Crime and Courts

DeKALB – Two men stole cash and a cell phone at gunpoint from two other men about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, DeKalb police said.

SYCAMORE – A 30-year-old Sandwich woman was charged Tuesday with robbing Casey’s General Store in Somonauk in December.

SYCAMORE – A 31-year-old man convicted of stalking a Sycamore woman was back in jail Monday on allegations that he damaged a car parked in a driveway at her address.

SYCAMORE – A Waukegan man accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a Sycamore company by cashing stolen checks remained in DeKalb County Jail on Friday unable to post $10,000 bail.

SYCAMORE – Prosecutors upgraded charges against a 33-year-old DeKalb man accused of having a stolen pickup truck and two stolen cars in February.

SYCAMORE – The former office manager of Silver Star Motors in Cortland was sentenced to four years of probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to eight counts of identity theft.

SYCAMORE – A Sheridan teen who tried to rob a taxi driver at knifepoint in April pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery Wednesday.

SYCAMORE – A DeKalb man pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated battery against a child in connection with a January incident in which he allegedly twisted his child’s arm hard enough to cause a spiral fracture.

SYCAMORE – A DeKalb man accused of tying, gagging and photographing two girls at his home formally pleaded not guilty to the felony charges Wednesday.

SYCAMORE – Authorities are continuing to look for the suspected crack-cocaine ringleader after capturing one of his alleged associates Wednesday in Calumet City.

SYCAMORE – A 20-year-old man was sentenced to two years of probation Tuesday after admitting to breaking a jail window May 8 while authorities said he was heavily intoxicated. 

SYCAMORE — A DeKalb man ended up in jail Tuesday after authorities said he punched his wife in the face when she asked him to turn down his music.

SYCAMORE – Two DeKalb residents are facing felony charges after they allegedly attacked three people, include one who was bitten on the cheek, in a DeKalb Park.

A 27-year-old attorney accused of exchanging sex for money and office supplies is facing an ethics hearing after an investigator claimed she lied about it.

CHICAGO – A lawyer for a Chicago man charged with murder in a road-rage incident said his client acted in self-defense when he fatally shot another motorist in the head.