Wheaton Crime
-
'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisisFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Nicole Caceres fell to her knees in disbelief, feeling as if someone hit her in the chest and stole the air from her lungs. It had been three months since she learned he...
-
ACLU sues DuPage sheriff to ensure future inmate doesn't go through withdrawal symptomsFeb 12, 2021 4:30 am - Withholding methadone from a person addicted to opiates would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. So says the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit it...
-
DeKalb man denied bail in West Chicago shootingFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was denied Friday for a DeKalb man accused of shooting and critically injuring a man outside his West Chicago workplace last month, officials said. Ahmad Steele, 34...
-
Bensenville man charged with robbing 3 convenience stores, threatening to kill clerkFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - A Bensenville man is held without bail on charges he robbed convenience stores in December and January, tied up two clerks and threatened to kill another. Marquelle Will...
-
How many fewer criminal charges were filed last year due to pandemicJan 29, 2021 4:22 am - You can count suburban criminal court filings among the many items the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on in 2020. Whether it was a lack of opportunity when stores, resta...
-
DuPage will have 2 new traffic courts when in-person business reopens Feb. 1Jan 21, 2021 12:00 am - When DuPage County traffic courts reopen for in-person business Feb. 1, two of them will be in new locations. The county is going ahead with its plan to permanently clos...
-
Carol Stream man accused of wielding hatchet in Wheaton robberyJan 20, 2021 12:00 am - A 32-year-old Carol Stream has been charged with robbing a Wheaton drugstore while wielding a hatchet. Bail was set Tuesday at $300,000 for Jason Zell, of the 500 block ...
-
Police: Man armed with a hatchet robs Walgreens in WheatonJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - A man armed with a hatchet robbed a Walgreens store in Wheaton Saturday night, police said Monday. Wheaton police were called at 8:54 p.m. for the report of an armed rob...
-
Local authorities keep plans for pre-inauguration security close to the vestJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - While local authorities are taking seriously FBI warnings about armed protests that may occur nationwide in advance of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, most dec...
-
Police investigating Wheaton CVS armed robberyJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Police are investigating an armed robbery Wednesday evening at a Wheaton CVS. Wheaton police responded to the CVS, at 1400 E. Roosevelt Road, at 7:37 p.m. after a man e...