An Illinois man was arrested late Wednesday night and charged with aggravated assault on a police office and resisting arrest after he allegedly charged at an office with a ukelele. A criminal complaint accused Ledreck K. Kekona, 41, of “wielding a ukulele, as it was held in a raised and cocked position, holding it by …
An Illinois toddler is in critical condition with a fractured skull and a brain bleed after her mother’s boyfriend elbowed her in the face when she threw his cell phone at him. The little girl’s mother was home at the time but did not witness the incident, Will County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Dan Jungles told …
Police in a central Illinois waited more than three years to arrest a man for drugging and raping a woman — and nearly a year after an order of protection against him expired. Loves Park police did not explain the delay in the arrest of 66-year-old Dennis Bieniek for the February 2022 incident, WTVO reported. …
Chicago police are investigation after firefighters found the dismembered body of a man in the basement of a home after extinguishing a blaze there. Fire crews answered the call in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Friday and found the body. The man’s arms and right leg had been severed, and he had a neck injury …
Two men face multiple charges after a pair of hit-and-run crashes in a Chicago suburb left a 9-year-old boy seriously injured. Police were called just before 5 p.m. on Saturday for a crash in Green Oaks, LakeMcHenryScanner.com reported, and learned that a silver pickup truck had hit the vehicle and then fled the scene. The …
An Illinois couple has been charged with beating an 11-year-old boy because he didn’t clean the bathroom the way they wanted. Loves Park Police said Alexandria Thompson, 30, and Branden Crane, 35, were arrested for a December 29, 2024, incident after a weeks-long investigation, WTVO reported. Police were called about that incident on January 1, …
Police in Illinois say a wedding guest left the ceremony last month and blew up the home where the couple lived, killing himself and the family’s six cats. Anthony Avila-Puebla, 31, was seen on February 15 at the wedding of Eleni Vrettos and Tom Davis, but he disappeared from the venue, WLS reported. On Saturday, …
An Illinois man charged with killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a 4th of July parade in a Chicago suburb in 2022 changed his plea to guilty moments before his trial was set to begin on Monday. Robert Crimo III, 24, withdrew his not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea to 21 …
An Illinois college student was arrested and charged with strangling a woman in his campus dorm room and attacking her with a deadly weapon. Lake Forest Police did not provide details of the assault, but siad Luca Vulpescu, 22, was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and battery. He was released without bond after an …
An Illinois jury on Friday deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning a guilty verdict for a landlord accused of the brutal stabbing death of a 6-year-old Palestinian boy after the start of the Gaza war in 2023. Joseph Czuba had pleaded not guilty in the death of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his …
Jury selection is slated to begin Monday in the trial of an Illinois man who allegedly opened fire on a Highland Park Fourth of July parade in 2022, killing seven people and wounding dozens more. Robert Crimo III faces more than 100 charges, including 21 counts of first degree murder, as CrimeOnline reported. Crimo’s trial …
The mother of a “missing” Illinois 4-year-old girl — later determined not to be missing at all — has been arrested for filing a false report in the case. The Rock Island Police Department said Princess Ilunga, 37, called police on January 16 and reported that her car had been stolen with her daughter inside …
