DuPage County Crime
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Truck trailer stolen in Des Plaines, police sayOct 10, 2025 1:19 pm - A white freight trailer was stolen while parked in a lot on the 2300 block of South Wolf Road in Des Plaines.
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Des Plaines man scammed out of $500, police sayOct 10, 2025 12:16 pm - An 81-year-old Des Plaines man was scammed out of approximately $500 by someone who called him Oct. 7 posing as a bank employee.
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Judge’s reference to other cases in verdict gets murder conviction thrown outOct 09, 2025 7:28 pm - When finding an Aurora man guilty of killing his girlfriend five years ago, a Kane County judge cited knowledge he’d gained from watching similar cases. That was “clear and obvious error,” a state appeals court ruled this week in tossing out the conviction and ordering a new trial.
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Probation for woman who abducted daughter, stayed away almost six yearsOct 09, 2025 2:35 pm - A St. Charles-area woman who abducted her daughter and kept her for almost six years, until they were recognized from a television program about missing people, has been sentenced to two years of probation.
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Naperville man convicted of kicking wife to deathOct 08, 2025 1:01 pm - A Naperville man has been convicted of first-degree murder for kicking his wife to death in 2020.
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Three face attempted murder charges in Elk Grove Village shootingOct 06, 2025 6:39 pm - Two men and a juvenile face attempted first-degree murder charges stemming from a November 2024 shooting in Elk Grove Village, police announced Monday.
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Aurora police arrest six as part of prostitution stingOct 06, 2025 8:54 am - Aurora police arrested six men last month as part of a prostitution sting.
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Man charged with video recording in Addison church’s restroomOct 03, 2025 4:39 pm - A Chicago man has been accused of secretly video recording a woman while she used a restroom at a church in Addison.
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Former Prospect High employee charged with $37,000 school credit card theft for Home Depot purchasesOct 03, 2025 4:31 pm - The former building and grounds supervisor at Prospect High School was charged with theft of government property on allegations of using a school district credit card to make more than $37,000 worth of purchases at Home Depot, authorities said.
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Aurora man sentenced to 25 years in prison for 2023 stabbingOct 03, 2025 1:23 pm - Duka M. Smith of Aurora was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for a 2023 stabbing.