The attorney for former NIU police officer Andrew Rifkin argued that NIU police failed to provide the DeKalb County State’s Attorney’s Office with two key witness statements in Rifkin’s case. Rifkin, 24, was fired from the NIU Police Department...
On Friday, Jack McCullough, 72, was found guilty of the 1957 kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7. Ridulph was abducted from the corner of Center Cross Street and Archie Place on Dec. 3, 1957. In April 1958, Ridulph’s skeletal remains were found...
Jack McCullough, 72, was found guilty Sept. 14 in the 55-year-old kidnapping and murder case of Maria Ridulph. The gallery lept to its feet in applause before James Hallock, Kane County associate judge, could finish reading the verdict. The state built...
On Tuesday, a judge ruled to prohibit the use of FBI records as evidence in Jack McCullough’s murder trial, according to a Daily Chronicle article. McCullough was arrested in 2011 for the alleged kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7, in 1957. McCullough’s...
Once every 1.5 days, a violent crime is committed in DeKalb, according to the DeKalb Police Department 2011 Annual Report. Between 2007 and 2011, violent crimes increased from 191 to 234 instances per year. “It’s no surprise to us that the rate of...
Tears flowed once again at the DeKalb County Courthouse Courtroom 204, 133 W. State St. in Sycamore, as Circuit Judge Robbin Stuckert found Jack Daniel McCullough not guilty of all charges. McCullough, 72, was charged with one count of rape, a Class X...
Wiping a tear from her eye, Jeanne Tessier, 64, of Cadiz, Ky., recounted the events of a sunny spring afternoon in 1962, 50 years ago. “It was a warm day and I was sitting on the front steps of my family home,” Tessier said. This was the first scene...
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...
Bond was set Thursday for two men arrested in connection with local car burglaries. According to NIU Police reports, Demetrius D. Henderson, 26, of Chicago, and Jonathan Green, 28, of Chicago, were both arrested Wednesday. NIU Sgt. Alan Smith said Henderson...
Two men were arrested Wednesday in connection with car burglaries on NIU's campus.According to NIU Police reports, Demetrius D. Henderson, 26, of Chicago, and Jonathan Green, 28, of Chicago, were both arrested Wednesday. NIU Sgt. Alan Smith said Henderson...
