Police have arrested a convicted sex offender after he allegedly tried to snatch a 4-year-old boy off his bike at an Illinois park, as reported by Northwest Herald. Woodstock police said that Kevin Sorensen, 39, pulled the child off his bike, picked him up, and tried to run off on Friday. Witnesses told WLS that yells from the boy …
An Illinois woman found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2010 stabbing death of her 4-year-old daughter said she is sane and is ready to be released. Marci Webber, 50, slit Magdalene “Maggie” Webber’s throat and used the girl’s blood to write “Divine Mercy,” “Satan,” and “evil” on the bathroom walls of her …
Illinois police have made an arrest after a man allegedly shot and killed his wife and 16-year-old sister-in-law in, all while two children hid in another room, as reported by ABC 7. Crystal Lake police announced that Ryan Yarber, 31, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Allania Yarber, 31, …
An Aurora, Illinois, man accused of sexually assaulting a girl for eight years was charged with sexually abusing another child on Wednesday. The Daily Herald reported that Kane County prosecutors filed ten additional counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child younger than 13 against Inocente Delgado, 78. In May, Delgado was charged with five counts …
A father is heartbroken after school bus surveillance footage in Illinois revealed that a school bus aide slapped a young girl in the face repeatedly while on the way home from school. ABC 7 reports that the incident took place in New Lenox, Illinois, while 6-year-old Kaylee was sitting in a seat on the bus, across …
An Illinois woman is behind bars and headed to trial after she allegedly tried to poison her 17-month-old stepdaughter with nail polish. New details emerged about the incident on Thursday, during a hearing at the DuPage County courthouse. Chicago Sun-Times reports that the Carol Stream Police Department was called to a home off of Hearth Lane …
Police are investigating the fatal shooting death of esteemed criminal court Judge Raymond Myles in front of his Chicago home on Monday morning. Investigators reportedly suspect that Myles, 66, and a 52-year-old woman were the victims of a botched robbery: Burglary appeared to be the motive, but Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Melissa Staples told The …
A security guard shot and killed a suspected bank robber in Rockford, Illinois, on January 20. Graphic video surveillance footage from the bank shows an armed man entering the bank wearing a ski mask and gloves. The man fires at the ceiling before firing at the security guard. The security guard was Brian Harrison, a …
