Articles filed under Crime
-
Judge issues restraining order in downstate challenge to ban on high-powered riflesJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the new Illinois law banning high-powered weapons and large-capacity magazines. Effingham Coun...
-
ShotSpotter document reveals key human role in gunshot techJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - In more than 140 cities across the United States, ShotSpotter's artificial intelligence algorithm and intricate network of microphones evaluate hundreds of thousands of ...
-
Aurora man pleads guilty to stabbing man to deathJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - A man pleaded guilty Friday to stabbing an Elgin man to death at a house near Aurora in 2020. Carlos Fonseca-Gutierrez, 43, of the 1700 block of Indian Avenue in Aurora,...
-
Elgin man arrested after police chase, crash in St. CharlesJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged after a Friday morning police chase ended with a crash in St. Charles. Quinelle M. Franklin, 32, of the 1600 block of Mark Avenue, is charg...
-
Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in movie set shootingJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. - Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico mov...
-
Elgin man faces child pornography chargesJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged with possessing and reproducing child pornography. Steven J. Young, 64, of the 0-100 block of Aldine Street, is being held on $100,000 bail...
-
Investigators say they're making progress in solving murder of Des Plaines teenJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - Des Plaines police said Thursday that progress has been made in the investigation of a teen's fatal shooting Sunday night just west of the city's downtown. But police sa...
-
Woman gets probation for theft, has to repay $496K to St. Charles businessJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - A woman has been ordered to repay a St. Charles business the nearly $500,000 she stole from it. On Thursday, Rosa M. Rodriguez, 43, of DeKalb, agreed to a sentence of 48...
-
Fentanyl use in illicit drug supply continues to fuel rise in fatal Kane County overdosesJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - The rate of opioid deaths in Kane County doubled in the last decade, and county officials are trying to determine a multipronged approach to bring the numbers down. Mich...
-
Man charged with robbing woman in downtown GenevaJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - A Geneva man has been charged with committing armed violence, accused of robbing a woman in downtown Geneva. Yassine Kerbache, 28, is accused of grabbing a fanny-pack-st...