Westmont Crime
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Prosecutor: Woman killed two kids because she 'got a raw deal in life'Sep 12, 2017 1:00 am - No one denies that Elzbieta Plackowska had problems on the night of Oct. 30, 2012, as she plunged a kitchen knife into her 7-year-old son 173 times and a 5-year-old girl...
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Woman's trial begins Tuesday in 2012 slaying of two Naperville childrenSep 09, 2017 1:00 am - After nearly five years of investigations, psychological exams and thousands of pages of reports and court appearances, a DuPage County judge is finally prepared to hear...
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Former Winfield fire official pleads guilty to attempted official misconductSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - A former Winfield deputy fire chief was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and 10 days in the DuPage Sheriff's Work Alternative Program. Bryan Lewis, 45, of th...
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Former Wheaton attorney facing prison for stealing from clientsSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - A former Wheaton attorney has pleaded guilty to theft and now faces between four and 15 years in prison for bilking the estates of four former and three current clients ...
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Prosecutors praise success of DuPage diversion programSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - Just more than five years after its inception, DuPage County prosecutors are celebrating the 100th person to successfully complete their Pre-Trial Diversion Program. The...
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30 days in jail for Indian Prairie bus monitor who hit boy with autismAug 31, 2017 1:00 am - DuPage County Judge James Orel said he usually would prefer not to send a 69-year-old woman with a medical history to prison. But in the case of Joyce Jones on Thursday...
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Villa Park teen's trial begins in 2015 shooting of two Addison menAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - DuPage County prosecutors say a 16-year-old Bruce Berrier was an "enforcer" responsible for "clearing out unwanted people" from a Villa Park townhouse complex when he sh...
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Ex-professor convicted of child porn gets 3 years after probation violationAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - A former Wheaton College professor, who previously avoided incarceration after being convicted of child pornography charges, is headed to prison for violating his probat...
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Bartlett police arrest three for residential burglaryAug 28, 2017 1:00 am - Bartlett police Sunday arrested a woman, man, and a 16-year-old boy in connection with an early-morning residential burglary after the homeowner reported spotting one of...
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Hinsdale man gets 70 years in 2014 Bloomingdale slayingAug 25, 2017 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge all but assured Friday that a former Hinsdale businessman and father of four will die in an Illinois prison for the 2014 slaying of a Bloomingdale ...