Is Crime Paying?

Everyone has seen the controversies regarding criminals not having to do any serious time, or seeing any form of formal punishment for incidents like the flash mob ransacking in Philadelphia. That kind of social media induced crime wave has not taken place here in Northwest Illinois. But law enforcement officers and business owners alike are pointing out that our small corner of the world may not be as "disciplined" as we'd like to believe.

Village Voices has been doing a deep dive into court records and disposition files in both Jo Daviess and Stephenson Counties, and to our shock and amazeme...