DuPage County Crime
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Authorities: Des Plaines man sexually assaulted massage clientOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man running a therapeutic massage business without a license has been charged with sexually assaulting a female client more than two years ago, authorities...
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Bensenville teen guilty of involuntary manslaughter in shooting death of boyOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Bensenville teen was found guilty Thursday of involuntary manslaughter, for shooting a 13-year-old boy to death in 2019. DuPage County Judge Brian Jacobs also found th...
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Security detail opened fire at carjacker outside Preckwinkle's home, but details remain sketchyOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - A security detail exchanged gunfire with a carjacker outside the Hyde Park home of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle last week, but neither she nor other offi...
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Carol Stream woman gets jail time for Yellowstone grizzly close encounterOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A judge has sentenced a Carol Stream woman to four days in jail for not moving away while a grizzly bear with two cubs came dangerousl...
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Westmont man charged after authorities say he beat officerOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect bail amount. A Westmont man accused of beating a police officer and attempting to take his Taser was charged with three felonie...
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Oswego man found guilty of sexually abusing childOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - An Oswego man was found guilty of sexually abusing a child, authorities said. Mark A. Hampton, 48, of the 600 block of Mansfield Way, was charged with the Class X felon...
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Des Plaines man arrested on firearm, drug chargesOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man was arrested early Monday after police responding to a noise complaint found him holding a gun, authorities said. Benjamin Curtis, 19, of the 9600 bloc...
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Des Plaines man fighting for new trial in 1988 murder-for-hire dies in prisonOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Ronald Kliner, a former Des Plaines man who's been waging a yearslong legal battle for a new trial in a 1988 murder-for-hire, has died in prison, his supporters announce...
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Ruse burglars hit a second Wheaton home; $35,000 in jewelry reported stolenOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Burglars posing as maintenance or utility workers have struck two Wheaton homes in four days, stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry after distracting victims un...
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Trial begins for Bensenville teen accused of killing friend accidentallyOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - On Aug. 8, 2019, two panicked 14-year-old boys called 911 in Bensenville. "Someone got shot in the head," one of them said. "I think he's dead." As the operator tried t...