Wheaton Crime
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Villa Park man charged with burglaryAug 27, 2013 7:17 pm - A Villa Park man has been charged with burglary after police say they caught him in the back lot of a Carol Stream business early Tuesday morning. Nicholas Prendergast, ...
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Aurora man gets 4½ years for $290,000 theft from employerAug 22, 2013 3:37 pm - An Aurora man was sentenced Thursday to 4½ years in prison for stealing more than $290,000 from an Oak Brook firm where he worked as an accountant. Shaun Horan, 32, of ...
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Judge upholds arrest in Aurora gang rape caseAug 21, 2013 12:00 pm - A Kane County judge Tuesday upheld a warrantless arrest of a one of three men accused of a gang rape of a drunken Joliet woman near Aurora University in August 2012. The...
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Glen Ellyn man faces sex abuse, child porn chargesAug 21, 2013 11:00 am - A Glen Ellyn man has been charged with possessing child pornography and sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl, authorities said Wednesday. Jeffrey Dixon, 55, of the 500 bl...
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Addison man indicted in wife's slaying, stepson's stabbingAug 21, 2013 11:00 am - An Addison man charged with murdering his wife and stabbing his teenage stepson has been formally indicted, authorities said Wednesday. Kurtis Worley, 33, faces five co...
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Lisle-area woman falls victim to scamAug 20, 2013 5:44 pm - An elderly woman in an unincorporated area near Lisle fell victim to a scam Tuesday afternoon, and the DuPage County sheriff’s office is warning residents to be aware of...
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Charge reduced for driver accused of swerving at demonstratorAug 20, 2013 4:29 pm - A Naperville man who was charged with swerving his vehicle at a teen demonstrator outside Planned Parenthood in Aurora — even though police said surveillance footage sho...
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Former Bensenville cadet charged with impersonating police officerAug 19, 2013 10:00 am - A former Bensenville police cadet was charged with impersonating a police officer after he flashed a badge during a drunken-driving arrest, prosecutors said Monday. Jaso...
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Wood Dale man gets 3 years in gun threat caseAug 16, 2013 11:00 am - A Wood Dale man accused of wielding a loaded gun during a dispute over a loud party in his neighborhood has been sentenced to three years in prison after attempted murde...
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Cops: Naperville woman offered state trooper $350 to avoid DUIAug 14, 2013 2:21 pm - A Naperville woman offered $350 to a state police trooper in a failed attempt to avoid her second drunken-driving arrest since May, authorities said Wednesday. Tareya R...