Barrington Hills Crime
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Crime data lacking when it comes to gunsDec 16, 2013 4:30 am - Despite the seemingly ever-present debate over gun-control laws, little data exists on the prevalence of crimes committed by people using guns. Most studies of gun crime...
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Arlington Hts. shooter had criminal past, cop expected to recoverDec 13, 2013 8:00 am - Officer Michael McEvoy was on patrol for his regular Thursday evening shift when a call came over the radio about a man with a gun at a townhouse in Arlington Heights. M...
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Former heroin addict to give ECC graduation speechDec 12, 2013 1:00 pm - Sandra Hoston's life was on a downward spiral from years of abusing alcohol and heroin starting in her late teens. At 16, Hoston was pregnant with her first child. Soon ...
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Former Grant High teacher pleads not guilty in sex caseDec 12, 2013 9:00 am - A former Grant High School teacher denied during an arraignment hearing Thursday in Lake County court that she had sex with a student. Amber Kraus, 30, formerly of the 0...
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A look at the Fox Valley’s biggest news stories in 2013Dec 11, 2013 11:24 am - The year 2013 saw at least a half dozen court cases across the Fox Valley came to an end, turnover in key political positions, progress on several construction projects ...
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Kenosha man sentenced to 105 years in prison for murder, robbery spreeDec 10, 2013 10:01 am - A Kenosha, Wis., man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for a 2007 crime spree that involved the “execution” of a Round Lake Park woman, a Lake County judge rul...
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Cops: 6 pounds of pot mailed to Elgin manDec 09, 2013 3:17 pm - A 43-year-old man is accused of having someone mail nearly 6.5 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of $16,000, from California to his Elgin home. The North Cent...
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Man pleads not guilty to DUI after car ends up in Hainesville townhouseDec 06, 2013 9:48 am - A Wisconsin man accused of being intoxicated when he crashed his vehicle into a Hainesville townhouse pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Friday morning. Adam R. Bi...
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Fox Lake man sentenced to 6 years for fatal crashDec 05, 2013 12:17 pm - A Fox Lake man was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for killing a close friend in a crash after an afternoon of drinking in October 2012. Anthony Cechini, 24, o...
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Lake County sheriff’s deputy found not guiltyDec 05, 2013 11:02 am - A Lake County sheriff’s deputy has been found not guilty of destroying evidence that he hired a prostitute. Eric Francke, 33, of the 43000 block of Forest Drive in Antio...