DuPage County Crime
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Men sentenced to prison for shooting in suspected drug dealJul 19, 2024 11:43 am - Two men were sentenced to prison Thursday in connection with a shooting in Aurora during what police suspect was a drug deal gone wrong.
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What’s behind one suburb’s 184% increase in DUI arrests? ‘Unwavering commitment’Jul 18, 2024 5:42 pm - West Chicago increased its focus on arresting drunk drivers last year. The result? Nearly triple the arrests in 2023 compared to 2022.
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Downers Grove woman accused in health care fraud schemeJul 18, 2024 2:45 pm - A Downers Grove woman who was the office manager for a retail shop that specialized in medical equipment and prosthetics for woman suffering or recovering from cancer is facing federal health care fraud charges.
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Authorities: Man stabbed his girlfriend to deathJul 18, 2024 1:29 pm - A Villa Park man has been charged with murdering his girlfriend by stabbing her a dozen times, according to court records.
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2 charged with hate crime for anti-Israel vandalism at grocery storeJul 18, 2024 10:53 am - Two men have been charged with committing a hate crime for defacing an Israeli flag in a Bloomingdale grocery store.
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27-year sentence for man who murdered his mother in BartlettJul 15, 2024 8:15 pm - A Bartlett man who murdered his elderly mother was sentenced Monday to 27 years in prison.
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Schaumburg man facing weapons charges after 5-vehicle crash in MayJul 12, 2024 7:40 pm - A 20-year-old Schaumburg man has been charged in connection with a five-vehicle crash in Palatine on May 9 that followed reports of people in an SUV pointing handguns at fellow motorists.
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Woman gets probation after pleading guilty to felony theftJul 12, 2024 7:05 pm - A DuPage County judge has sentenced a Warrenville woman to two years of probation for fraudulently collecting more than $20,000 through a Paycheck Protection Program loan...
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Sentenced to life for gruesome Barrington killing, he’s now free at 49. Here’s whyJul 11, 2024 3:49 pm - Less than three decades after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a grisly suburban murder, Paul Modrowski quietly left the Stateville Correctional Center a free man last week. The release of the 49-year-old convicted of murdering a man found decapitated in Barrington, and the reasons for it, raise complicated questions about equal justice, rehabilitation, disability bias and survivors’ rights.
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Coroner identifies South Elgin man shot by off-duty Kane County deputy MondayJul 11, 2024 2:42 pm - The Kane County coroner released the identity of the person shot and killed by an off-duty Kane County deputy in Elgin on Monday. Tyquaze Nicolas, 18, of South Elgin, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner said in a Thursday news release.