Algonquin Crime
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Warrant: AJ's father says his mother killed the boyMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - AJ Freund's father led authorities to his grave. That's according to a search warrant for the land where AJ was found last week. In the warrant, obtained by the Daily He...
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'Our little superhero': Relatives say they weren't allowed to see AJ Freund for more than a yearApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - AJ Freund's extended family, including the cousin who raised and fostered him for the first 18 months of his life, issued a statement Tuesday thanking the community and ...
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Drug dealer who was arrested in Aurora sentenced to 11th prison termApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - A 51-year-old Kankakee man was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for June 2018 drug offense in Aurora, according to a news release Monday from the Kane County state's ...
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'We go out for each other': Wounded Aurora officers reflect on Pratt workplace shootingApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - Aurora police officer Reynaldo Rivera was minutes from the end of his shift Feb. 15 when the call came of an active shooter at the Henry Pratt building. Like hundreds of...
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Authorities move to terminate parental rights of couple charged in AJ Freund's deathApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - The parents of slain 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake appeared in court Monday as authorities moved to terminate the couple's parental rights to their other child an...
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Algonquin man faces gun charge after domestic disturbanceApr 27, 2019 1:00 am - An Algonquin man has been charged with reckless discharge of a weapon, accused of firing a handgun in his home during a domestic disturbance late Friday evening. Leszek ...
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Jail, monitoring device for man arrested in Aurora lawn mower DUIApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - A 51-year-old man arrested in 2017 in Aurora on charges that he drove a John Deere lawn mower tractor while drunk has been sentenced to 20 days in jail after pleading gu...
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The short and chaotic life of AJ Freund: What DCFS and police saw and didApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - Wrapped in bandages on Halloween 2017, AJ Freund wasn't dressed as a mummy. His mother, JoAnn Cunningham, told a Crystal Lake neighbor the boy had pulled boiling water o...
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13-year prison sentence for Elgin man who abused, shook 7-week-old babyApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday for breaking the leg of his live-in girlfriend's 7-week-old son in March 2016 and later shaking the ba...
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Man who killed friend in 'freak accident' at meatpacking plant gets jail, probationApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - A former Rockford man was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months of probation after pleading guilty Thursday to unintentionally killing his friend with a knife whil...