Algonquin Crime
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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...
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Man who stole BMW, led Elgin police on chase gets jail, probationApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - A McHenry man pleaded guilty this week to stealing a BMW from a driveway in Elgin and leading police on a drunken chase, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and two ye...
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'We already know he's in heaven': Vigils honor the short life of Crystal Lake boyApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - Hundreds gathered Tuesday night in Crystal Lake for a vigil to honor the short and tragic life of Andrew “AJ” Freund, a 5-year-old boy who had been reported missing a we...
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2nd man guilty in 2017 McHenry County home invasion, murder over $3KApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - A McHenry County jury this week convicted a second man for his role in a 2017 home invasion, robbery and fatal shooting of a 52-year-old Air Force veteran. Byron Howard...