Kane County Crime
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12 years prison for final defendant in 2016 Elgin kidnapping, cigarette torture
Feb 22, 2019 8:15 PM - The fifth and final defendant in the 2016 kidnapping of a teen who was beaten and held overnight in Elgin while cigarettes were used to burn a tattoo into her shoulder, is headed to prison. Megan A. Lino, 22, of Carpentersville, was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for her role in the crime. Four other people received prison terms ranging from two to 11 ½ years. -
5 years in prison for repeat Carpentersville marijuana busts
Feb 21, 2019 5:14 PM - A Carpentersville man heads to prison after pleading guilty in a 2016 marijuana arrest that occurred while he was on probation for a 2013 bust when police discovered some 30 pounds of pot in his house while responding to a domestic complaint. -
Thief sentenced to 21 years for East Dundee, Hampshire gas station robberies
Feb 20, 2019 5:30 PM - A 20-year-old from Chicago was sentenced to 21 years prison for his role in holding up two Thornton's gas stations in Hampshire and East Dundee in spring 2017. Damarcus D. Gilmore received six years for armed robbery, plus 15 years under state law because he used a gun. -
Man with half-pound of marijuana, loaded gun sentenced to boot camp
Feb 20, 2019 1:36 PM - A 22-year-old Sycamore man who was charged with 12 felonies after an arrest in St. Charles in 2017 with a loaded gun and nearly a half-pound of marijuana has pleaded guilty and will be recommended for a six-month boot camp. -
Kane state's attorney praises law enforcement for Aurora shooting response
Feb 19, 2019 5:49 PM - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon offered condolences to the five people killed in Friday's Henry Pratt workplace shooting, but also praised various and numerous law enforcement agencies that responded for providing effective mutual aid and sharing information. "It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when," McMahon said. "Unfortunately, that occurred Friday in our community." -
Kane sheriff plans database for tracking revoked FOID cards
Feb 18, 2019 5:46 PM - Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain says he hopes his office will have a database in place by March 1 to inform and track down people in unincorporated areas who have had their firearm owner's identification cards revoked. "We want them to know they're on our radar," Hain said Monday. -
Probation, restitution for false armed burglar report that started St. Charles manhunt
Feb 18, 2019 4:35 PM - A 30-year-old man accused of falsely telling St. Charles police he was wounded while shooting at an armed burglar at his parents' home in 2017, launching a police manhunt, has pleaded guilty to a weapons offense and been sentenced to 2½ years probation and ordered to pay $4,800 restitution. -
Aurora attorney's true-crime memoir reviews his work on Nicarico case
Feb 18, 2019 5:25 AM - Gary Johnson, an Aurora defense attorney and former Kane County state's attorney, has authored a book about his defense of Stephen Buckley, one of three people initially charged in the kidnapping, rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico in 1983. The book, "Luck is a Talent," is peppered with anecdotes from Johnson's career. -
Jail, probation for man bitten by Aurora police dog while hiding in house
Feb 15, 2019 7:01 PM - A 28-year-old man who was bitten by a police dog while hiding from authorities in an Aurora home has been sentenced to two years of probation and more than seven months time served at the Kane County jail. -
High-risk inmates causing tougher job for Kane correctional officersFeb 15, 2019 5:25 AM - A review of Kane County jail inmates indicates the officials are doing a good job of filling the jail with people at high risk of re-offending or failing to show up to court. But the downside is corrections officers have mostly really difficult people they are overseeing, causing an uptick in workman's compensation claims.
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