West Chicago Crime
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Coroners: Rising heroin deaths could be connected to tainted drugOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - Suburban officials are concerned the same potentially tainted heroin that caused a rash of overdoses in Chicago last week could have made its way north and west to users...
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West Chicago man convicted of raping two girls gets 24 yearsOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - A West Chicago man maintained his innocence Thursday afternoon as he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping two young girls. Darinel Velazquez-Roblero, 28, of th...
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COD classes to resume Tuesday after bomb threatOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - Classes are expected to resume Tuesday morning at College of DuPage following a bomb threat at the Glen Ellyn campus Monday night. College officials canceled class Mond...
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Bail set for Naperville man accused of having more than 300 child porn videosOct 04, 2015 1:00 am - Bail was set at $250,000 for a Naperville man accused of possessing almost 350 pornographic online videos of children. DuPage County State's Attorney Robert B. Berlin sa...
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Chicago woman sentenced to 10 years for Villa Park home invasionOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - A Chicago woman, who posed as a prostitute in a 2013 Villa Park home invasion in which three people were tied up and robbed, is headed to prison. DuPage County Judge Joh...
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Naperville man nabbed in child porn investigationOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - A Naperville man is facing several child pornography charges. Ryan Gutierrez, 29, of the 1900 block of Alta Vista Court, is expected to be in 8 a.m. bond court Saturday ...
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Former DuPage forest exec convicted of official misconductOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - The DuPage County Forest Preserve District's former information technology manager, David Tepper, was found guilty Thursday of 27 of 142 charges in a long-running case i...
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Former Downers Grove youth pastor gets jail time for theftOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - A former youth pastor at a Downers Grove church pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor theft from the church where he worked. Rix Thorsell, 27, of the 100 block of Cross...
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5 years in prison for former Villa Park Islamic Foundation finance chiefOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - The former finance director of the Islamic Foundation in Villa Park was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison after admitting he stole hundreds of thousands of doll...
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Carol Stream woman sentenced to probation in W. Chicago hit-and-runSep 30, 2015 1:00 am - A Carol Stream woman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to hit-and-run accident in West Chicago and was sentenced to two years of probation. Kim H. Phan, 58, originally was cha...