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Three men charged with home invasion, battery

By Anthony Szudarski | December 3, 2013

Police responded to a fight and home invasion in the 2400 block of Williams Way Dec. 2.According to police, three men entered the victims’ home without permission and attacked the residents. One suspect had a knife. Four victims had minor injuries but...

Suspect in custody in connection with Nov. 2 home invasion

By Northern Star Staff | November 6, 2011

At 1:24 a.m. Nov. 2, DeKalb Police officers responded to an apartment in the 800 block of Greenbrier Road for a reported home invasion, according to a DeKalb Police Department press release.According to the release, two tenants were home when two individuals...

Bond set for NIU student

By John Bachmann | November 21, 2010

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...

Final two home invasion suspects arrested

By Northern Star Staff | October 13, 2010

Two people were arrested today in connection with the Sept. 28 Cortland home invasion. Wallace Sullivan Jr., 35, of Summitt, was arrested and charged with home invasion, a class x felony, according to a DeKalb County Sheriff's press release. Sullivan...

Arrest warrants issued for suspects invovled in home invasion

By Northern Star Staff | October 3, 2010

CORTLAND | The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and Cortland Police obtained arrest warrants Friday for two individuals suspected in a home invasion that occurred Sept. 28 in Cortland. According to a DeKalb County Sheriff's Office press release, warrants...

Bond set for armed home invasion suspect

Bond set for armed home invasion suspect

By Shaun Zinck | September 29, 2010

Bond has been set for a Bolingbrook man charged with invading a home in the first block of Daisy Avenue in Cortland Tuesday morning.

Robert Jackson, 24, is currently being held on $1 million bond at the DeKalb County Jail. He is charged with two counts of home invasion, two counts of armed violence, residential burglary, aggravated battery with a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

Police were called to the residence at 10:17 a.m. Tuesday after a reported armed home invasion had occurred, according to a Cortland Police press release. Witnesses provided a description of the suspect to police and said the suspect also fired a shot from a handgun while in the home. The release also said a 16-year-old male was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive, for non-life threatening injuries.

At 11 a.m. Sycamore Police and DeKalb County Sheriff Deputies took Jackson into custody in the field near Fenstermaker Road, the release said.

DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said the investigation is still ongoing and they are looking for two other suspects alledgedly driving an older model, blue, four door Buick with Illinois Firefighter registration.

Scott said the handgun used in the home invasion was recovered around 5 p.m. Tuesday with the help of the NIU canine unit.

Jackson’s next court date is scheduled for Oct. 19.