Bond was set for an NIU student charged with armed robbery and home invasion. Jamari Sanford, 20, of DeKalb, is being held at the DeKalb County Jail on $300,000 bond. In order to be released Sanford would have to post 10 percent, or $30,000. At about...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from the DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 3:38 a.m. Thursday, DeKalb Police received a complaint...
I wish I had the time to gather the appropriate statistics for this counterpoint. Although with my trip to D.C. and upcoming tests I do not have the time. I wish I could show you that the student-to-officer ratio at NIU is on par with other state universities,...
Three days after the re-opening of Prairie Park, the location where DeKalb Police found burned human remains, the wooded area south of Lincoln Highway was almost desolate. A portion of Prairie Park was closed off to the public from Oct. 21 to Oct. 28...
Police revealed Tuesday that remains found in Prairie Park were so badly burned that authorities couldn’t determine whether they were human until a week after they were found. DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen said at a media briefing that although the...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from the DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 2:03 a.m. Sunday, DeKalb Police made a traffic stop...
DeKalb Police are now involved with the search for missing NIU student Antinette “Toni” Keller.Originally NIU Police worked the investigation without active involvement from the DeKalb Police Department.This has recently changed, and DeKalb Police...
DeKalb Police are trying to determine whether gunshots were fired or fireworks were going off Saturday night in the 1200 block of Blackhawk Drive near the former location of Tequila Roadhouse. While investigating a fight at 11:58 p.m., a DeKalb Police...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from the DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 12:40 a.m. Saturday, DeKalb Police responded to a call...
NIU and DeKalb Police Departments provided students with an all-too-realistic reminder of why drinking and driving is a poor decision Thursday evening in front of the Convocation Center. NIU staged its annual mock DUI, which is a homecoming tradition...
Imagine a Saturday night in DeKalb at home with a couple of friends hanging out and listening to some loud music. Now, imagine that a large group of angry strangers start throwing bottles at the house, breaking windows and attempting to force entry through...
A Waukegan man, charged with firing several shots into the air in the 800 block of Regent Drive on Saturday morning, has been released on $5,000 bond.Deandre L. Watkins, 25, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of...
