West Chicago Crime
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5 years prison for man in Aurora parking lot shootingDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - A North Aurora man has been sentenced to five years in prison for opening fire at two men in a grocery store parking lot on Aurora's near west side in June. Joshua J. Ha...
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'They never gave up on the case': DuPage detectives honored for solving Wesselman murderNov 30, 2018 4:28 am - The hunt for 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman's killer was more than three decades old by the fall of 2015, but it wasn't a "cold" case. Not for Kristy's family, and not for...
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Elgin man pleads guilty in 2016 kidnapping and armed robberyNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - An Elgin man now faces between six and 30 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to his role in the August 2016 kidnapping and armed robbery of a Wheaton College s...
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Woman won't accept DuPage plea deal in aggravated DUI caseNov 27, 2018 12:00 am - A Cicero woman, who is accused of driving drunk when she crashed her SUV into an Aurora pond and left her 6-year-old son in the submerged vehicle, will not accept a deal...
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Wheaton man who assaulted ex-girlfriend to be released from mental health facilityNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - A 31-year-old Wheaton man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2014 battery and sexual assault of an ex-girlfriend will be released Dec. 19 to his parents' Whea...
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Bail set at $1.5 million for third man charged in West Chicago murderNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - After fleeing to southern Illinois, the third suspect charged with murder in the Nov. 9 slaying of 26-year-old Alexander Nicolas in West Chicago returned to DuPage Count...
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Ice cream business owner faces multiple child pornography charges in DuPage CountyNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - A Dixon businessman was ordered held on $800,000 bail Friday in DuPage County, charged with eight counts of creating child pornography and multiple counts of unauthorize...
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'Amped up and looking for trouble': 3 charged in West Chicago slayingNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - Three reputed gang members told investigators they were "amped up" after a night of drinking and "looking for trouble" when they came upon 26-year-old Alexander Nicolas ...
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Man acquitted in 2017 road rage stabbing of Naperville residentNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - A 30-year-old former Lisle man has been acquitted of three counts of aggravated battery in connection with a June 2017 traffic confrontation in which he stabbed a Naperv...
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DuPage judge denies motion to toss evidence in dark web murder-for-hire trialNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - In the hours before being arrested and charged, Tina Jones, the former Loyola University Medical Center nurse accused of using the dark web to hire a hitman to kill her ...