Algonquin Crime
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Police searching for pickup truck driver who struck girl on bicycle near St. CharlesMay 12, 2019 1:00 am - Authorities are searching for the driver of a pickup truck that struck and seriously injured a 7-year-old girl riding a bicycle Sunday afternoon in St. Charles Township....
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Parents of slain 5-year-old AJ Freund plead not guiltyMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - The parents of 5-year-old AJ Freund pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree murder and other charges in connection with the Crystal Lake boy's beating death. Through ...
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Kane sheriff: State police info helping to retrieve revoked FOID cardsMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - Nearly half of the 81 people notified of a revoked Firearm Owner's Identification card by the Kane County Sheriff's Office since early March have turned in their cards t...
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Mom who lost two sons to overdoses warns St. Charles students ahead of prom nightMay 03, 2019 5:00 am - Imagine learning from a Twitter hashtag that one of your friends had died. Or worse, that two of your friends, who were brothers, died the same night from mixing alcohol...
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Public defender will represent father in AJ's murder caseMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - A special public defender has been appointed for Andrew Freund Sr., who has been charged with murdering his 5-year old son, AJ. Freund, 60, appeared Friday morning in Mc...
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La Fox post office employee tackles man, thwarts robberyMay 02, 2019 1:00 am - Authorities are searching for a man who tried to rob the La Fox post office Thursday only to be thwarted when he was tackled by the employee he intended to mug, official...
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18 years in prison for Gilberts man for Ecstasy delivery while on bailMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - A Gilberts man who was charged with receiving a package from the Netherlands containing Ecstasy while he was free on bail in two other felony cases has pleaded guilty an...
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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 ...