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3 charged in connection with LSD delivery

3 charged in connection with LSD delivery

Michael Kielhack (left), 20, of Elgin; Michael Montgomery, 19, of Naperville; and Thomas Quirke, 19, of Aurora, all face charges of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. The three were arrested Thursday and Friday for their alleged roles in obtaining the LSD that was found in Oluwarotimi Okedina’s system when he fell 11 stories from a Stevenson Hall tower.

Students mourn lost friend

By Satta Kendor | October 1, 2015

Kimberly Escamilla (left), sophomore occupational therapy major, Abraham Murguia, sophomore physical therapy major and sophomore undecided major Tristan Rodriguez stand at a vigil Tuesday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons.

Coroner’s Office awaits toxicology test in student death

By Northern Star staff | September 29, 2015

Preliminary autopsy results from the DeKalb County Coroner find Oluwarotimi Okedina died from "closed injuries that he sustained as a result from the fall."Okedina, 19, fell from the 11th floor of a tower at Stevenson Hall on Friday. He later died at...

Forklift victim identified

By Northern Star Staff | March 28, 2012

According to the DeKalb County Coroner’s Office press release, 56-year-old Evaristo Alvarado from Sandwich was identified as the man crushed in a fatal accident Tuesday afternoon. Alvarado was crushed at the back of the storage lot of Menards, 1825...

One dead in Menards forklift accident

By Olivia Willoughby | March 27, 2012

The Sycamore Police Department responded to a fatal forklift accident at Menards, 1825 Mercantile Drive in Sycamore, Tuesday afternoon. The police department was called at 2:35 p.m. A Menards employee was crushed to death by a forklift, said Sycamore...

One dead in fatal crash

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | February 19, 2012

Luis Felipe Hernandez-Palmeros, 21, of DeKalb died early Sunday morning when his Hyundai rear-ended a semitrailer and trailer at the intersection of West Lincoln Highway and Normal Road.According to a press release from the DeKalb County Coroner's Office,...

One dead in stove fire

By Dave Gong | October 16, 2011

A DeKalb man was found dead in his apartment after the DeKalb Fire Department responded to University Village for a report of a structure fire, 630 N. Annie Glidden Road, at 2:13 a.m. Saturday, according to a DeKalb fire department press release.According...