Police Report: Graffiti found on utility box
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the...
View ArticleTeen clocked at driving 106 mph in 45 mph zone in Naperville
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the...
View ArticleBurglars crash vehicle into Aurora store, steal purses and luggage
Aurora police are investigating an early Tuesday morning burglary in which a vehicle was used to ram through the front window of a high-end department store in the city. The burglars ended up making...
View ArticleCourt Dispositions as reported by DuPage County
The following court record of charges that originated in Naperville was provided by the DuPage County Circuit Clerk’s office: Jeremi Jamison, 19, 1806 Shetland Road, Naperville: Battery — causes bodily...
View ArticleAttempted armed robbery in Naperville
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the...
View ArticlePolice seek help tracking down burglary suspects
Police are looking for help finding a pair of burglars who reportedly were discovered in the kitchen of a home on Naperville’s far southeast side one recent Monday morning. A homeowner in the 2200...
View ArticleNaperville police called for car burglaries, statue destruction
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the...
View ArticleNaperville man’s conviction relying on stash-house sting tossed
CHICAGO — A U.S. appeals court Thursday tossed out a Naperville man’s conviction for trying to rob a drug stash house that didn’t actually exist, saying a trial judge erred by not letting him argue to...
View ArticlePolice still investigating death of pedestrian Sunday
Naperville police say there are no charges pending or citations issued as of Thursday in the Sunday death of Naperville resident Emily Driscoll. The 22-year-old, along with her rescued greyhound dog,...
View ArticleNaperville man faces child porn charges
A south Naperville man is in the Will County Jail awaiting a bond hearing after police charged him Thursday with possession of child pornography. George Chaffin, believed to be in his 60s, a 15-year...
View ArticlePolice cite driver in incident that killed 22-year-old
Late Thursday, Naperville police issued Kenneth Holmberg, 74, of Plainfield two traffic citations related to the Sunday death of Naperville resident Emily Driscoll and her dog. Driscoll, along with her...
View ArticlePolice: Injury-causing speeders, roadway alcohol infractions Wednesday
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the...
View ArticleNaperville Crime Stoppers offering reward in fraudulent credit card use
Naperville Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in a case of fraudulent use of credit cards obtained in a car burglary. The Naperville Police...
View ArticleTwo charged with underage drinking after crashing into parked car
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the...
View Article$50K bond for Naperville man facing child porn charges
Bond was set at $50,000 for a Naperville man who faces child pornography charges after police searched his Naperville home Thursday. The Naperville Police Department’s High Technology Crimes Unit...
View ArticleReward offered in Naperville bomb threat case
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information helpful in solving a recent bomb threat incident at Neuqua Valley High School. Naperville Crime Stoppers made the offer this week to help...
View ArticleNaperville 4th safest city, says 24/7 Wall Street
As a kid, I spent a lot of time in the old Nichols Library next to Central Park. I would go there on my bike, prop the bike against an elm tree, which were plentiful then, and read in one of the...
View ArticleWatchdog group members target Naperville councilmen for late bill payments
Two leaders of Illinois Leaks, a watchdog group that has been critical of Naperville’s shift to digital smart meters, this week took City Council members to task. One of them criticized two of the...
View ArticleNaperville man gets 10 years in child porn case
A Naperville man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to meet underage girls through the Internet for sexual encounters, according to DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin....
View ArticleFrom The Homefront: Healthy paranoia just might keep you safe
A character created by author Joseph Heller, in his classic novel “Catch 22,” stated “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” The journalist Hunter S. Thompson, observed:...
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