An Illinois man was charged last week with battery for abusing his two-month-old baby after he admitted he was “overstimulated and overwhelmed” while taking care of his child. The Peoria County State Attorney’s Office said that Bartonville Police received a report of child abuse from the Department of Children and Family Services on June 3. …
A suburban Chicago couple was charged with first degree murder in the death last November of their 2-year-old daughter from a drug overdose. Court documents say that Edward Weiher, 49, and Alexa Balen, 28, bought Narcan via Uber and didn’t call 911 for nearly 4 hours after their toddler daughter began experiencing the overdose on …
Two Illinois teenagesr have been charged with mob action for allegedly attacked several women in two western Illinois counties outside St. Louis, Missouri. Charges filed on Wednesday by the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office say that Hayley A. Ditzler and Olivia J. Brown, both 18, acted together in the attack on April 18, KDSK reported. …
A former sheriff’s deputy was appeared in court Wednesday to face charges in the death of an Illinois teenager found dead on the side of a road last July. Matthew Herpstreith waived a formal arraignment, WQAD reported, and the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. He is charged with reckless homicide, obstructing …
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 …
