Wheaton Crime
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Elgin teen charged in Glen Ellyn kidnapping scheme released from juvenile detention facilityNov 09, 2016 12:00 am - The 17-year-old Elgin teen charged in the Aug. 26 kidnapping and armed robbery of a 21-year-old Wheaton College student has been released, on home detention, from the ju...
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Geneva investment firm owner sentenced to five years in Ponzi-like schemeNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - The founder of a Geneva investment firm has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for using client money to purchase a yacht and luxury vehicle and to trade his...
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Not guilty plea for Aurora man charged in puppy heistNov 07, 2016 12:00 am - The Aurora man charged with stealing a 12-week-old Pomeranian puppy named Bella last month from the Naperville Petland has turned himself in and pleaded not guilty. Benj...
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105 years prison in 2014 murder in Aurora pot dealNov 04, 2016 1:00 am - A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 105 years in prison Friday after a jury convicted him of gunning down an Aurora man in January 2014 during a drug deal for an ounce of...
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Student charged with threatening Hinsdale South released from detention facilityNov 03, 2016 1:00 am - The Hinsdale South student accused of threatening to target fellow students in a violent attack has been released from custody and now will be held on home detention in ...
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West Chicago couple held on $500,000 bail, each, charged with drug-induced homicideNov 02, 2016 1:00 am - A West Chicago couple was behind bars Wednesday morning accused of selling a fatal dose of heroin last December to a 2013 West Chicago Community High School graduate. Os...
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Woman charged with mailing fatal overdose of heroin to friend in DarienNov 02, 2016 1:00 am - A New Jersey woman has been charged in DuPage County with mailing heroin to a friend in Darien that resulted in a fatal overdose. Judge Daniel Guerin issued a $750,000 a...
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Second obscene outburst earns Lego Bandit more jail timeOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - Ignatius Pollara was just 12 days removed from serving a six-month sentence for criminal contempt of court on Oct. 20 when he lashed out at a DuPage prosecutor with an o...
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Hinsdale South student remains in custodyOct 26, 2016 1:00 am - The Hinsdale South student accused of threatening armed violence at the high school earlier this month will remain in custody until at least Nov. 4. At the urging of pro...
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'El Barto's' admission to police in Naperville graffiti spree ruled inadmissableOct 25, 2016 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge ruled Tuesday that evidence in the case of a Naperville man accused of littering downtown Naperville with "Simpsons"-inspired graffiti was collecte...