Westmont Crime
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Oak Brook cops: Would-be robbers staked out mall for hoursJun 24, 2013 1:41 pm - A Detroit man who was shot by a security guard at Oakbrook Center may have spent hours staking out the mall with two accomplices Sunday before they tried to rob a jewelr...
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Chicago man charged with soliciting murder in DuPageJun 21, 2013 4:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Court upholds conviction in Hanover Park dollar-store murderJun 20, 2013 3:00 pm - An appellate court has upheld a Hanover Park man's murder conviction in the November 2008 stabbing death of a dollar-store clerk, prosecutors said Thursday. Jerry Lockh...
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Aurora gym owner, office manager acquitted of forgeryJun 19, 2013 6:00 pm - The owner of an Aurora gymnastics studio was found not guilty Wednesday of forging her son's coaching schedules prior to his 2005 trial on charges he sexually abused 14 ...
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Ex-bookkeeper guilty of $291,000 theftJun 19, 2013 12:35 pm - An Aurora man on Wednesday admitted stealing nearly $300,000 from an Oak Brook company where he worked as a bookkeeper. Shaun Horan, 32, faces a maximum 15 years in pri...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...