Crime: May 2007 Archives

There are bound to be repercussions from a tragedy like a fatal drunken driving crash. Personal, political, professional, perhaps even legislative repercussions.

By Ted Slowik

It's hard to comprehend the strategy of Craig Stebic's attorney, Dion Davi. First, he files a motion asking a court to grant Craig sole custody of the two children while their mother remains missing. Then, when the motion is tossed, he proceeds to depict Lisa as a bad mother.

By Ted Slowik

Craig Stebic says that as a hunter of deer and rabbits, he's not surprised that investigators found blood in his pickup truck. There's one big problem with his response: he doesn't explain how the blood recovered from a tarp in his vehicle tested positive for his wife's DNA.

By Ted Slowik

Some clever guys in the towing industry have hit upon a scheme to offer inebriated patrons of downtown Naperville watering holes the ability to hitch a ride home for themselves and their vehicles, thus avoiding the possibility of being arrested for DUI, or worse, causing a crash that might injure or kill innocent people.

Authorities late Monday served a search warrant at the home of missing Plainfield woman Lisa Stebic, seizing two vehicles registered to her husband, Craig, while the couple's two children watched from the back seat of a police cruiser.

Five years and counting. That's how long the Naperville Police Department has topped the list of drunken driving arrests by Illinois towns other than Chicago, according to the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists.

Authorities are asking volunteers on Saturday to join in a massive search for the missing mother of two from Plainfield.

Meanwhile, investigators are pondering some key questions.

A trusted coach of young soccer players in Naperville is in jail on charges that he sexually abused two girls, and authorities say there may be additional victims.

Gustavo Nicosia, 36, of Oswego, was charged Tuesday with 14 felony counts, including five counts of criminal sexual assault, seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and two counts of obstruction of justice.

Mike Myers was watching TV at home when he heard a crash, looked outside and discovered a car was sinking in the pond behind his home. He swam out to the car and pulled the 16-year-old driver to safety.

Naperville relatives of Lisa Stebic, a 37-year-old mother of two who has been missing since Monday, held a press conference Friday to announce a new Web site, www.findlisastebic.com. At the site, visitors are invited to leave prayers and messages.

A man armed with a gun threatened a Lisle woman with the weapon and stole her car Thursday afternoon in Naperville, police said.

The incident occurred at 2:25 p.m. in the parking lot of Homestead Village Hotel, 1827 Centre Point Circle. The 47-year-old woman said the offender threatened her with a black semi-automatic handgun, demanded her rental car and drove off.