Court Watch: Wheaton Drug Suspects Plead Not guilty, Assault Suspect Charged Again

Here is this week's DuPage County court update:

Darien - A 74-year-old Darien man faces a second round of charges accusing him of fondling a young girl. John P. Higgins was charged in 2009 in connection to a 2006 incident where he kissed and fondled a then-16-year-old girl, according to prosecutors. Earlier this month, prosecutors charged Higgins with predatory criminal sexual assault relating to incidents from 2001 in which he is accused of fondling a young teen girl. Higgins pleaded not guilty on Dec. 19 to the six counts from 2006, court records show. He is free on bond.

Wheaton - Two Wheaton residents in connection to the drug overdose death of a Carol Stream woman pleaded not guilty on Dec. 19 to drug charges. Tiffany Vanderbusch and Glenn Kliest were arrested in November after, according to prosecutors, Kliest sold the heroin to a woman who later died in her apartment. Kliest and Vanderbusch later went to the woman's apartment and doused her with bleach in an attempt to destroy evidence, prosecutors have said. Kliest remains in DuPage County Jail on $750,000 bail, while Vanderbusch is in the jail on $75,000, in the drug case.