Genoa man charged in jewelry theft months earlier in Elgin

Elgin Jewelry theft: A Genoa man was charged with felony theft on Monday based on a months-old case. Elgin police said a family living in the 200 block of Lyle Avenue reported in February that between October 2012 and then, someone had stolen $8,800 worth …

Ex-Deputy Chief Beeter indicted on 20 counts

ELGIN — Bob Beeter, a former deputy Elgin police chief who took early retirement in 2012 amid a scandal involving claims of adultery and email hacking, was indicted Tuesday on 20 felony counts by a Kane County grand jury. The state’s attorney’s office announced that …

Motorist injured in crash involving farm vehicle near Hampshire

Hampshire One hurt: A woman was trapped for 25 minutes, then taken to Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin, after being injured Monday in a nighttime collision involving her car and a piece of farm machinery near Hampshire. Deputy Chief Trevor Herrmann of Hampshire Fire …

Motorist accused of hitting bicyclist in E. Dundee

EAST DUNDEE — Bail has been set at $150,000 for a woman accused of driving drunk and leaving the scene of a crash in which an early morning bicycle rider was seriously injured. East Dundee Police Chief Terry Mee said the incident began at about …

Gunmen reportedly take electronics, cash in Elgin store robbery

Elgin Store robbed: Police were looking for two gunmen who robbed workers at the Radio Shack store at 1030 Summit St. last week. According to a report released Friday, two employees told police the men entered about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, locked the front door from …

Elgin carjack report probed

ELGIN — A 25-year-old Elgin man told police he was kidnapped at knifepoint by two carjackers forced to drive to Aurora. According to a police report released Friday, the man said he had been stuck in traffic on State Street (Route 31) near National Street …

Prison sentence in Elgin sex attack

ST. CHARLES TWP. — A homeless man has been sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting a woman in Elgin two months ago. Phillip J. Dillon, 46, agreed Friday to a sentence of 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections in exchange for a guilty …

North Aurora woman killed in Fabyan Parkway crash

A 23-year-old North Aurora woman was killed early Wednesday morning after her car was struck by an oncoming garbage truck in Geneva.

Police said Monica Warner was pulling out of a private driveway in the 200 block of East Fabyan Parkway around 6:04 a.m. when …

Elgin man arrested on pot charges

Elgin Marijuana charges: Junaid Ahmad Jr., 20, of the 600 block of Alice Place, Elgin, was charged with a Class 4 felony count of possession of cannabis, between 30 and 500 grams; a Class 3 felony count of manufacture or delivery of cannabis; and a …

Inmate faces 20 years in plot to kill DuPage judge, prosecutor

WHEATON – A prison inmate faces an additional 20 years in prison after a DuPage County jury found him guilty Tuesday of trying to have two county officials killed.

Incarcerated at the Centralia Correctional Center, Gordon Vanderark, 56, solicited a fellow inmate to kill Judge …

South Elgin man faces aggravated arson charge

Mark A. Clough, 46, of the 300 block of West Spring Street, South Elgin, was charged with a Class 2 count of aggravated arson following an April 28 incident in Elgin. According to police, firefighters were called to Advanced Engineering Corp., 440 S. McLean Blvd., …

17-year-old charged in smash-grab burglaries

Thanks to video surveillance equipment, Miguel Zavala, 17, of the 300 block of Sedgewick Circle in Carpentersville, has been charged with committing two “smash-and-grab”-style burglaries in Elgin last month, police said. Police announced Monday that Zavala has been charged with two counts of burglary after …

Two accused of taking appliances in Elgin burglary

Elgin Two charged in burglary: Andre Sardin, 48, of the 400 block of Bowen Court, Elgin, and William T. Ferguson, 35, of the 100 block of Timber Trail, Streamwood, were charged each with a felony count of burglary and a misdemeanor count of theft. Police …

Elgin man faces resisting charge after arrest incident

Elgin Resisting: Anthony C. Gonzalez of Elgin was charged with felony resisting an officer after an incident in the 1800 block of College Green Drive on Tuesday afternoon. A police officer reported that he saw Gonzalez there and recognized that there were several warrants out …

Group-home teens charged in smash-grab

ELGIN — Three teenage residents of a Larkin Center group home have been charged with committing a “smash and grab” burglary to a downtown cellphone store. According to court documents released Thursday, shortly before 10:15 p.m. Tuesday someone broke out the front door window of …