The following information was supplied by the area police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Here's a round-up of recent, bizarre police report items from the area.
The following information was supplied by the Batavia Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Christopher Garcia Jr. made threats against Associate Judge Alice Tracy on May 7, 2013.
The St. Charles homeowner says the theft occurred in early August — about the same time as a series of home burglaries in Batavia.
A lot of utility-box graffiti reported in Batavia.
The following information was supplied by the Batavia Police Department. Arrests or charges listed do not indicate a conviction.
The 32 rings have a value of $658.40.
DUI Roundup: The following information was supplied by the Geneva and Batavia police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Home burglaries when residents are sleeping are reported in Naperville, shortly after similar reports and arrests in Batavia.
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Police say the two are the unintended victims of a nonincendiary 'Works bomb" that was intended as a prank. No one is injured in the incident.
The Batavia Fire Department assists Geneva, putting out the blaze within 20 minutes.
Authorities say the woman died Friday of asphyxiation by hanging.
The following information was supplied by the North Aurora Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The following information was supplied by the Batavia Police Department and Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Plus, $700 worth of petrified Brazilian fern wood stolen. We are not making this up.
The following police-related items came from Chicago-area Patches. When an arrest is referenced it should not be considered a conviction.
An Aurora man has been sentenced to prison for killing a woman and then fleeing the scene while he was driving drunk.
On the heels of four arrests and an ongoing investigation of previous burglaries, a home in the 300 block of Douglas Road is burglarized on Aug. 19.
All seven juveniles face misdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges. The lone 16-year-old is also charged with felon criminal damage to property.
According to the Fox Valley Court Watch website, Kane County State's Attorney Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit prosecutes about 1,500 misdemeanor cases per year along with 150 felonies.
The news of WNV in Elgin mosquitoes follows closely to the announcement that birds with the disease were found in Batavia and Aurora.
Also graffiti galore at parks and shopping cart damage at Wal-Mart.
The businesses included package liquors, as well as restaurants and taverns.
Also, unknown offender tries to lure 19-year-old woman into his car in Batavia.
The following information was supplied by the Batavia and Geneva police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Jim Burge is hospitalized after a confrontation, according to a report by mystateline.com.
"This is happening in our neighborhood with kids in their beds at night," one resident said.