DuPage County Crime
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Authorities: Wheaton man wrote anti-gay graffiti on church, park benchesJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - A Wheaton man has been accused of writing anti-gay graffiti Monday on a church, park benches and an elevator door, according to DuPage County court records. Joe Fustar, ...
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'It is wholly inadequate': Family disappointed after driver gets 7 years for killing teenJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Joseph Kucharski was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for the reckless homicide of Downers Grove North High School student Beth Dunlap, in which he ran her d...
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West Chicago man charged after woman shot in ankleJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - A West Chicago man has been charged with aggravated battery - discharge of a weapon, after a woman was shot in an ankle as she and another woman were fighting. According...
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Arson suspected in Naperville fire that displaced 20 peopleJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Twenty people in a Naperville multifamily residential building were displaced as the result of suspected arson on the 700 Block of Inland Circle on Tuesday afternoon. Th...
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Naperville police reporting drop in most crimesJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - A reduction in most crimes so far this year in Naperville could be the one good thing attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said. The Naperville Police Depa...
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LGBTQ+ group condemns hateful vandalism found in Wheaton parkJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - Advocates for the LGBTQ+ community in Wheaton have condemned homophobic vandalism found in a public park a month after the city's first large-scale display of Pride art ...
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Fox Valley police reportsJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Local FOP chief on George Floyd: We stand in solidarity with every outraged personJul 18, 2020 3:00 pm - An excerpt from a Naperville FOP Statement issued June 25 by John Reed on the death a month earlier of George Floyd after being restrained with a knee against his neck f...
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How it feels these days to be a cop: The view from a suburban detectiveJul 18, 2020 3:00 pm - John Reed is a violent crimes detective in the Naperville Police Department and president of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 42. He has received dozens of commendati...
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Bensenville woman charged with stealing from Des Plaines coupleJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - A Bensenville woman, who prosecutors say worked for a Des Plaines medical practice, is charged with stealing $1,466.84 from a Des Plaines couple who are older than 60. S...