Crime and Courts

When his friend found him unconscious in her car April 2, she thought Benjamin Black has just shot heroin, court records show.

ST. CHARLES – The 28-year-old Sycamore man accused of having heroin in his system during the crash that killed 11-year-old Matthew Ranken is asking a judge to reduce his $250,000 bond.

SYCAMORE – Police are looking for a 45-year-old man accused of growing 222 marijuana plants in the basement of a Sycamore home.

DeKALB – The new DeKalb police station is 60 percent finished, and should be complete by November, the city official overseeing the project says.

DeKALB – In the month since iWatch DeKalb went live, the DeKalb police have received at least 15 tips from the public.

SYCAMORE – A registered sex offender taking a break from a motorcycle trip at a Waterman park Wednesday found himself taking a detour to DeKalb County jail.

SYCAMORE – A 45-year-old Sycamore man is serving five days in DeKalb County Jail after going to court Thursday morning with a blood-alcohol content of 0.282 percent.

DeKALB – A former DeKalb doctor accused of running a “pill mill” that allegedly contributed to three deaths was arrested Wednesday on dozens of federal charges.

SYCAMORE – A Genoa man accused of smashing his wife's face into a wall, which fractured her nose and left a cut that required staples, wants a judge to reduce his $75,000 bond Tuesday.

SYCAMORE – A DeKalb man was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to residential burglary charges.

SYCAMORE – Police seized more than 100 marijuana plants Tuesday growing in the basement of an unoccupied home in the 900 block of Wells Drive, Sycamore Police Lt. Darrell Johnson said.

SYCAMORE – A 26-year-old former DeKalb woman faces up to 3 years in prison for leaving her Rottweiler – which she found dead – locked in a cage without food or water last year.

DeKALB – A 27-year-old DeKalb man accused of videotaping an acquaintance while he raped her remained in DeKalb County jail Monday unable to post $25,000.

SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah tagger who was so proud of his graffiti that he posted photos of his artwork on Facebook has been arrested after police sent him a friend request through a fake online profile.

NEW ORLEANS – Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people.