Algonquin Crime
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'Baby powder' smell leads to lawsuit against former East Dundee plastic bag companyJun 13, 2018 1:00 am - Remember that odd, "baby powder" smell last year on the east side of the Fox River in East Dundee? At the request of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois At...
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Two men arrested in Aurora in $1M coke, meth bustJun 13, 2018 1:00 am - Authorities have arrested two men who are accused of possessing $1 million in drugs in one of the larger methamphetamine busts in recent Kane County history. The Chicago...
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Police probe Aurora birthday party shooting that injured 7Jun 11, 2018 1:00 am - Aurora police are continuing to investigate a weekend shooting in which seven people were wounded at a child's birthday party and the suspects either ran off or escaped ...
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Are police dogs another victim of the opioid epidemic?Jun 08, 2018 5:30 am - Naloxone: It's not just for people. While the national opioid epidemic claims 115 human lives a day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there's...
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Charges upheld against murder parolee accused of stalking Elgin stripperJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - Charges that a paroled murderer stalked a former dancer at an Elgin-area strip club more than five years ago will stand despite a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling de...
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District 300, principal sued over former teacher's sex abuse caseJun 07, 2018 1:00 am - Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 and a Carpentersville elementary school principal are being sued by parents of a boy who say their son was sexually abused by...
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Leader in Elgin kidnapping, cigarette tattoo torture gets 16½ years in prisonJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - A 20-year-old who authorities said led a scheme in which a teen was kidnapped in Elgin and held overnight while cigarettes were used to burn her shoulder tattoo pleaded ...
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Agencies chip in after Kane County loses grant, victim advocatesJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - If it takes a village to raise a child, then perhaps it takes a county to provide services to crime victims. In the months after the Kane County state's attorney's offic...
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Family of Geneva teen killed in fiery DUI crash sues friend who was drivingJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against a 20-year-old Geneva man accused of DUI in an October 2017 crash in St. Charles Township that killed his friend, Nicholas...
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Two charged in May 29 shooting, marijuana robbery in ElginJun 04, 2018 1:00 am - Two people have been charged in connection with a May 29 home invasion to rob a man of an ounce of marijuana on Elgin's near west side, according to authorities and cour...