Drunk Driver Killed Pregnant Mother Of Four, Prosecutors Say
A family is pushing for justice after a pregnant 29-year-old mother of four was killed Monday night as she helped push a disabled car off of Lake Street in northwest suburban Streamwood.
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A family is pushing for justice after a pregnant 29-year-old mother of four was killed Monday night as she helped push a disabled car off of Lake Street in northwest suburban Streamwood.
Michael Kelly, of West Dundee, has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated driving under the influence, and one felony county of driving under the influence.
Lauren Elizabeth Cutshaw, 32, was arrested early Saturday, and charged with drunk driving and drug possession.
A Huntley man will spend the next seven years in prison after pleading guilty to his sixth DUI offence.
A Florida man stopped by police says he wasn't driving drunk, he was only drinking while stopped at traffic lights.
A drunk driver is in police custody after crashing into a south suburban library.
A man from the western suburbs was sentenced to prison after his fourth DUI arrest, the Kane County State's Attorney said.
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is reminding motorists to avoid impaired or distracted driving during the July 4th holiday.
More motorists in Rockford were nabbed for DUI last year than in any other Illinois town, according to a report from the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM).
ISP Officers issued 5,924 traffic citations and 5,206 written warnings May 25 through May 28.
According to a new report in 2016, alcohol was involved in 38 percent of driver deaths while 44 percent of drivers killed tested positive for drugs.
Former Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Guy Mikulich was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in the Lake County Community Corrections program as part of the plea agreement.
Crystal Lake Police say they arrested a bus driver for driving under the influence after he crashed into another school bus in front of a Crystal Lake school Wednesday morning.
Christopher Clingingsmith, 52, was arrested last month for driving on a revoked license, and providing police with a fake ID after a hit-and-run crash in Arlington Heights.
Police said authorities in Minnesota took Tasha Lynn Schleicher's 11 children away last year, after she was found driving drunk with five kids in the car.
Jose Zamago-Gaugin has been charged with two counts of aggravated DUI, one count of reckless homicide, and one count of unlawful restraint.
DUI numbers in Naperville the past couple of months bucked the trend, but an official said it's too early to call that a trend.
A Streamwood man has been charged with carjacking and murder in a crash that killed a 69-year-old woman in the Goose Island neighborhood earlier this week.
Leah R. Behrens, 33, of the first block of Chatham Place in Montgomery, was charged with felony counts of driving under the influence, obstructing justice and driving on a revoked license, Aurora Police said.
The Illinois State Police is warning people that if they drink too much at Super Bowl parties this weekend they may end up having a not-so-super time on the way home.
Armando Vargas-Angel, 36, was pulled over about 6:40 a.m. near the 33.8 mile marker on eastbound I-94 when Indiana State Police troopers stopped to check on him, Indiana State Police Lowell district said.
The driver, 22-year-old Javier Cano, told the officer he had "screwed up" and was simply trying to get to a family home in west suburban Bellwood, police said.
A Loop hearing has highlighted efforts to tighten up Illinois' laws on impaired driving.
A 20-year-old man is facing charges that he drove under the influence and caused a crash that killed a man last week in northwest suburban McHenry.
A man arrested for DUI on Christmas Eve in west suburban Riverside had a blood alcohol level of more than four times the legal limit, police said.
