Wheaton Crime
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Lisle man charged with endangering childJan 26, 2016 12:00 am - A 28-year-old Lisle man is being held on $7,500 bail in DuPage County jail charged with endangering the health or life of a child by smashing a liquor bottle through a c...
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Trial begins for third man charged in Radio Shack armed robberyJan 26, 2016 12:00 am - Michael Goetschel was on his knees, fearing for his life in the washroom of a Radio Shack, as a hooded man held a .38 revolver to his head demanding access to a locked c...
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Boy pleads guilty to bringing knife to Naperville schoolJan 25, 2016 12:00 am - An 11-year-old boy, who brought a knife to Naperville's Hill Middle School last spring, pleaded guilty Monday in juvenile court to a misdemeanor count of aggravated assa...
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DuPage coroner: Heroin deaths rise, but it could have been worseJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - The number of heroin-related deaths rose again last year in DuPage County, Coroner Richard Jorgensen said Thursday. And the picture could have been significantly worse,...
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West Chicago rescuers save overdose victimJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - A 21-year-old West Chicago man is the latest to have his life saved by a heroin overdose intervention drug as DuPage County inches closer to its 100th save. West Chicago...
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Former DuPage forest IT manager gets jail, probationJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - A DuPage County judge said Tuesday he wanted to send a message to other government employees as he sentenced former forest preserve district information technology manag...
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Attempted stolen vehicle arrest leads to multiple felony charges for coupleJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - A man from Burbank and a woman from Palatine remained behind bars Monday in DuPage County, charged with multiple felonies following an attempted traffic stop of a stolen...
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Wheaton leaders join to condemn fake mosque websiteJan 16, 2016 12:00 am - City and religious leaders strongly condemned on Saturday a "disturbing" impostor website that surfaced last week designed to falsely link the Islamic Center of Wheaton ...
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Bensenville trustee pleads guilty, calls shoplifting an 'honest mistake'Jan 15, 2016 12:00 am - A Bensenville village trustee has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor retail theft charges but says her conviction has no impact on her role as an elected official. According ...
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Addison man pleads guilty to stabbing murder of wife, injuring stepsonJan 15, 2016 12:00 am - An Addison man charged with murdering his wife and stabbing his teenage stepson in 2013 has pleaded guilty. Kurtis Worley, 35, now faces between 26 and 90 years in priso...