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Genoa man found guilty of murder could serve up to 60 years in prison

By Dave Gong | August 22, 2011

A man charged in a 2005 home invasion that left one man dead and another wounded was found guilty of murder Wednesday night.Kirk B. Swaggerty, 41, was found guilty of murder, home invasion and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. Stephanie Klein,...

Northern area school libraries awarded $16K from state

By Thomas Vershelde | March 20, 2011

DeKALB | Seven northern Illinois school districts recently received state funding in the form of the School District Library Program for use in their school libraries, including DeKalb and Sycamore districts. A total of $16,000 was awarded to libraries...

35 people charged for alcohol-relate offenses

By Northern Star Staff | February 1, 2011

Thirty-five people were arrested and charged for alcohol-related offenses after police responded to the 15000 block of Somonauk Road Saturday. Dekalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said police were called around 4:30 a.m. for a report of a car in a ditch....

Illinois’ Sheriff’s Association will award a scholarship for higher learning

By Northern Star Staff | January 25, 2011

DeKALB | DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott will award a $500 scholarship to a student in DeKalb County. The Illinois' Sheriff's Association announced that it will award 105 college scholarships throughout Illinois. Scott will award the scholarship on...

NIU student’s 1970 murder still unsolved

By Angie Leventis Lourgos | November 9, 2010

Doreen Vogt was watching the evening news when tragic scenes from Northern Illinois University filled her with a pain she's spent the last four decades trying to forget. It was happening again. A student didn't come home. Friends were forming search parties....

DeKalb Deputy Sheriff Christiansen stands blocking access to Nelson Road at the intersection of Lincoln Highway Wednesday evening after a possible sighting of Antinette Keller in the fields near the intersection. Christiansen was the first officer on the scene at about 5:15PM.

A dive team to help with search for missing student

By John Bachmann, Alex Fiore, and Demarcus Robinson | October 20, 2010

UPDATE: DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott has confirmed that a dive team from St. Charles is assisting the DeKalb Fire Department in the search for missing student Antinette Keller. Scott said there was nothing specific that prompted the use of the dive...

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.