Wheaton Crime
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14-year-old Aurora boy faces multiple gun chargesMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - A 14-year-old Aurora boy was charged with five counts of unlawful use of a weapon and a single count of unlawful contact with a street gang member. Members of the Aurora...
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Tip leads to Aurora fugitive wanted on federal drug chargesMay 24, 2016 1:00 am - Life on the lam came to an abrupt end for a former Aurora man accused of distributing large amounts of heroin and other drugs into the suburbs. Eric D. Coachman, 47, for...
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Clerk injured in Aurora armed robberyMay 24, 2016 1:00 am - Aurora police are investigating an early Tuesday heist in which a gas station clerk was injured. Police said two black men wearing gray ski masks, black jackets and blue...
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State trooper back on duty after near-fatal crashMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - An Illinois state trooper returning to work 20 months after nearly being killed by a drunken driving suspect is doing so with a message. What happened on Sept. 6, 2014, ...
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Woodridge man gets 18 years in prison for Radio Shack robberyMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - The gunman in a December 2013 armed robbery of a Downers Grove Radio Shack was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison. Brandon Jones, 21, of Woodridge was convicted in...
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Ex-Wheaton man: Killing wife 'my only way out,' documents sayMay 17, 2016 1:00 pm - Just days before he was to appear in court to answer charges of violating a protection order taken out by his wife, Yeveginy Savenok told police he figured his wife was ...
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Former Wheaton man suspected in wife's slaying in MinnesotaMay 16, 2016 1:00 am - A 2008 graduate of Wheaton College is being held in a Minnesota jail, authorities said, suspected of stabbing to death his pregnant wife. Yeveginy Savenok, 30, a standou...
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Lisle bans sale and purchase of powdered alcoholMay 12, 2016 1:00 am - Lisle has joined the growing number of municipalities trying to keep powdered alcohol, or palcohol, off the shelves of local establishments The village board recently pa...
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Chicago man charged with running down Oak Brook police officerMay 11, 2016 1:00 am - A Chicago man accused of running down an Oak Brook police detective with his car in a shopping center parking lot is being held on $100,000 bail in DuPage County. Devin ...
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Naperville cops intensify search for man who robbed known gamblerMay 11, 2016 1:00 am - Naperville police have intensified the search for a second man believed to have been involved in an August robbery near the city's police station. Police said two men us...