Author: Paul Stukel

A 29-year-old Sugar Grove man was killed Friday evening when he was struck by two vehicles on Route 47 near Cross Street. According to Sugar Grove police, at approximately 9:00pm Friday officers responded to an accident involving injuries near Sugar Grove Parkway (Rt. 47) and Cross Street. Upon arrival, the police department observed that a 29-year-old male resident of Sugar Grove had been struck by two vehicles while walking along Route 47. Officers initiated CPR on the victim, who had succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of…

An unidentified 58-year-old Naperville man was struck and killed by a car while crossing East Ogden Avenue in Naperville Tuesday evening. According to police, at approximately 8:32pm Tuesday, the Naperville Police and Fire Departments responded to the area of East Ogden Avenue and Sherman Avenue for a report of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian. Upon arrival, officers found a male lying in the eastbound lanes of Ogden Avenue and a damaged 2024 Blue Volkswagen sedan. The responding officers and members of the Naperville Fire Department provided emergency medical attention to the pedestrian. The pedestrian, a 58-year-old male…

A DNA sample submitted to the national DNA database in 2022 has led to the conviction of a former Warrenville man for sexually assaulting a victim in West Chicago in 2001. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced yesterday that Judge Daniel Guerin found Alberto Gomez, 54, last believed to be living in Warrenville, guilty of sexually assaulting a West Chicago woman at her residence in 2001. Gomez appeared in court yesterday afternoon where he was convicted on three counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (a Class X Felony), four counts of Criminal Sexual Assault (a Class 1 Felony) and…

Last Sunday, Aurora police were notified by the Palatine Police Department of a potential mass shooting being planned targeting area Hindu temples in the Aurora area. A 19-year-old Palatine man believed to be the potential attacker is now in custody. According to Palatine police, shortly after 3:30pm on Sunday, the Palatine Police Department was contacted by the Mount Prospect Police Department regarding information it had received about a potential mass shooting. The information originated from an individual who reported receiving concerning electronic communications from the suspect. According to investigators, the suspect had shared a document outlining an alleged plan to…

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances of a house fire in the Lily Lake area last week that resulted in the discovery of a deceased female. Deputies responded to a residence in the 43W500 block of Otter Lane in unincorporated Kane County after receiving a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, fire personnel had located a deceased female inside the garage of the residence. The Kane County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division responded to the scene and is working collaboratively with the Elburn Fire Department, the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Kane County Fire Investigation Task…

A 51-year-old Aurora man has been found guilty in the fatal shooting of a Wheaton man on December 22, 2023. DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin announced Friday that following a three-day-long trial in in front of Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh, a jury has found Michael Freund guilty of First Degree Murder in the shooting death of Dexter Perkins. Accoroding to prosecutors, on December 22, 2023, at approximately 8:40am., DuPage County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call of shots fired at Rosie O’Reilly’s, a popular restaurant/bar in Wheaton. The officers found the victim, Dexter Perkins, deceased at the scene.…

A jury has found a 24-year-old Aurora man guilty of illegally posessing an AK-47 and methorphan, a controlled substance. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced Friday that Tyree K. Pugh-Cox was convicted of Armed Violence with a Semiautomatic Firearm, a Class X felony; Aggravated Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, a Class 2 felony; and Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance, a Class 4 felony. According to prosecutors, on the afternoon of March 28, 2025, a Kane County Sheriff’s sergeant stationed on Interstate 88 near Route 47 conducted a traffic stop on Pugh-Cox after he observed him follow another vehicle too…

A 33-year-old Minnesota man is in custody after a traffic stop by a Kane County Sheriff’s deputy resulted in the discovery of a wide assortment of illicit drugs on his person and in his vehicle. According to prosecutors, on Tuesday the defendant was pulled over by a Kane County Sheriff’s deputy for a traffic violation. A subsequent investigation of his person and vehicle resulted in officers finding psilocybin mushrooms, cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, and fentanyl in his possession. The defendant, a resident of Duluth, Minnesota, has been charged by Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser with the offenses of Unlawful Possession…

Two former police officers, one from West Chicago and one from Itasca, have been indicted for misuse of the state’s FLOCK surveillence system by making “unauthorized forbidden inquiries” into Illionois license plates. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Itasca Chief of Police Robert O’Connor and West Chicago Chief of Police Colin Fleury announced yesterday that on Tuesday, September 29, a DuPage County Grand Jury returned a twenty-one count Indictment against the 30-year-old former Itasca officer alleging thirteen counts of Official Misconduct (a Class 3 Felony) and eight counts of Computer Tampering (a Class B Misdemeanor). On the same day, the…

A 25-year-old Bellwood man has been found guilty of fatally shooting a man in the head in a Naperville parking lot in 2021, apparently over a gun deal gone bad. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a jury has found Robert Chatman-Jonesa guilty on one count of First Degree Murder after deliberating for approximately one hour following a three-day-long trial. Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh presided over the trial. According to prosecutors, on August 29, 2021, at approximately 2:11pm, Naperville police officers responded to a call of shots fired in a parking lot located on Amersale Drive.…