Changes made last year at the DeKalb Police Department resulted in an improvement of performance, police say.The DeKalb Police Department, 700 Lincoln Highway, created a domestic violence unit, expanded the special operations unit of the DeKalb Police...
According to the DeKalb Police Department’s Annual Report, from 2012 to 2013, some major crimes have decreased.Sex offenses decreased by 24 percent, with 41 cases in 2013 and 54 in 2012. Burglary decreased by 11 percent, with 191 cases in 2013 and 215...
Read a scroll version of this story online here.It’s 5 a.m. on a school night in late March and members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity are just heading to bed.The fraternity brothers were up all night protecting their house from the gang violence rumored...
DeKalb Police made two drunk driving arrests and one other significant arrest during the department’s St. Patrick’s Day crackdown.Lt. James McDougall said two of the arrests were made after midnight, according to a news release by the DeKalb Police...
The DeKalb Police Department is looking to increase awareness for abuse and neglect of animals for the iWatchDeKalb app with its recent updates.The iWatchDeKalb app added two categories users can report issues for: code enforcement violations and crime...
Police shot and killed Cameron D. Lupton, 28, of Malta, after he had stabbed his father Carl, 57, and stepmother Charlotte Lupton, 67, earlier today.Police were on the phone with Charlotte Lupton when a dispatcher heard a disturbance at her home at 1020...
A DeKalb Police patrol car is parked near the 7-Eleven at the corner of Hillcrest Street and Annie Glidden Road in January. This is just one of the streets in the area that has been watched by the Police Department to reduce crime.
Security in the municipal building has left something to be desired, according to some city officials, since the city police moved out of the municipal building to their station on West Lincoln Highway.Previously, the municipal building, 200 S. Fourth...
The DeKalb Police Department and Target hope to help even more children this year than its Heroes and Helpers program usually does.In 2011, the Benevolent and Protective Association, a group of officers who raise money to sponsor youth groups and events...
On Nov. 26, employees and volunteers of the DeKalb and Sycamore Police Departments visited the towns of East Peoria and Washington, Ill., where tornadoes destroyed more than 1,000 homes and left one dead and many injured Nov. 17.The tornado disaster relief...
The DeKalb-Sycamore community has stepped up in the wake of Illinois’ recent storms and tornadoes.On Nov. 17, one of several tornadoes in the Midwest destroyed much of Washington, which is about two hours from DeKalb. The tornado ravaged buildings and...
Nov. 13• Joshua N. Kitterman, 26, of DeKalb, was charged with simple battery.• John T. Wicker, 28, of DeKalb, was charged with simple battery.• Keston D. Miller, 18, of DeKalb, was charged with credit card fraud and retail theft.Thursday• Joseph...
