Algonquin Crime
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Burning cigarettes used to torture kidnapped Elgin teen, records showMar 02, 2016 12:00 am - A 19-year-old who was kidnapped over the weekend in Elgin was beaten and repeatedly burned with cigarettes, according to Kane County court records. Elgin police have arr...
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Carpentersville teen accused of kidnapping, torturing another teenMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - Elgin police have arrested a 19-year-old woman from Carpentersville and are looking for four more suspects involved in a kidnapping and torture of another teen over the ...
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Guilty plea in 2014 Aurora drug slayingFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - A 22-year-old Joliet man has pleaded guilty to a 2014 drug-related murder in Aurora and is expected to testify against his younger brother at a March trial. Jaquan D. Gr...
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Elgin man accused of fifth DUIFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - A 48-year-old man had a blood alcohol concentration more than three times the legal threshold when he was arrested Sunday in Elgin on charges of his fifth DUI, according...
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Racketeering by Kane sheriff's office alleged in federal lawsuitFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Three people strip-searched after a traffic stop near Elgin last year have sued the Kane County sheriff's department and its officers, arguing their constitutional right...
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Charges dropped in Elgin meth case because of illegal strip searchFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Kane County prosecutors have dropped money laundering and methamphetamine charges against a Minnesota man arrested in April near Elgin after a strip search was deemed il...
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Sheriff: Algonquin residents arrested after 5-month drug investigationFeb 23, 2016 12:00 am - An Algonquin couple is facing multiple heroin-related charges after a five-month narcotics investigation, the McHenry County sheriff's office said Tuesday. A third resid...
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17 years in prison for Aurora child sex assaultFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - An Aurora man recently was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a child younger than 12 that he knew from 2010 to 2014, and solic...
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Human trafficking seminarFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - State Rep. Barbara Wheeler of Crystal Lake and Refuge for Women will host a special human trafficking awareness seminar Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 to 9 p.m., at Lundahl Middl...
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16 years prison for 2014 South Elgin rapeFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - A 45-year-old Hanover Park man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman he knew after they parked outside a South Elgin gas station in 2014. A...