DuPage County Crime
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Former St. Charles teacher faces sexual assault chargesJun 18, 2024 8:01 am - A former teacher at a St. Charles school has been accused of sexually assaulting a child.
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‘I feel like my brother has been neglected’: Questions linger one year after deadly mass shootingJun 17, 2024 4:58 pm - One year after his brother died during a mass shooting near Willowbrook, Darren Meadows is still searching for answers. A crowded Juneteenth celebration turned chaotic wh...
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Former Glendale Heights cop illegally used village credit card, prosecutors sayJun 15, 2024 10:43 am - A now-former Glendale Heights police officer broke the law by using a village-issued credit card to pay for gasoline for personal use, prosecutors said Saturday.
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Police: 5 charged with burglary after theft from Naperville UltaJun 14, 2024 10:12 pm - Five Chicago men accused of retail theft all are facing felony charges, officials said.
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Police searching for driver in fatal hit-and-run on I-88 near NapervilleJun 14, 2024 7:32 pm - The driver of a taxi is dead following a hit-and-run late Thursday on Interstate 88 near Naperville.
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Man pleads guilty to setting fire at ex-roommates’ homeJun 14, 2024 2:10 pm - An Aurora man who set a fire at his former roommates’ home because he was upset with them has pleaded guilty to residential arson.
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Wrongful death lawsuit filed nearly a year after DuPage County mass shootingJun 14, 2024 1:34 pm - The fiancee of a man who was shot to death last year in an unincorporated area near Willowbrook is suing two stores in the strip mall where the mass shooting happened.
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Authorities: Naperville woman used her children to steal items from JCPenney storeJun 14, 2024 11:40 am - A Naperville woman has been accused of using her children to help her steal 212 items from the JCPenney store at Yorktown Shopping Center in Lombard.
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Why Glen Ellyn police chief says Jimmy Buffett saved his lifeJun 14, 2024 5:15 am - The late Jimmy Buffett is best remembered for tropical rock hits like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” but Glen Ellyn Police Chief Philip Norton fondly recalls the singer for more personal reasons. “Jimmy Buffett saved my life,” Norton told his village board last month.
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Suburban serial killer Mark Smith set to appear before parole boardJun 13, 2024 7:07 pm - A confessed serial killer who murdered two young women and a teenager in the suburbs in 1970 is scheduled to appear before a state parole board early next month.