Prosecutors revealed more on how 3 suspects in violent home invasions were caught after discarding a machine gun, fleeing police in Joliet.
At 2:48 p.m. Wednesday, deputies responded to a reported home invasion on South Deer Path in Homer Glen.
From Dec. 12 through Jan. 5, Lockport officers will take part in the statewide holiday safety campaigns.
Enforcement focused on seat‑belt use, speeding, distraction, and alcohol and drug‑impaired driving, including cannabis.
Three people were questioned but released, and a witness said someone knocked on their door claiming to have been shot, police said.
From Nov. 21 through Dec. 2, officers will be participating in the “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaigns.
Lockport Police is urging drivers to stay safe and follow traffic laws this Halloween.
The grant will support increased traffic safety enforcement efforts aimed at saving lives and reducing crashes, police said.
During the STEP enforcement period, officers conducted 1,297 traffic stops, issued 1,353 citations and made 22 arrests, police said.
Victor Salov was last seen on July 15, when he was released from a hospital in New Lenox.
The crash happened Wednesday afternoon at Cedar Road and Chicago Bloomington Trail.
In a notification to parents, the school said that Lockport Police did a protective sweep through each area out of an abundance of caution.
Victor Salov, 36, was reported missing on Aug. 5.
Additionally, 71 seat belt citations were issued, with 22 occurring during nighttime hours.
The man was sentenced to three and half years in federal prison.
"We would like to thank the public for their assistance in this matter," police said.
The "Speeding Catches Up With You" campaign ran from July 8 to Aug. 1, and encouraged safer driving habits.
A juvenile was arrested after the stolen Durango was found in Chicago, along with 2 other stolen vehicles and 3 guns, police said.
Stepped-up patrols will be seen throughout Lockport and the state from July 8 to July 31.
During questioning by detectives, Fudala made incriminating statements and was then transported and booked into the Will County jail.
A Joliet man is accused in the 2024 attack in Lockport.
Sheriff's deputies were called to Weiher's home in the 12200 block of West Thorn Apple Drive in Homer Glen around 11:30 p.m. Nov. 6.
Eric Strasser and Rosy Strasser had been married for 10 years prior to her death on May 1, 2024.
On May 16, Illinois State Police were notified of an alleged threat made to State Rep. La Ha, who represents Homer Glen.
Sheriff's deputies arrived and found about 20 spent handgun shell casings along Arthur Avenue, the sheriff's office said.
Police also issued 14 citations for moving/equipment violations.
Rosy Strasser was planning to move, start a new life the night prosecutors say she was shot by her estranged husband in their Lockport home.
Eric Strasser was booked into the Will County jail Thursday afternoon on three counts of murder.
Police said three suspects got out of a vehicle and struck a window and the front door of the business with landscaping bricks.
A Lockport man has been charged after police say they found large amounts of drugs, including meth and heroin, at his two residences.
Deputies at the perimeter could see into the home and saw residents inside tending to normal activities, the sheriff's office said.
At Friday's sentencing on two counts of first-degree murder, the former Joliet Amazon paramedic insisted he was innocent of the slayings.
The former paramedic at the Joliet Amazon warehouse stood trial in the courtroom of Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak for the October 2020 slayings.
The parents called 911 after their 2-year-old child stopped breathing. After failed attempts to revive the child, she died.
John "Pistol Pete" Shadbar is accused of tossing M-80s over his Lockport neighbor's fence before her shooting. He will remain in jail.
The Homer Glen man had amphetamine, cocaine metabolite, cocaine and THC in his system at the time of the crash, officials said.
The campaign started Dec. 13, and will run through Jan. 2.
Will County Jail inmate Edward Weiher, 49, of Homer Glen, owns his own business and makes $555,000 per year, his defense lawyer revealed.
Will County prosecutors charged 49-year-old Edward Weiher and 27-year-old Alexa Balen in the death of their 2-year-old daughter this month.
Will County Judge Daniel Rippy handled Thursday's pretrial detention hearing for Homer Glen man Edward Weiher, 49.