Crime and Courts
May 10, 2013 - 2:44 p.m.•By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI - jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
SYCAMORE – A 21-year-old Somonauk woman was charged with drug-induced homicide Friday for allegedly providing the prescription drugs responsible for her friend's accidental overdose.
May 9, 2013 - 1:15 p.m.•By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI - jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
SYCAMORE – A judge reduced bail for a Sandwich woman accused of cocaine possession Thursday, but declined to do the same for her husband.
May 9, 2013 - 11:55 a.m.•By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI - jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
SYCAMORE – A 20-year-old homeless man accused of kicking out a jail door window when he was too drunk to be placed with other inmates has offered to fix the window himself.
May 9, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By FELIX SARVER - fsarver@shawmedia.com
SANDWICH – Two Sandwich residents remained in the DeKalb County Jail on Wednesday evening on charges they had five grams or less of cocaine.
May 8, 2013 - 5:05 p.m.•By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI - jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
SYCAMORE – DeKalb County Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert declined to reduce bail Wednesday for one of the ten local residents arrested last week on crack cocaine conspiracy charges.
May 8, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF
ROCKFORD – A former business owner was indicted on fraud and false statement charges Tuesday, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
May 7, 2013 - 4:00 p.m.•By FELIX SARVER - fsarver@shawmedia.com
DeKALB – Authorities are searching for a 27-year-old man accused of supplying heroin to a DeKalb woman who overdosed in a coin laundry bathroom March 5 and died three days later.
May 7, 2013 - 12:11 p.m.•By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI - jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
Sycamore man charged with aggravated DUI in crash that killed Matthew Ranken
May 7, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By Daily Chronicle
DeKALB – A 23-year-old Chicago man faces felony charges for allegedly stealing an iPhone from a woman’s car early Sunday morning.
May 6, 2013 - 10:50 a.m.•By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI - jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
SYCAMORE – A political argument that started on Facebook ended with a Sycamore man being stabbed in the chest and cut on the hand early Sunday, authorities said.
May 6, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.
MAYFIELD – An Esmond man was charged with driving under the influence and texting while driving after his vehicle landed in the Kishwaukee River early Sunday morning.
May 4, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI-
jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
Police spent hundreds of hours following about a dozen people they suspected of trafficking crack cocaine in DeKalb County.
May 3, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By Daily Chronicle
SYCAMORE – Police are seeking information about a car stolen April 26 near the DeKalb County Courthouse.
May 1, 2013 - 10:26 p.m.•By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI – jduchnowski@shawmedia.com
SYCAMORE – Federal marshals are searching for two suspected crack-cocaine dealers after six of the 15 people charged in connection with the alleged drug ring appeared in DeKalb County court Wednesday.
May 1, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By Daily Chronicle
SYCAMORE – A judge declined to reduce bail Tuesday for a 17-year-old Genoa boy accused of stealing more than $500 worth of jewelry from his mother.
