Author: Paul Stukel

A St. Charles man has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to disseminating child pornography online. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announces that Corey J. McDonald, 29, agreed to the sentence in exchange for a guilty plea to the offense of dissemination of child pornography, Class X felony. Judge Barsanti accepted the plea. According to prosecutors, on June 23, 2025, investigators with the Kane County Child Exploitation Unit received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that the defendant was using his Kik account to upload and disseminate child sexual abuse…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel were beset by dozens of anti-enforcement activists while performing a detention operation on Elgin’s West Side Saturday morning. According to eye-witness accounts and videos of the incident, a team of ICE personnel were performing a detention operation near the 1600 block of Maple Lane in Elgin Saturday morning when they were confronted by a group of anti-ICE activists throwing water bottles and snow in an attempt to disrupt the operation. ICE agents responded by attempting to disperse the crowd, ultimately resorting to chemical irritants in an effort to restore order and proceed in…

A Skokie man pleaded guilty yesterday to supplying fentanyl to a West Chicago woman who subsequently overdosed and died. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced that 31-year-old Benjamin Adrien entered a plea of guilty to one count of Drug Induced Homicide, a Class X Felony. Judge Joseph Bugos sentenced Adrien to 10 years imprisonment. According to prosecutors, on August 16, 2022, DuPage County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call in unincorporated West Chicago regarding a drug overdose. The victim was transported to a local hospital for medical attention where she was later pronounced deceased, and her cause of death…

A Naperville city contractor who was removing snow from the Metra station Monday evening was tragically killed when a freight train hit his equipment. Naperville Police and Fire Departments responded to the Naperville Train Station at 105 East 4th Avenue Friday evening following reports of an incident involving a train and an individual. The investigation revealed that the victim, an adult male contractor for the City, was operating snow removal equipment on the station’s south platform when the equipment he was driving was struck by an eastbound freight train. The victim ultimately succumbed to his injuries. Naperville City Manager Doug…

A 35-year-old Chicago man has been denied pre-trial release after he was arrested last week when Naperville police found a loaded Glock 45 in his vehicle outside of a Naperville bowling alley. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres announced that Judge Joshua Dieden has granted the State’s motion to detain pre-trial the suspect, a convicted felon, charged with one count of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Repeat Felony Offender (a Class X Felony) and one count of Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon – Prior Conviction (a Class 2…

In a bizarre incident involving a driver allegedly flashing a weapon and impersonating a law enforcement officer in an attempt to force another driver to stop, an Aurora police officer reportedly fired a shot that hit the suspect’s vehicle although the suspect was no longer inside of it. On Friday morning at approximately 9:33am, Aurora Police Officers responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting a driving-related altercation in the area of Jackson Street and East Benton Street. The caller stated the other driver was following him, had displayed a firearm, and made statements claiming to be law enforcement in an effort…

[Editor’s Note: As a matter of policy, Fox Valley Magazine does not publish the name or likeness of suspects in criminal cases, based on the injustice of the accused, who remains innocent until convicted, being publicly smeared before being able to provide a proper defense. In this instance, the public’s awareness of the charges and circumstances thereof, including the identity of the accused, warrant an exemption from this policy. But the reader should be aware that the suspect has only been accused at this point. He remains innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.] The Kane County State’s…

A 51-year-old Aurora man has been found guilty of murder in the January 2024 shooting of Serhonda Burnett on Aurora’s near-west side. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announced today that a jury has found Travares O. Mitchell guilty of First-Degree Murder (Class M felony) and Armed Habitual Criminal (Class X felony). According to prosecutors, on January 13, 2024, Aurora police officers responded to a single-vehicle crash and shots fired near Prairie Street and Woodlawn Avenue in Aurora. Officers found the 46-year-old Burnett, the sole occupant and passenger in the crashed vehicle, suffering from numerous gunshot wounds. She was…

The Aurora Police Department and the Kane County Coroner’s Office have released an update on the fatal shootings that occurred Saturday at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora. “The Kane County Coroner responded to an incident at the Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora which occurred on November 22, 2025. Two decedents were transported to the Kane County Coroner’s Office. The two individuals have been positively identified as Jazmine Barclay, age 24, of Aurora, and Bryan Heineman, age 43, of Naperville,” said Kane County Coroner, Dr. Monica Silva. “On behalf of my entire staff, I wish to relay our deepest condolences to…

Two victims are dead and one remains in critical condition after shots broke out at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora Saturday evening. According to police, at around 9:10pm, Aurora Police Dispatch received multiple 911 calls for shots fired at 205 North Broadway (Two Brothers Roundhouse), where responding officers found multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Patrol officers began life-saving measures before Aurora Fire Paramedics transported two of the victims to area hospitals. One adult female victim was transported to an area hospital and later pronounced dead; one adult male victim was transported at an area hospital and is in critical…