Crimes Notebook

Tia Brewer, sentenced to 40 years after plea of guilty to one count of First-Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Kidnapping (SOURCE: DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Forty Years for Convicted Murderer Involved in Luring, Kidnapping, Stabbing, Beating, Burning Teen to Death

Tue Feb 4, 2025 05:36 pm Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, that following a four-day-long sentencing hearing, Judge Brian Telander has sentenced Tia Brewer, 22 (born June 21, 2002) formerly of Wheaton, to forty […]

Xavier E. Walker, charged with Possession of a Stolen Vehicle and other charges (SOURCE: Oak Brook Police Department)

Four Offenders: 2 Caught by Police in Oak Brook; 2 Shot (1 Dead, 1 Critical) by CCL Holder in Homan Square, Chicago

Tue Feb 4, 2025 02:22 pm Cardinal News

Oak Brook police officers had one adult burglary suspect and one juvenile burglary suspect in custody about 3:30 a.m. on Friday, January 31, 2025, but two accomplices, who left the Oak Brook area in a […]

Northwest suburban burglary suspect surveillance images released February 4, 2025 (SOURCE: Palatine Police Department)

Palatine Police: Northwest Suburban Police Agencies Attempting to Identify, Apprehend Residential Burglary Suspect

Tue Feb 4, 2025 12:40 pm Cardinal News

Law enforcement agencies in the northwest suburbs are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect involved in multiple residential burglaries in the area. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 6 feet […]

Deonte Bell, charged with two felony counts of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, and a gun-related charge (SOURCE: Naperville Police Department)

Naperville Police Arrest Chicago Resident, Accused of Selling Cocaine While Possessing a Handgun

Tue Feb 4, 2025 10:14 am Cardinal News

A two-month-long Naperville Police investigation into alleged crack-cocaine sales in Naperville culminated January 14, 2025 with the arrest of Deonte Bell, 23, of the block of 3800 Grenshaw Street in Chicago, Illinois. Members of the […]

Jose Barragan, wanted for homicide investigation by Aurora Police Department in Illinois (SOURCE: Aurora Police Department)

Aurora Police Seeks Public’s Help Locating Parolee Homicide Suspect, Accused of Killing 82 Year-Old Man

Sun Feb 2, 2025 04:24 pm Cardinal News

An absconder released on parole from the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has a history of four sentences involving two custody dates in the IDOC, and who has been at large since Thursday, February 15, […]

Pingree Grove Tavern Burglarized, Then One of Three Suspects Captured After Pursuit and Crash

Sun Feb 2, 2025 02:18 pm Cardinal News

The Pingree Grove Police Department responded about 3:59 a.m. Sunday, February 2, 2025 to an activated burglar alarm at the Outpost Tavern and Grill, located at 40W825 Oak Street, Pingree Grove, Illinois. While Pingree Grove […]

Daniel Jenkinson, charged with Violation of Order of Protection, Aggravated Cruelty to an Animal and other charges while on parole (SOURCE: Kane County Sheriff's Office)

Barricaded Subject, Homeless on Parole, Taken into Custody by SWAT After Breaking Into Home, Harming Animal on Juli Drive, South Elgin

Sun Feb 2, 2025 08:33 am Cardinal News

SOUTH ELGIN, IL – Police officers from the South Elgin Police Department responded about 1:00 a.m. January 30, 2025 for a report of a male subject who had forced entry into the home in the […]

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neil Burke (SOURCE: Cook County State's Attorney's Office)

Cook County State’s Attorney Announces New Policy to Crack Down on Machine Gun Device ‘Switches’ and Other Illegally Modified Guns

Sat Feb 1, 2025 02:40 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO - Set against a fifteen-fold increase in the number of illegally modified firearms being recovered by local law enforcement, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced today that her office will seek a sentence […]

David I. Celestine, charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and other charges (SOURCE: Kane County Adult Justice Center)

Shooting Suspect from Wheeling Arrested After Sunday Afternoon Shooting at McDonald’s in Elgin

Sat Feb 1, 2025 11:19 am Cardinal News

Elgin police officers responded about 1:16 p.m. Sunday January 26, 2025, to a report of a shooting at or near McDonald’s, 401 Summit Street in Elgin. Police officers located an adult male who had sustained […]

Smoke from an Extra Alarm Fire in Chicago blows south across the city (CARDINAL NEWS)

Your Awareness Matters, Be Steadfast for Open Government

Fri Jan 31, 2025 05:41 pm Cardinal News

Awareness, along with accurate consciousness of reality, is an important factor of well-being and mental health, and is important for adapting to stressful situations at a personal level in every day life in a community, […]

Syed Osman, charged with Armed Robbery with a Firearm (SOURCE: DuPage County Sheriff's Office)

DuPage Court Orders Detention of Alleged Robber Accused of Serial Robberies of 2 Lombard 7-Eleven Stores

Fri Jan 31, 2025 04:32 pm Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Tom Wirsing announced today, Friday, January 31, 2025, that Judge Joshua Dieden granted the State’s motion to detain pre-trial a Hanover Park resident accused […]

Christopher L. Larson, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance (Fentanyl) with Intent to Deliver (Class X felony), and other charges (SOURCE: Palatine Police Department)

Police Find Weapons, Fentanyl During Traffic Stop Near Route 53 and Dundee Rd Palatine

Thu Jan 30, 2025 07:25 pm Cardinal News

Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, Palatine police officers conducted a traffic stop in the area of Route 53 and East Dundee Road after observing a traffic violation. During the traffic stop, police […]

City of Elgin Announces Police Are Not Assisting Any Federal Agents with Enforcement of Federal Civil Immigration Law

Wed Jan 29, 2025 01:34 pm Cardinal News

The Elgin Police Department was advised Tuesday morning, January 28, 2025 that the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force was in the block of 300 Silver Street conducting an operation. According to the […]

Darien Motorist Arrested by Illinois State Police After Fatal DUI Crash on the Stevenson Expressway (I-55) Near I-294

Wed Jan 29, 2025 11:10 am Cardinal News

A fatal three-vehicle crash has resulted in the closure of I-55 southbound at the Tri-State Tollway near Indian Head Park early Sunday morning (CapturedNews/WGN News). YouTube Tips ⓘ Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal […]

Suspicious Incident, Low Speed Vehicle Pursuit, and Crash with Lake County Sheriff’s Unit in Mundelein

Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:04 am Cardinal News

Mundelein police officers responded about 2:12 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2025 to a report via a 911 call that a person, who was bleeding and possibly shot in a parking lot in the block of […]

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