Staff Report ROCKFORD - Winnebago County State’s Attorney Marilyn Hite Ross, on Thursday, announced that 39-year-old Sergio L. Puentes has been sentenced Judge Randy Wilt to a total of 22 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Winnebago County State’s Attorney Marilyn Hite Ross and Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea, on Thursday, announced charges against 12 people in a countywide drug-trafficking investigation. Those…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Winnebago County Judge Randy Wilt, on Tuesday, sentenced a 31-year-old man to almost two decades behind  bars. David Ramal Stephens was sentenced to 18 years in prison for residential burglary after pleading…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A former Cherry Valley Police officer will be going to prison for having sex with a minor who participated in the Police Explorers program. Jason B. Personette, 37, was sentenced Monday to a total…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Seven Rockford men have been arrested on federal drug-trafficking and firearm charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday, Feb. 5. Derek Jacobs 27, and 27-year-old Rico Turner are charged with…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Federal drug-trafficking charges are pending against three Rockford-area residents. Anton S. Lambert, 42, of Rockton, and Jesse M. Leavy, 35, of Rockford, were arrested on charges of conspiracy to distribute…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Officers with the Rockford Police Department responded to incidents that resulted in the arrests of three individuals over the weekend. Just after midnight Friday, Jan., 31, officers located a blue Pontiac…

By The Associated Press COMMERCE, Texas (AP) — Two women were killed and a child was wounded in a shooting Monday morning at a university dormitory in Texas, officials said. A recommendation for students and employees to shelter in…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A Rockford man charged in a 2019 homicide has been acquitted after standing trial in a Winnebago County courtroom. Jamie Pearson, 28, was found not guilty Monday. He was charged with three counts of…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A Rockford  man has been been found guilty in a sexual assault the occurred on the city's east side 2017. Tareq Ahmad Alhmda, 28, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of criminal sexual assault, unlawful…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A former Rockford Police Department officer an ex-Metro Enforcement security officer have been sentenced to 20 years in prison.  Yuliya Kuznets, 38, a former Rockford officer, and 51-year-old James Akerman,…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Investigators with the Rockford Police Department are investigating two robbery incidents that occurred Monday afternoon at two downtown banks. According to police, at 2 p.m., the first person walked into the…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A Rockford man faces more than a dozen charges after being arrested on the northeast side of the city Wednesday. Alexander A. Kiddell, 37, is charged with armed violence, unlawful use of weapons by…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Two men face charges after after police recover five firearms at a Rockford party. At approximately 1:40 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 11, Rockford officers responded to a complaint of a loud party at 1004 N. Main St.…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Three men have been arrested in three sexual assault cases, the Rockford Police Department reported Monday.  Ricky Pickett, 48, of Rockford, is charged with four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and…