DuPage County Crime
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Lyft driver from Wheeling accused of kidnapping passenger, assaulting her twiceMay 06, 2019 1:00 am - A driver for a ride-sharing company has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a passenger in the Northwest suburbs. Alexander P. Sowa, 34, of Wheeling was...
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Aurora woman charged with aggravated arson, batteryMay 06, 2019 1:00 am - A 35-year-old Aurora woman has been arrested and charged with threatening her husband with a knife and setting fire to his clothes while a baby and a 12-year-old were in...
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DuPage judge: Amor doesn't qualify for certificate of innocenceMay 06, 2019 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge ruled Monday that William Amor should not receive a certificate of innocence from the state that could be redeemed under the wrongfully convicted c...
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10 years in prison for Bloomingdale YouTube singer in child pornography caseMay 04, 2019 1:00 am - A 26-year-old former YouTube star from Bloomingdale was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges stemming from online...
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Police: Dolton man arrested after gun threat at Aurora factoryMay 04, 2019 1:00 am - A Dolton man was arrested after threatening to pull a handgun on a co-worker, Aurora police said in a news release posted on the department's Facebook page. A loaded wea...
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Mom who lost two sons to overdoses warns St. Charles students ahead of prom nightMay 03, 2019 5:00 am - Imagine learning from a Twitter hashtag that one of your friends had died. Or worse, that two of your friends, who were brothers, died the same night from mixing alcohol...
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YouTube star from Bloomingdale to be sentenced in Chicago in child porn caseMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - A star YouTube singer with a large teenage following is scheduled to be sentenced in Chicago federal court for coercing six girls to send him sexually explicit videos. A...
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Schaumburg man charged with sexually abusing 23-year-old womanMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - A Schaumburg man was ordered held on $50,000 bail Friday on charges he sexually abused a 23-year-old California woman he met online. Amit Kumar Singh, of the 700 block o...
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Chicago man faces drug, weapons charges in LisleMay 02, 2019 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Chicago man faces numerous charges, including some involving drugs and weapons, following an early morning one-car crash Wednesday on the 700 block of Mapl...
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Burr Ridge man charged in fatal Hinsdale overdoseMay 02, 2019 1:00 am - A Burr Ridge man is being held on $1 million bail, accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to an acquaintance in January in Hinsdale. Wasim Rashan, 27, of the 800 bl...