A Woodridge man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for conspiring to stage armed robberies that allowed purported victims to seek U.S. immigration visas reserved for crime victims. Federal prosecutors say that from 2022 to 2024, Parth Nayi,... See more
A federal grand jury has indicted a Schaumburg man in connection with a $66.2 million fraud scheme in which authorities say he billed for hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests that were never performed. Rajesh 'Raj' Patel, 52, is charged with five count... See more
A 79-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge after police say he stabbed a blind man at a Park Ridge assisted living facility Sunday. Thomas Jones also is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery to a nurse stemmin... See more
A Cary man whose criminal history includes two attempted murder convictions now faces decades in prison after his sixth driving under the influence conviction. George Gnewuch, 64, pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated driving under the Influence of alcoho... See more
Trinity Audioplayer ready... Kelsey Watson knew from a young age that she only wanted to be a police officer. Still, when she had the chance to earn a medical certificate in field delivery — emergency childbirth outside of a hospital — while studying crim... See more
