Algonquin Crime
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More than a game: How Cook County is using chess to prepare inmates for life on the outsideMay 14, 2021 5:30 am - For at least a little while this week, the seven men wearing khaki scrubs with "DOC" emblazoned in big black letters across the back weren't just inmates in the Cook Cou...
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Scammer masquerades as McHenry County sheriff's deputyMay 06, 2021 11:00 pm - The McHenry County sheriff's department warned Friday of a scam where a currently employed sheriff deputy's name is used by a caller trying to elicit money from people t...
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Judge finds Island Lake woman guilty in 2016 'revenge porn' caseApr 26, 2021 1:00 am - A McHenry County judge on Monday found an Island Lake woman guilty of distributing sexually explicit photos that her fiance received from another woman. Attorneys gave c...
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'Revenge porn' trial of Island Lake woman expected to conclude MondayApr 25, 2021 1:00 am - An Island Lake woman testified last week she didn't believe a set of seminude photos sent to her fiancé by another woman were intended to be private when she mailed them...
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Police: Lake in the Hills man choked pregnant woman in front of childApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - A Lake in the Hills man accused of choking a woman he knew to be eight months pregnant was released Tuesday from the McHenry County Jail after posting bail. Eder Amaro-R...
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Kane County takes aim at child exploitation with hire of veteran prosecutorApr 16, 2021 5:11 am - Prosecuting child exploitation cases is a horrible thing in which to be an expert. But it's one reason veteran prosecutor Robert Dore is coming out of retirement to beco...
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Round Lake Beach man sentenced to prison for 2018 burglary in Crystal LakeApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - A 27-year-old Round Lake Beach man whose fingerprints linked him to a 2018 burglary in Crystal Lake was sentenced to prison on Friday. Austin G. DeLeon, of the 1300 bloc...
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Streamwood man accused of firing gun in Lake in the HillsApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - Police on Saturday arrested a 23-year-old man accused of firing a loaded pistol in Lake in the Hills. Travious O. Brown-Utley is charged with aggravated unlawful use of ...
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Crystal Lake man gets probation in connection with fatal Elgin overdoseApr 09, 2021 1:00 am - A Crystal Lake man was sentenced Thursday to probation in connection with a 22-year-old Elgin woman's fatal overdose. McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt sentenced 24-...
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Why Kane County sheriff, state's attorney teamed up to set a drug suspect freeApr 02, 2021 5:20 am - When a county's top two law enforcement officials team up in a courtroom, it's usually to put someone behind bars. So it was an unusual twist last week when Kane County ...