Author: Fox Valley Magazine

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced Tuesday that Garrett Mercado, 32, of 2346 Cambridge Lane, Woodridge, had been sentenced to twenty days in the DuPage County Jail after being found guilty of three counts of Animal Cruelty, a Class A Misdemeanor and six counts of Violation of Owner’s Duties, a Class B Misdemeanor, following a five-day-long bench trial. The State had asked for the maximum sentence of one hundred eighty days in jail.  At trial, Mercado faced more than two dozen charges as the result of a January 14, 2019 fire at an unincorporated West Chicago kennel he…

APD has arrested a man after he drove an SUV taken in a carjacking in Chicago to Aurora and attempted to carjack another person on Tuesday afternoon. Just after 12:45 p.m., Aurora Police’s 911 Center was notified that a Porsche SUV taken in a carjacking in Chicago was potentially on the west side of Aurora near I-88 and Orchard. The vehicle had been carjacked at approximately 11:45 a.m. and was being actively tracked with the victim’s iPhone that was still inside the car. Officers from the Aurora Police Department and the North Aurora Police Department began searching and located the…

A Hoffman Estates man who, along with an alleged accomplice, pleaded guilty to starving two dogs to death was sentenced to 3 years in prison yesterday, the maximum allowed by state DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today the first of two individuals accused of starving two dogs to death has been sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, the maximum available penalty. Andre Norris, 29 of 1768 Queensbury Circle, Hoffman Estates, appeared in court this morning where he entered a plea of guilty to three counts of Aggravated Cruelty to Animals (Class 4 Felony) in…

In a development that may provide a solution for COVID vaccine-hesitant individuals, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that its monoclonal antibody “cocktail,” REGON-COV, provided 81.4% protection from contracting COVID for up to 8 months. Phase 3 trials jointly run with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), assessed use of a single dose of investigational REGEN-COV® (1,200 mg administered via 4 subcutaneous injections) to prevent COVID-19 in uninfected individuals. The new analyses show REGEN-COV reduced the risk of contracting COVID-19 (i.e., laboratory-confirmed symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections) by 81.6% during the pre-specified follow-up period (months 2-8), maintaining the 81.4% risk reduction during the first month…

A new agreement between the agencies will allow them to work together, on both sides of the counties’ boundaries, to go after the sources and suppliers of opioids and fentanyl being pushed into our communities. DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain signed the agreement last Thursday, which consolidates the efforts of their street-level tactical teams. Both agencies have been hampered, in the past, by staffing issues when it comes being able to track down the sources of these illegal narcotics. “Working together in these ways makes a statement. We owe it to our communities, especially…

(Franco Patiño and Jacob “Jake” Jurinek) Two Naperville natives are among the people killed during the tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas Friday night. 20 year-old Jacob “Jake” Jurinek and 21 year-old Franco Patiño were both killed when chaos erupted during rapper Scott’s performance. At least six others were also killed, and hundreds of others injured, according to officials. The disaster was caused by a crowd surge which crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled and gasping for air, struggling to survive against a wall of people pressing forward toward the stage. Jurinek and Patiño were close friends and…

On Wednesday, November 3, a male juvenile walking home from school was approached menacingly by two adult males. The incident occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of Royal Blvd, near the area of Creekside Elementary School. While walking home from school a male juvenile observed two male subjects exit a vehicle described as a dark Nissan with tinted windows and silver wheels. The male subjects then approached the juvenile and confronted him. The male juvenile stated that he was going to contact the police and the subjects fled the area. The first subject is described as a…

Historically, the judicial branch has been largely deferential to the legislative branch when it comes to redistricting. By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinois A three-judge federal court panel on Friday set the week of Dec. 6 as the time it will hear three consolidated cases challenging the new legislative district maps that were drawn by Democrats and signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker earlier this year. During a status conference held by teleconference Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert M. Dow Jr., who presides over the panel, said that while not all of the logistics have been worked out, the hearing…

Here are the results for Fox Valley teams from the first night of the second round of the IHSA Football Playoffs. More games tomorrow! Class 8A (All games Saturday) Marist South Elgin 30 7 Naperville (Central) Loyola 7 36 Palatine Naperville (Neuqua Valley) 8 31 Class 7A (All games Friday) Mt. Carmel Batavia 16 10 Geneva St. Rita 7 28 Jacobs Normal 17 7 Class 5A ( All games Saturday) Nazareth Academy Marmion 23 14