Author: Paul Stukel

A DuPage County man has received a sentence of 12 years in prison under a plea deal related to an incident in 2025 wherein he brutally beat an elderly female family member in her home in Big Rock Township. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced today that Koda R. Uebel, from Waterman, has agreed to a sentence of 12 years of imprisonment in exchange for a guilty plea to the offense of attempt first-degree murder, a Class X felony. According to prosecutors, in the early morning hours of May 31, 2025, attacked a 71-year-old female family member in her…

The Aurora Police Special Operations Group (SOG) is on a roll. On Friday, the department announced that for the third consecutive day, SOG investigators conducted proactive enforcement operations resulting in arrests and significant seizures, this time recovering a large quantity of cannabis and THC products, along with more than $16,000 in cash. “Our Special Operations Group continues to show the value of proactive police work and strong partnerships across our department,” said Aurora Police Chief Matt Thomas. “The results we’ve seen over these three days reflect the experience, persistence, and commitment of our investigators and the specialized units supporting them.…

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser has absolved two Aurora police officers of any wrongdoing in the officer-involved fatal shooting of 27-year-old Temesgen Welendreyas of Aurora in January. Mosser’s report, issued Friday, justified the shooting as self-defense and the defense of others. The investigation was conducted by the Fox Valley Major Crimes Task Force* and reviewed by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office. It found that on January 21, 2026, Welendreyas battered and threatened his housemate with a knife, and his housemate contacted the police. Aurora police officers were dispatched to the residence, located on the 300 block of Broadway…

A 46-year-old Streator man has been found guilty in the fatal shooting of an Aurora man In June 2021. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announced yesterday that a jury has found Rodolfo Madrigal guilty of the offense of First-Degree Murder, a Class M felony, in the death of Andrew Contreras, 29, of Aurora. According to prosecuitors, on the morning of January 12, 2021, at approximately 11:30am, Madrigal was pulling onto the ramp for Route 30 in Montgomery at the same time as Contreras. Madrigal’s car pulled beside Contreras’s car, and Madrigal fired multiple shots from a revolver before…

Aurora Police Special Operations Group (SOG) investigators made multiple felony arrests on back-to-back days this week, recovering four firearms, a significant amount of suspected narcotics, ammunition, and cash during separate investigations involving confirmed gang members. According to police, on Monday SOG investigators conducted traffic stops on two separate vehicles, resulting in the arrests of two confirmed gang members and the recovery of two firearms. At approximately 5:51pm, investigators conducted a traffic stop in the area of Marshall Avenue and Highland Avenue. During a search of the vehicle, investigators recovered an unloaded HK P30 9mm handgun and a bag containing 37…

An Aurora man has been arrested and charged for allegedly punching several people at random, including a man holding a one-year-old baby, at an Aurora street festival last weekend. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Aurora Chief of Police Matt Thomas announced Monday that the 30-year-old has been been charged with three counts of Aggravated Battery in a Public Place (a Class 3 Felony) and one count of Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer (a Class 2 Felony). As the charges are non-detainable under Illinois’ Safe-T-Act, he was released from custody with conditions including no contact with the victims…

Yorkville police are investigating a hit-and-run incident early Sunday evening that left a 23-year-old man dead and another hospitalized. According to police, at approximately 5:13pm officers were dispatched to a parking lot in the 300 block of East Veterans Parkway for a reported hit-and-run traffic crash involving pedestrians. Upon arrival, officers located two pedestrians who had been struck by a vehicle which subsequently fled the scene. Both victims were transported to an area hospital with significant injuries. One of the victims, a 23-year-old male, was subsequently pronounced deceased at the hospital. The second adult victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries. A vehicle…

A 29-year-old man was killed Friday morning when the vehicle he was a passenger in was involved in a rollover collision at the intersection of North Eola Road and McCoy Drive in Aurora. According to Aurora police, around 5:00am, police officers and firefighters responded to the intersection for a report of a rollover crash involving a blue Jeep utility and a blue Honda coupe. Arriving at the scene, they located the drivers and passengers of both vehicles with serious injuries. Paramedics transported a 29-year-old male passenger of the Honda to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased. Both…

Two people were hospitalized Tuesday, including a child, after a traffic accident in Batavia involving a pickup truck and a bicycle towing a child bicycle trailer. According to police, at approximately 5:00pm, officers from the Batavia Police Department responded to a traffic collision in the 100 block of First Street involving a pickup truck and a bicycle towing a child bicycle trailer. Preliminary findings indicate that the vehicles collided at the intersection of First Street and South Water Street, with the child trailer becoming lodged near or beneath the front of the pickup truck. The child was removed from the…

A 60-year-old Batavia woman has been charged with stealing more than $1.5 million from two employers over a 8-year period beginning in 2016. On Friday, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and West Chicago Chief of Police Colin Fleury announced that the defendant has been charged two counts of Theft Exceeding $1 Million Dollars (a Class X Felony) and one count of Theft Exceeding $500,000 not Exceeding $1,00,000 (Class 1 Felony). Officers with the West Chicago Police Department arrested the defendant Thursday afternoon at her home without incident. As the charges against her are non-detainable, she was released the same…