Algonquin Crime
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Authorities: Gang members pointed loaded gun at pedestrian in ElginFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - Two gang members were charged after pointing a loaded gun from their vehicle at a pedestrian Feb. 10 in Elgin, according to a news release from the Kane County state's a...
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Employee convicted of stealing trade secrets from McHenry County companyFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - A federal jury this week convicted a 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm of stealing trade secrets while planning to move to China to work for a riva...
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'There's a lot of relief': St. Charles Twp. neighbors say murder suspect's father warned themFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - The knock on the door of Tom Kosturik's St. Charles Township house came Tuesday about 4:30 p.m., and it didn't bring good news. Neighbor Joseph Sypien said his 51-year-o...
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Spring Grove man guilty in 2016 DUI crash that killed his passengerFeb 26, 2019 12:00 am - A McHenry County jury this week convicted a 37-year-old man of driving drunk and causing a 2016 crash in Spring Grove that killed his passenger. Ryan J. Heineman was con...
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Court panel: Aurora cop who spied on ex-wife should get job backFeb 26, 2019 12:00 am - An Aurora cop who was fired for using his department cellphone to access three hidden cameras he planted in his ex-wife's Sugar Grove house to spy on her after their div...
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Elgin-area man faces prison on LSD, other drug chargesFeb 26, 2019 12:00 am - A 20-year-old Elgin-area man faces several felony charges after authorities say he was caught with LSD, cocaine, mushrooms, marijuana and Ecstasy while trespassing at hi...
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Elgin man seeks to undo guilty plea in shaken baby caseFeb 25, 2019 12:00 am - An Elgin man accused in a 2016 shaken baby attack wants to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing he didn't have time to weigh all his options with his family because he was ...
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Crystal Lake couple pleads guilty to bank robberies in five townsFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - A Crystal Lake man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a string of bank robberies in northern Illinois that netted him and his wife $13,633. Daniel Plushkis, 27, p...
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12 years prison for final defendant in 2016 Elgin kidnapping, cigarette tortureFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - A fifth and final adult defendant is headed to prison in the 2016 kidnapping of a teen who was beaten and held overnight in Elgin while cigarettes were used to burn a ta...
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5 years in prison for repeat Carpentersville marijuana bustsFeb 21, 2019 12:00 am - A Carpentersville man heads to prison after pleading guilty in a 2016 marijuana arrest that occurred while he was on probation for a 2013 bust when police discovered som...