Wood Dale Crime
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Darien woman tells harrowing story of boyfriend's murderNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - What started as a quiet Friday night - with carryout food and a movie for a Darien mother, her young daughter and the woman's new boyfriend - ended with the boyfriend de...
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Opening arguments set in Darien murder trialNov 03, 2014 12:01 am - Opening arguments will begin Tuesday in the trial of a Darien man accused of slashing the throat of an ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend and then kidnapping his ex-girlfrien...
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Trial date set for ex-Bear Avellini on DUI chargesOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - A DuPage County judge Friday set a Dec. 1 trial date for a former Chicago Bears quarterback charged with his third DUI. Bob Avellini, 60, was expected to plead guilty i...
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DuPage drug cops 'making a difference' in heroin fightOct 30, 2014 5:00 am - 'Middle men' out at all hours to quash the drug supply
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Attorney concerned with safety of woman who slashed daughter's throatOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Attorneys for a woman who slashed her 4-year-old daughter's throat in 2010 in Bloomingdale say the woman is now lucid and being mistreated at the secure mental health fa...
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No new trial for man convicted of Downers Grove murderOct 29, 2014 1:00 am - A former Joliet man found guilty last month of murder in the 1997 slaying of a Downers Grove man has been denied a new trial. Judge George Bakalis ruled Wednesday that p...
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Batavia man gets 16 years in prison after $2.7 million pot bustOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - As the economy crumbled in 2007 and 2008, so did Richard Ecklund's flooring business and his ability to pay his mortgage. So the 50-year-old Batavia man turned to dealin...
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Addison robbery gets Chicago man 7 years in prisonOct 27, 2014 1:01 am - A Chicago man who pleaded guilty to the Dec. 20, 2011, armed robbery of an Addison clothing boutique had two more years tacked onto a prison stint he is already serving ...
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Bloomingdale teen sentenced for summer 2013 'crime wave'Oct 24, 2014 12:00 pm - The first member of what DuPage County Judge John Kinsella called a “two-man crime wave” that preyed on suburban businesses last summer, is headed to prison. Nicholas Pa...
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$5 million bail for Westmont man in synagogue vandalismOct 24, 2014 1:00 am - A 40-year-old Westmont man is being held on $5 million bail and is charged with hate crimes related to vandalism at a Lombard synagogue. John White, of 13 Tartan Lakes D...