Wheeling Crime
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Nine years for woman who supplied fatal dose of heroin in WheatonOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - A 34-year-old Summit woman was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday for supplying her friend with a fatal dose of heroin in 2012 in Wheaton. Jennifer Nere will be...
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Trial to begin for former cop charged with assaulting woman in Villa ParkOct 14, 2014 1:01 am - The trial of a former Maywood police officer accused of picking up a woman while on duty and later sexually assaulting her at a Villa Park hotel will begin Wednesday. Du...
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State police: 15 pounds of marijuana seized from Elgin man's homeOct 13, 2014 1:01 am - A 22-year-old Elgin man faces felony charges after authorities seized from his home 15 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $50,000, state police said. Victor H. Galva...
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Stabbing suspect also accused of hate crimeOct 12, 2014 1:01 am - A 26-year-old South suburban man faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and committing a hate crime after stabbing an elderly black woman in a grocery store, aut...
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Palatine man charged with firing gun in WheelingOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - A 19-year-old Palatine man has been charged with firing a gun at a car in which two women were sitting in Wheeling Thursday evening, then resisting arrest and being foun...
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160-year sentence for girl's killerOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - A man convicted of stabbing to death a suburban high school freshman during a 2011 burglary of her home has been sentenced to 160 years in prison. John Wilson Jr. was se...
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Wheeling man charged with sex assault of boyOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - A 22-year-old Wheeling man is accused of performing sex acts on a now 14-year-old Park Ridge boy he'd been baby-sitting from the summer of 2013 through the early spring ...
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Jail inmate charged with trying to hire hit manOct 03, 2014 1:01 am - A Cook County jail inmate has been accused of trying to hire someone to kill a witness in his case. The sheriff's department says 37-year-old George Krueger of Blue Is...
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Owner of Schaumburg business pleads guilty to illegal exportOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - The former owner of a Schaumburg-based export company pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally shipping restricted items to Pakistan in 2009. Bilal Ahmed, 34, of Bolingbroo...
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Attempted armed robbery thwarted in WheelingOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - Wheeling police are investigating the attempted armed robbery of a store in Wheeling Wednesday afternoon. A man armed with a knife confronted the store clerk at Amigo Mu...