Westmont Crime
-
Cary man charged in TCF Bank robberiesJun 18, 2013 5:00 pm - A 26-year-old Cary man has been charged with robbing three banks in 10 days, authorities said Tuesday. Evan L. Hall, of the 100 block of River Drive, formally was charg...
-
Grim details emerge on murder-suicide near DarienJun 12, 2013 9:55 am - A Darien-area man may have been upset about his finances and losing his job when he opened fire on his family Tuesday, killing his wife and two daughters and then turnin...
-
4 killed in apparent DuPage County murder-suicide, sources sayJun 11, 2013 6:30 pm - Four family members were killed in an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday in unincorporated DuPage County, according to multiple law enforcement sources. The bodies were fou...
-
Legislation targets mug shot-removal websitesJun 09, 2013 8:00 am - Websites that carry arrest booking photos would be banned from accepting money to remove them in Illinois under proposed legislation headed to Gov. Pat Quinn. Lawmakers...
-
Aurora man faces new DUI charge, 12 years after fatal DUIJun 04, 2013 4:39 pm - Aurora police early Monday arrested a 33-year-old man — who previously spent time in prison for a reckless homicide 12 years ago — on charges of aggravated DUI, resistin...
-
5 Aurora gang members who ignored lawsuit banned from hanging outJun 04, 2013 1:58 pm - In the year since the Kane County State’s Attorney’s office sued 35 Latin Kings in Aurora, injunctions have been issued against five gang members because they never resp...
-
Bond increased for Roselle man accused of sexually abusing peacockMay 29, 2013 12:00 pm - David Beckmann put his hands over his ears Wednesday as a prosecutor described how he allegedly confessed to fatally molesting his pet peacock, Phyl. “I don't want to h...
-
Police, prosecutors at odds over what video shows in assault caseMay 29, 2013 5:00 am - They say the video doesn't lie — but can it tell two different stories? That appears to be the case for a Naperville man accused of swerving his vehicle at a teenage de...
-
Mental exam sought for Roselle man accused of abusing peacockMay 23, 2013 5:00 pm - The attorney for a Roselle man accused of sexually abusing a peacock said Thursday he has doubts about his client's mental fitness and will ask for him to undergo a psyc...
-
Specifics sought in DuPage IT contract-rigging caseMay 13, 2013 4:14 pm - Two of the three men charged in a contract-rigging scandal at the DuPage County Forest Preserve District have requested — and are expected to receive — a more detailed e...