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City blotter for 2/13/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 12, 2012

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 Friday At 8:46 p.m., a DeKalb police officer ran a registration...

City blotter for 2/9/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 8, 2012

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. Monday At 7:01 p.m., a DeKalb police officer observed a vehicle...

City blotter for 2/8/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 7, 2012

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. Sunday At 11:01 p.m., a DeKalb police officer observed a vehicle...

City blotter for 2/7/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 6, 2012

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. Friday At 8:39 p.m., DeKalb County Sheriff's deputies initiated...

DeKalb Police officers blocked the eastbound lane of Lucinda
Avenue following an accident near the Holmes Student Center during
which a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle

By Jessica Wells | February 6, 2012

DeKalb Police officers blocked the eastbound lane of Lucinda Avenue following an accident near the Holmes Student Center during which a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle.

City blotter for 2/6/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 5, 2012

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. Thursday At 10:55 p.m., a DeKalb police officer on patrol...

Cannabis seized during traffic stop

By Northern Star Staff | February 1, 2012

DeKalb police seized 171 grams of cannabis on Tuesday night during a traffic stop.At the 800 block of West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb police observed a vehicle make an improper U-turn and cut off another vehicle. The officer initiated a traffic stop and...

City blotter for 2/2/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 1, 2012

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. Tuesday At 5:34 p.m., DeKalb police officers responded to...

City blotter for 2/1/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 31, 2012

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. Sunday At 8:07 p.m., a DeKalb police officer on patrol in...

Northern Star Photo Illustration

Texting and driving

By Hailey Kurth | January 30, 2012

When it comes to using a phone while driving, many people are not sure of the law. Just to be safe, one might want to go to the extent of throwing their cell in the glove box at the sight of a police car. DeKalb Police Sgt. James McDougall said texting...

Crime Stoppers seeks info on missing person

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | January 30, 2012

Crime Stoppers and the DeKalb Police Department are seeking information in regards to the missing person's case, Bradley P. Olsen. It's been five years since Olsen was last seen, according to a Crime Stoppers press release.According the press release,...

City blotter for 1/31/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 30, 2012

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. SaturdayAt 2:37 a.m., DeKalb police initiated a traffic stop...