Julian A. Ozer was arrested Dec. 11 on charges in Ogle County.
Indictment against the former St. Charles man charges him with injury of a child by omission.
Armando Gallardo faces a prison sentence of between 26 and 50 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
DUI Roundup information was supplied by area police departments during the week prior to Dec. 14, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Dogs are more commonly attacked during the winter months than during the spring and summer. This corresponds to the breeding season of the coyote.
We looked at stories from across America in the year since the shootings at Sandy Hook School to try to illustrate the scale of the problem.
The charges are the result of investigations from residential burglaries on April 8 and Oct. 17 at homes in the 400 block of Houston Street and the 0-99 block of North Jefferson Street.
A collection of odd, quirky and sometimes just plain weird crime reports from around the area.
The following police-related items were pulled from area Patches. An arrest is merely an accusation, not a determination of guilt.
"This case and others like it should be a reminder that we will always seek justice for the victim and the community, even when the defendant is absent from the proceedings.”
A thief or thieves may have taken hundreds to thousands of dollars donated for the area’s needy, church official tells St. Charles police.
Also, $2,600 in iStuff taken at McDonald's.
Two unsecured dogs charge aggressively at a woman, and she is bitten by one, Batavia police reports said.
... well, you can probably figure out what happens next.
If you have information about this or any other crime in Batavia, please contact the Batavia Police Department at 630-879-2500.
Twenty-something white male throws a wooden Christmas decoration through the window at City Hall, strolls around inside the building, then takes off on foot.
No one is injured, but one victim tells police his vehicle was rear-ended and shoved off the road by a vehicle going 100 mph on West Main Street.
Residents and firefighters are OK, but about $175,000 damage done to Harrison Street home.
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
If you have information about this or any other crime in Batavia, please contact the Batavia Police Department at 630-879-2840.
Authorities are seeking "an appropriate relative placement” for the 19-month-old surviving son of Jeffrey and Jenna Farrey, formerly of St. Charles.
The following information was supplied by the Batavia Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
“Mr. Gosa is a career criminal who has been removed from the street and placed behind bars. Our community is a safer place without him,” Kane County state’s Attorney Joe McMahon says.
School District 303 reports indicate that Jerome B. McCauley has resigned his position.
A look at some of the odd, unusual or quirky reports from area police departments this week.
DUI Roundup is a compendium of driving-under-the-influence charges reported during the week prior to Dec. 7 in Patch towns throughout the west suburbs.
One resident says his UPS account had been compromised by someone who used it to ship 41 packages all over the nation.
Enrique Ruiz was reported missing at around 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, and authorities believe he has fled to Texas in hopes of reaching Mexico.
Texas prosecutor revealed new details during Jeffrey Farrey’s bond reduction hearing earlier this week.
It sounds like a magic act worthy of Harry Houdini, but apparently, semi-truck trailers disappear more often than you might think.
Here are some tips on how residents can keep their home safe from fire for the holidays.
Television crews grill Jenna Farrey as she's extradited to Texas. "A 5-month-old child is dead. That is your child. Do you have anything to say?"
"Unsolvable" phone-ransom scams are more common than you might think.
A Maple Park man’s family blames his death on a Kane County sheriff’s deputy for failing to end the chase of the woman who caused the crash.
Geneva High School is evacuated around 7 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, but no one is hurt, there is no fire, and students are returned safely and quickly to classrooms.