Articles filed under Crime
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Man fatally shot at Wheeling hotel identified as ChicagoanAug 25, 2026 9:34 am - The man who was fatally shot at a Wheeling hotel over the weekend was a 60-year-old Chicagoan, police said.
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One dead, one wounded after shooting at Wheeling hotelAug 24, 2026 8:21 am - One man was fatally shot and another was wounded Sunday night at a Wheeling hotel.
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Bloomingdale police officer’s possible misuse of Flock cameras under investigationAug 22, 2026 10:13 am - A Bloomingdale police officer is on administrative leave while authorities investigate the possible misuse of the village’s Flock license plate readers discovered through an internal audit.
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First-degree murder charge added in fatal boating crash on Fox River in McHenryAug 21, 2026 10:27 am - A Lisle man who has been jailed in connection with a fatal boating crash July 25 on the Fox River in McHenry has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder.
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Authorities: Man brought 330 pounds of cocaine to Kane CountyAug 19, 2026 12:48 pm - A Texas man is accused of transporting 330 pounds of cocaine into Kane County in the sleeper compartment of a semitrailer truck, authorities said Wednesday.
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEOAug 14, 2026 10:41 am - Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Defense in Charlie Kirk's killing say shooter should not get death penalty, hit 'intended target'Aug 13, 2026 8:22 am - The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk shouldn’t get the death penalty because the shooter “hit the intended target” and no one else was endangered when the conservative activist was shot from a rooftop at an event in Utah last year, his lawyers said.
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Suburban business owner gets 15 months in prison for failing to pay taxesAug 09, 2026 12:38 pm - A business owner from the Northwest suburbs was sentenced last week to 15 months in federal prison on charges he failed to pay the government more than $1 million in payroll taxes.
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High-speed chase leads to charges for two womenAug 03, 2026 3:31 pm - Two women were denied pretrial release after being accused of leading Oak Brook police in a high-speed chase Saturday, according to a statement by DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin.
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Hoffman Estates police warn of scam calls and texts claiming to be from officersJul 31, 2026 1:42 pm - The Hoffman Estates Police Department is seeing an increase in reports of phone and text scams where people are contacted by scammers impersonating real officers or detectives.