Oak Brook Crime
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022
Jan 20, 2023 5:00 AM - A record 6,542 firearms were seized at airport checkpoints across the country last year, and you won't believe where some of them were found.
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Man pleads guilty to leading police on high-speed chase that ended in ChicagoJan 19, 2023 7:38 PM - A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated fleeing and eluding police after a theft at Oakbrook Center.
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Oak Brook home burglarized as teenage girl hidJan 16, 2023 10:32 PM - Neighbors of an Oak Brook home targeted for a home invasion Friday said it's one of several houses in the neighborhood hit by burglars in the last few months. But on Friday, when the robbers broke in through the home's back door, a teenage girl was inside and hiding as they ransacked the place and stole valuables.
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will -- and will not -- enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 8:14 PM - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and large capacity magazines: Read the law and "take a deep breath."
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so far
Jan 13, 2023 8:19 AM - The Brown's Chicken murders isn't the only suburban cold case where DNA is credited with identifying a killer.
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 6:00 AM - The mass shoting in Highland Park on July 4 that claimed the lives of seven parade spectators was among the most wrenching crime stories of a year marked by mayhem and heartbreak.
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State Supreme Court halts abolition of cash bail
Dec 31, 2022 6:42 PM - The Illinois Supreme Court halted the abolition of the cash bail system in the state on Saturday, just a day before that landmark criminal justice reform was poised to take effect.
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Chicago trio charged in Green Oaks burglary after Glencoe arrestDec 30, 2022 4:00 PM - A Chicago man and two juvenile accomplices were charged Friday in Lake County in connection with a Green Oaks burglary in November. The trio were arrested by a different agency in connection with a December burglary in Glencoe, and they're suspected of a Long Grove burglary, too.
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Tragedies and some triumphs: The top suburban stories of 2022Jan 4, 2023 10:29 AM - Two horrific crimes, a deadly car crash and threats against the LGBTQ community and their supporters were among the top suburban news stories of 2022. But not all the news was grim.
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Effect of judge's ruling regarding end of cash bail differs across the suburbsDec 30, 2022 9:39 AM - A Kankakee County judge's ruling late Wednesday that ending cash bail in Illinois is unconstitutional does not apply to courts in Cook, Lake, DuPage or Kane counties, but could throw a wrench into how cases will be handled in other parts of the state.
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