Algonquin Crime
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Kane County woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty over dogs' starvation, deathsJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - A woman accused of maltreating 14 dogs, three of which died, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor animal cruelty. Emily Chesterfield, who lived near South Elgin and no...
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Former AJ Freund caseworker asks to be tried separatelyJan 17, 2022 12:00 am - The former Department of Child and Family Services case investigator charged in connection with the death AJ Freund is asking to have his case separated from his old sup...
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Woodstock nurse charged with tampering with patients' morphine medicationJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - A registered nurse from Woodstock has been accused of diluting patients' morphine medication, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Sarah Diamond, 29, faces two counts...
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Chairman says McHenry County will have to cancel its ICE contractJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - McHenry County will have to cancel its contract with the federal government to house federal immigration detainees, the county board chairman said Thursday. A 7th U.S. C...
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Port Barrington man who was shot by deputies identifiedJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - The McHenry County coroner's office has identified the Port Barrington man who was shot and killed by McHenry County sheriff's deputies after he fired at them and a woma...
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McHenry County deputies shoot, kill person during domestic violence callJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - McHenry County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a person who fired at them and a woman early Tuesday in Port Barrington, the sheriff's office said. Deputies responded ...
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Authorities investigating death of Kane County jail inmateJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - The Kane County Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the death of an inmate at the Kane County jail. Sheriff Ron Hain reported that corrections officers noticed that...
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Awaiting trial for murder, Algonquin eye doctor dies of COVID-19Jan 08, 2022 12:00 am - An Algonquin eye doctor who had been awaiting trial for the 2019 first-degree murder of his girlfriend, and who was investigated in his wife's suspicious death eight yea...
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Woman who killed young daughter in Bloomingdale asks U.S. Supreme Court for releaseJan 07, 2022 4:20 am - A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her 4-year-old daughter has taken her fight for freedom from a state psychiatric hospital to the U.S. Supreme...
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The year in crime: First-degree murder, DUI-related deaths, sexual assault among the major suburban crimes for 2021Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - For the first time in 27 years, the Cook County medical examiner's office registered more than 1,000 homicides in 2021. While a majority of the 1,087 homicides - 836 - ...