 2014 during a drug deal. In addition to first-de...
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Cab driver: Naperville slaying victim had violent pastAug 31, 2016 1:00 am - The night of June 8, 1991, is one Alfred Satian says he'll never forget. That's the night, he says, when he was attacked in his cab by Charles Clark, who 13 years later ...
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DuPage County judge won't allow woman to change guilty plea in cat stabbingAug 30, 2016 1:00 am - A Chicago woman will not be allowed to change her guilty plea to charges of aggravated cruelty in the stabbing death of the family cat in Elmhurst, a DuPage County judge...