Crime Stories from September 27, 2019 (Change date)
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Hundreds of boys, men freed from torture building in NigeriaSep 27, 2019 7:00 am - LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Hundreds of boys and men have been rescued from a building in northern Nigeria where they had been beaten, starved, sexually assaulted and chained,...
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Ukraine's prosecutor says no probe into BidenSep 27, 2019 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Ukraine's top anti-corruption official said Friday his agency hasn't launched an investigation into former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden or his son, even t...
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In shootings, police must end the killing, then the bleedingSep 27, 2019 7:00 am - DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - When the blasting guns fell silent, the cries and groans of the wounded rose. As soon as six police officers hailed as heroes killed the gunman to en...
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The inspiring bond between a Palatine police sergeant and a courageous toddlerSep 27, 2019 5:20 am - You couldn't blame Alexa Mang if she has a bad day now and again. After all, two open heart surgeries, five leg operations, and metal hardware in both thighs, one hip an...
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Woodstock man charged in bike trail hammer attackSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - A Woodstock man was charged Friday in Tuesday's hammer attack against two women on the Ridgefield Trace bike trail in Crystal Lake. A news release said the McHenry Count...
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Six porta-potties set on fire in Arlington Heights since August, police saySep 27, 2019 1:00 am - Police are investigating six recent reports of arson to porta-potties at parks and schools in Arlington Heights, officials said Friday. The portable toilets were damaged...
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Contempt charge against daughter of former Geneva doctor convicted of 2012 rapeSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - Kane County prosecutors have filed contempt of court charges against the daughter of a former Geneva doctor convicted this week of a sexual assault in his St. Charles ho...
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Report: Payton received death threat in 1982 that led to FBI investigationSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - A sense of fear greeted the Chicago Bears in early 1982 during the off-season, and not because Mike Ditka had thundered into town as the new head coach. A letter contain...
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Man guilty in Crystal Lake heroin-fentanyl deathSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Crystal Lake man was convicted of drug-induced homicide Friday after a bench trial in McHenry County. Jeffrey J. Hauck, of the 200 block of Uteg Street, no...
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Park Ridge man sentenced to 14 years for extortion planSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard sentenced a 59-year-old Park Ridge man to 14 years in federal prison Friday for conspiring to commit extortion against a McHenry C...