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Barrington Hills Man Pleads Guilty To Fatal Drunk Driving Crash
BARRINGTON HILLS, Ill. (STMW) – A Barrington Hills man has pleaded guilty to a northwest suburban DUI crash that killed an Elgin man and injured two other people in March 2013. Karsten Eilertsen, 19,...
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Man Charged With DUI For Fatally Striking Pedestrian In West Town
CHICAGO (CBS) – A guitarist for popular local band Bloodiest was ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bail Tuesday for allegedly running over and killing a pedestrian while driving drunk. Six hours after...
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New Revelations In Fatal Naperville Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Geneva man accused of being drunk when his car plunged into a west suburban Naperville pond initially pointed the finger at his two friends who drowned as a result of the crash,...
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Murder Defendant Says Demons, God Controlled Him
CHICAGO (STMW) – Jurors heard graphic details of a fatal head-on crash and allegations of bizarre behavior from the defendant during opening statements Tuesday in the first-degree murder trial of Mark...
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Man Charged With Drunk Driving After Crash That Killed Pedestrian
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man is facing multiple DUI charges in connection with a Northwest Side crash that left a pedestrian dead Tuesday evening. Maciej Machniewicz, 45, was driving south on Austin Avenue...
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Man Charged With DUI In Hit-And-Run That Left Two Dead
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150119090533950AA.mp4 CHICAGO (STMW) – A North Side man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left two men dead Saturday night in the...
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Driver Charged In Fatal Rollover On Frozen Lagoon
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man has been charged with driving under the influence in connection with a fatal rollover crash that occurred on Lake Shore Drive near the Lincoln Park Zoo early Monday, police said....
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Man Charged With Drunk Driving In Crash That Killed Pedestrian
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was charged with DUI in connection with a crash Thursday afternoon that killed a pedestrian and left two other people injured in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Harry...
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Man Charged With DUI After Crashing Stolen Vehicle
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man is facing several charges after he crashed a stolen vehicle early Monday outside an Englewood gas station, injuring himself and two others. Deonta T. Carson, 19, is charged with...
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Victim’s Family Sues Over Fatal Hit-And-Run In Tinley Park
CHICAGO (STMW) – The family of a man from India who was fatally struck by a truck last summer while visiting south suburban Tinley Park has filed a lawsuit against the 23-year-old who allegedly fled...
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Woman Charged With Causing 5-Car Crash That Killed Pedestrian
CHICAGO (STMW) — A northwest Indiana woman has been charged with murder after a drunken fight with her husband early Sunday led to a five-car crash that killed a pedestrian on the South Side, police...
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Man Charged With DUI For Crash That Killed 3-Year-Old Boy
CHICAGO (STMW) — A Cicero man has been charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance in connection with a crash in 2013 that killed a 3-year-old boy in the Archer Heights...
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Teen Charged With DUI In Crash That Killed Two After Prom In Calumet City
CHICAGO (STMW) — An 18-year-old man has been charged in connection with a crash that left two people dead—another teen and a 56-year-old Metra employee—in south suburban Calumet City early Saturday....
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Man Charged In Deadly Park Forest Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 22-year-old man from Country Club Hills has been charged with several felonies, after fleeing the scene of a crash that killed two teenage passengers in Park Forest earlier this week....
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Prosecutors: Man Charged In Fatal Crash Was Drag Racing With Friend
UPDATE: 3:42 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) —An 18-year-old man had spent the night drinking and hanging out with a 20-year-old friend before it all ended in a fatal drag racing incident, prosecutors claimed on...
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DUI Charges Upgraded Against Off-Duty Cop Accused Of Critically Injuring Woman
CHICAGO (STMW) — An off-duty Chicago Police officer now faces a felony DUI charge after his car struck and critically injured a woman last month in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest...
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Second Suspect In Fatal Street Racing Crash Held On $1M Bail
CHICAGO (STMW) — The second man accused of street racing and crashing into a minivan, killing two parents and injuring their three children, was ordered held on $1 million bail Tuesday. Douglas McGrew,...
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Woman Charged With Drunk Driving After Hitting Boy Riding Bike
CHICAGO (CBS) — Felony drunk driving charges have been filed against a 66-year-old woman who allegedly spent the day drinking on Monday, and then struck an 8-year-old boy riding his bike. The boy was...
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Driver Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Injured 6
CHICAGO (STMW) — A wrong-way driver has been charged in a crash that injured six people on I-94 in south suburban South Holland early Saturday. The crash occurred at about 2:30 a.m. when a car was...
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Man Gets 10 Years For 2013 DUI Crash That Left Glenview Couple Dead
CHICAGO (STMW) — A north suburban man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for driving drunk and causing a head-on crash that killed a Glenview couple more than two years ago. Daniel Shmelevich,...
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