CRIME & SAFETY
All DNA evidence allowed at upcoming Sycamore double murder trial, rules judge
SYCAMORE – Prosecutors’ requests were granted by a judge Tuesday in their plan to use DNA evidence as key in an upcoming double murder trial to allege that Jonathan Hurst, formerly of Chicago, brutally beat to death a Sycamore mother and son in 2016. Patricia A. Wilson, 85,...
No injuries in electrical fire at NIU’s Wirtz Hall in DeKalb
DeKALB – DeKalb firefighters were called to an electrical fire inside a Northern Illinois University building shortly before midnight Wednesday at Wirtz Hall, authorities said. Crews from the DeKalb Fire Department responded to a fire alarm sounding around 11:47 p.m. to the 300 block of Wirtz Drive, inside Wirtz...
Illinois woman accused of drinking and driving then fleeing from police with 12-year-old daughter in car
WHEATON, Ill. - An Illinois woman is accused of drinking and driving and then fleeing from police with her 12-year-old daughter in the car on Monday. Brittany Getter, 33, of DeKalb, is charged with one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding and 17 misdemeanor and petty traffic offenses including DUI, endangering the health or life of a child, reckless driving and transportation or possession of open alcohol by a driver.
DeKalb man accused of robbery, threatening child with gun
DeKALB – A DeKalb man was charged with armed robbery after police alleged he broke into a DeKalb apartment, threatened a 14-year-old with a gun and stole a firearm and about $2,000 in cash, according to court records. Nathaniel T. Milton, 49, of DeKalb was charged April 26 with...
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