CRIME & SAFETY
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.
Bloomingdale man gets 9 years in prison for tax evasion, fraud
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. - A DuPage County man will spend 9 years behind bars after being found guilty of tax evasion, wire fraud and mail fraud. Joseph Cipolla Jr., 39, of Bloomingdale, did not file individual income tax returns from 2015 to 2020. Over that time, Cipolla failed to pay the...
“Swatting” At Yorktown Mall Over The Weekend
Lombard police are investigating a “swatting” at Yorktown Center mall. Officers responded Saturday to reports of an armed person at the shopping center. However, it was later determined the report was likely a case of “swatting,” which is the act of deceiving an emergency service into sending a police or emergency service response team to a certain address.
Suburban teen arrested in Naperville after stealing mom's car, semiautomatic gun
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - A 15-year-old boy from Aurora was arrested after he took his mother's loaded semiautomatic pistol and her car and drove to Naperville. Naperville police stopped a Nissan Altima at Washington and Iroquois for improper lane usage at approximately 3:14 a.m. on Sunday. Prosecutors from the DuPage County...
Body of Eddie Gardner, missing since 2022, found in abandoned Chicago building
CHICAGO (CBS) -- An Oswego family's two-year search to find out what happened to a missing man has ended, after Eddie Gardner's body was found in Chicago in March.His mother, Sandy Gardner, said her son's remains were found in the basement of an abandoned building near 64th and Sangamon on March 20. A bullet casing was next to his body. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office recently identified his remains. A cause of death has not yet been revealed.Gardner was 22 when he disappeared in March 2022. His mother reported him missing in Oswego. About a week later, the Dodge...
Naperville Police Join Northern Illinois Agencies in Route 59 Traffic Safety Crackdown
Motorists beware: heavy enforcement is coming down on Route 59 this Thursday. In a cooperative effort to promote road safety, the Naperville Police Department alongside several other northern Illinois agencies, is setting sights on traffic violators from Lake to Will County. The crackdown's targets are speeders, the phone-preoccupied, and the unbuckled, according to an announcement from the Naperville Police.
Mother sentenced for murder of her newborn twins boys who were found in trash 21 years ago
COOK COUNTY, Ill. (TND) — A mother who admitted to killing her newborn twins more than two decades ago will serve time behind bars. Antoinette Briley pled guilty to the murders of her baby boys on Tuesday, according to Cook County sheriff's officials. The bodies of the twins were...
Remains of man who disappeared 2 years ago discovered in abandoned South Side building
Eddie Gardner was 22 when he disappeared in March of 2022. This March, a body was found in the basement of an abandoned building near 64th and Sangamon in Chicago. The remains have been identified as Gardner.
Police capture man accused of killing Chicago police officer
(The Center Square) – Chicago Police say collaboration among agencies played a key role in capturing the man accused of killing Officer Luis Huesca. Authorities tracked the suspect for days through several states before arresting him in the Chicago suburb of Glendale Heights. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling thanked more than fifteen law enforcement agencies. ...
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