Officer Troy Fields is being credited with the arrest of an allegedly dangerously drunk and unlicensed driver. The officer, who was driving south bound on First Avenue near Cermak Road last Saturday, spotted a car ahead of him “driving all over the road and into oncoming traffic.” Fields flashed his…
Reginald Hearon, 50, could find himself serving up to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony DUI and reckless homicide charges stemming from the deadly Kane County crash in 2008. Hearon driving work at the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles on the day of the crash when…
Kelli and Jessica Uhl were killed in the November 2007 accident cause by former Illinois State Trooper Matt Mitchell. Mitchell, who was responding to another accident, was driving at 126mph through busy traffic on Interstate 64 while sending and receiving emails and talking to his girlfriend on his mobile phone.…
David A. Lobb, 31, of the 1900 block of North Rose Street plead guilty to driving drunk after he flipped his SUV and hit another vehicle, seriously injuring the other driver. The crashed occurred on November 3, 2005 at Randall Road and McHenry Avenue. Lobb is charged with a Class…
Jose Rodriguez, 20, of 5902 Roosevelt Road in Chicago has been charged with two counts of felony aggravated driving under the influence following an accident involving two injuries in River Grove. Rodriguez allegedly ran head-on into oncoming traffic near O’conner Drive and Thatcher Ave when his vehicle crashed into another…
Doug Millsaps, 47, of the 800 block of Wescott Road in Bolingbrook was arrested on June 6, 2009 after officers allegedly found him sleeping in his car with the keys in the ignition. Millsaps, head football coach for Rolling Meadows High School, stated he will not resign nor has he…
Alonso Huerta-Perez, 23, of Carpentersville is accused of fleeing a crash after blowing through a stop sign in West Chicago while intoxicated. Huerta-Perez collided with another car, killing the driver. Huerta-Perez allegedly stated that he drank eight or nine beers before the crash. Five other people were in the car…
Michael Buchanan, 19, was arrested last weekend for suspicion of driving under the influence and consumption of alcohol by a minor. According to Champaign County States Attorney, Buchanan’s blood alcohol content was more than double the legal limit at .164. Buchanan was released on bond and his court date is…
A Libertyville women, Cheryl Yachnin, has filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Lake County’s “no-refusal weekend” program. The program allows police to obtain search warrants for suspected drunken drivers who refuse to take a breath test. Prosecutors and judges are on call to issue search warrants requesting the tests be done…
Sandra Vasquez, 26, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after the fatal drunk-driving crash in 2007 that left five Oswego teens dead and three others injured. The prison term means Vasquez, the mother of two young children, will have to spend at least 12 1/2 years behind bars. Initially,…