Prosecutors: Elgin man offered cop $200 to avoid arrest
A 19-year-old Elgin man's attempt to avoid an arrest recently instead landed him a felony charge, according to court records. During a Sept. 1 traffic stop related to a seat...
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Wheaton man attacked his wife in St. Charles: report
A 43-year-old Wheaton man could be arraigned next week on a multi-count indictment alleging he hit and strangled his wife during a June incident in St. Charles, according to court...
‘Lifetime of friendships’ best gift for retiring Kane employee
Quiet and unassuming, Janet Halsey would have preferred to close out her 47-year career working for Kane County in a less formal way. However, the colleagues who came to know...
Aurora man was ‘jealous and controlling’ before shooting, records say
Recent court filings in a 2014 shooting on Shamrock Court in Aurora portray a damaged marriage that culminated with a violent confrontation between Jermaine Baker and the man he believes...
Aurora man guilty of New Year’s Eve battery
An Aurora man has pleaded guilty to domestic battery for pushing a woman down late last year in a forest preserve parking lot, court records show. In exchange for his...
Another guilty plea in 2014 Aurora shooting
A 23-year-old Aurora man has become the latest to be sentenced to prison for his role in a 2014 shooting that involved two groups which planned to rob one another....
Sentence upheld for Sugar Grove man serving time for sexually assaulting foster son
Kane County Judge D.J. Tegeler has rejected a bid by Noel Buhay — the Sugar Grove man convicted of sexually assaulting his foster son a decade ago — to have...
Former Aurora priest agreed to deportation to avoid sexual abuse trial, prosecutors say
Former Aurora priest Alfredo Pedraza-Arias asked a federal judge in June for a "voluntary removal" from the United States, a decision Kane County prosecutors suggest he made to evade a...
Man accused of stabbing father 100 times: ‘My name is God. I killed Satan,’ report says
John Shenko referred to himself as "God" and repeatedly asked a Kane County sheriff's deputy to kill him when confronted naked and covered in blood atop his father's body outside...
New hearing for man convicted of killing Aurora 6-year-old in 1996
Ordered by the Illinois Supreme Court to take a second look at its 2016 decision on the effectiveness of the attorney who represented Mark Downs during his trial in the...