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DeKalb city crime blotter for March 10

By Northern Star Staff | March 9, 2011

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. March 10 At 1:08 a.m. on Wednesday, DeKalb Police in the...

Campus crime blotter for March 3

By Northern Star Staff | March 2, 2011

The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Saturday At...

Campus crime blotter for Feb. 28

By Northern Star Staff | February 27, 2011

Tuesday At 3:18 p.m., a theft was reported at the Grant Towers South computer lab. A wallet was left briefly unattended, and a sum of currency was found missing when the owner returned to retrieve it. This case is pending investigation. Wednesday At...

DeKalb city crime blotter for Feb. 28

By Northern Star Staff | February 27, 2011

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. At 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, DeKalb Police responded to a report...

DeKalb city crime blotter for Feb. 25

By Northern Star Staff | February 24, 2011

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, DeKalb Police in the 100 block of Lincoln...

DeKalb city crime blotter for Feb. 23

By Northern Star Staff | February 23, 2011

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. At 9:54 a.m. on Tuesday, DeKalb Police in the 1000 block...

City crime blotter for Feb. 21

By Northern Star Staff | February 20, 2011

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 10:58 p.m. Saturday, DeKalb Police observed a vehicle...

Police Beat | Blotter

February 16, 2011

1- DeKalb County Sheriff's Police stopped a vehicle for having no tail lights in the 500 block of east Route 38 in Malta at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday. After stopping the vehicle, police found that the driver, Frank W. Childers, 29, of Burlington, Ill., was driving under the influence. Police arrested Childers and transported him to the DeKalb County Jail.

2- Loss prevention from the Steak and Shake at 2380 Sycamore Road reported to police Tuesday they suspect an internal theft may be responsible for the loss of items valued at $700. Loss prevention stated that it is possible any employee could have committed the theft, and that they would contact police with further information.

3- A collision occurred in the 500 block of S. Seventh Street at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday. One of the drivers, Destiney M. Farmer, 16, of DeKalb, backed out of her driveway into the rear passenger side of a vehicle driven by James D. Bankston, 45, of DeKalb. Farmer said she did not observe any traffic and backed out, whereupon she collided with Bankston. Bankston said he observed Farmer backing out and repeatedly sounded his horn. Bankston then swerved to avoid a collision before Farmer struck his vehicle.

Campus crime blotter for Feb. 16

By Northern Star Staff | February 15, 2011

The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Friday •...

DeKalb crime blotter for Feb. 16

By Northern Star staff | February 15, 2011

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 8:43 p.m., DeKalb Police initiated a traffic stop in the...

City crime blotter for 2/7/11

By Northern Star staff | February 6, 2011

The following was taken directly fromarea police and fire department records, or from DeKalb Countycourt records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until provenguilty in a court of law.Nov. 17,2010•At 2:39 p.m., anofficer took a theft report on...

Campus crime blotter for 1/31/11

By Northern Star staff | January 30, 2011

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Dec. 6 At 11:03 p.m.,...