Dekalb County News

A 36-year-old Malta man was charged with aggravated stalking early Friday is being held without bond at DeKalb County jail until authorities complete a risk assessment.

DeKALB – For the fourth month in a row, the unemployment rate in DeKalb County was higher than it was during the same time last year.

Police are asking for the public's help finding a 25-year-old Cortland man accused of raping an Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park resident Monday, according to a news release.

You might think you're in Australia, if you come across an unusual animal that's on the loose in DeKalb County.

The National Weather Service in Chicago-Romeoville has issued a Tornado Watch for McHenry County until 3 a.m. Monday.

ST. CHARLES – The 28-year-old Sycamore man accused of having heroin in his system during the crash that killed 11-year-old Matthew Ranken is asking a judge to reduce his $250,000 bond.

DeKALB – A 27-year-old DeKalb man accused of videotaping an acquaintance while he raped her remained in DeKalb County jail Monday unable to post $25,000. Matthew J. Rogers, of the 200 block of West Deerpath Lane, was charged Friday with criminal sexual assault, unlawful restraint and eavesdropping.

While Algonquin Deputy Chief Ed Urban is retiring from the department, he's not ready to sit back and collect his Social Security.

SYCAMORE – A 20-year-old homeless man accused of kicking out a jail door window when he was too drunk to be placed with other inmates has offered to fix the window himself.

SYCAMORE – DeKalb County Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert declined to reduce bail Wednesday for one of the ten local residents arrested last week on crack cocaine conspiracy charges.

A Sycamore man is accused of being high on heroin when he plowed into a Chevrolet Cavalier, killing an 11-year-old Sycamore boy and severely injuring an 18-year-old Sycamore woman.

Northern Illinois University announced Tuesday a national search will soon be underway to find a police chief for its DeKalb campus.

DeKalb Park District worker Tom Boyce uses an auger attached to a Bobcat to drill new holes for shrubs to be planted along the DeKalb Nature Trail near Sycamore Road and Greenwood Acres Drive in DeKalb, Ill., Thursday, May 2, 2013.

Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and city police departments.

Elmhurst business owner Brendan Fitzharris, known for his bars, Fitz's Pub , Fitz's Spare Keys and Fitz's Irish Bulldog in neighboring Villa Park, is embarking on a new venture with two of his current employees that will have him expanding his business into DeKalb County.

A lengthy, multi-agency investigation into the distribution of crack cocaine in the DeKalb area ended Tuesday with the arrest of 11 people, most of them middle-aged, while two Chicago residents are being sought and two other people were arrested previously, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday evening.

Scott Patrick Gregoire, 40, of Millington, was arrested by Kendall County Sheriff's police April 22 on a charge of driving while license suspended, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and suspended registration-non-insurance. Stephen Mercado, 19, of Oswego, was arrested by Kendall County Sheriff's police ... (more)

Clayton M. Reddick, 38, 732 Third Ave., was arrested at his residence Wednesday for domestic battery and interference of reporting domestic violence.