Crystal Lake Crime
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Jehovah's Witness elders who failed to report child abuse got bad advice, say local pastors, attorneysMay 21, 2022 1:00 am - In 2006, a Crystal Lake man confessed to the leaders of his church that he was sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl. It was not that confession, however, that McHenry Coun...
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Tireless work on murder case earns McHenry deputy honor as state's top copApr 29, 2022 5:30 am - At first, McHenry County sheriff's Sgt. Trent Raupp assumed it was a joke. After all, it was April 1 when he heard that he'd been chosen as the Illinois Association of ...
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Man who shot McHenry County deputy convicted of second-degree murderApr 08, 2022 1:00 am - A Springfield man was found guilty by a federal jury of second-degree murder in the fatal 2019 shooting of McHenry County sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner and the attempte...
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Springfield rally to call attention to 'souls lost in DCFS'Apr 04, 2022 11:00 pm - Members of a group calling itself "Roar for AJ" will rally Thursday at the state Capitol to call attention to what members consider ongoing failures by the Department of...
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McHenry County judge to weigh whether petition filed by AJ Freund's mother has meritApr 01, 2022 11:00 pm - A McHenry County judge said Friday that he has 90 days to decide whether the post-conviction petition filed by a Crystal Lake woman serving 35 years in prison for killin...
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AJ Freund's mother says she was 'seeing demons and hearing voices' before she killed sonApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - The Crystal Lake mother serving a 35-year prison term for killing her 5-year-old son AJ Freund in 2019 claims in newly filed court records that she suffered postpartum p...
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Trial for suspect in McHenry County deputy's killing set to begin Monday in federal courtMar 27, 2022 1:00 am - The federal murder trial of a Springfield man accused of the 2019 killing of a McHenry County sheriff's deputy who was gunned down while serving an arrest warrant at a R...
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Jehovah's Witnesses elders sentenced to supervision, community service for not reporting child's sexual abuseMar 26, 2022 1:00 am - Two Jehovah's Witnesses elders were sentenced Friday to one year of court supervision, 10 hours of community service and $250 in fines for failing to report that a congr...
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Mental fitness exam ordered for Algonquin double murder suspectMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - An Algonquin man accused of killing his mother and stepfather in November will receive an evaluation to determine his mental fitness at the time of the murders. Maxim Pa...
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Church elder seeks new trial before sentencingMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - One of the Jehovah's Witnesses convicted last week of "knowingly and willfully" failing to report to authorities that a 6-year-old girl was being sexually assaulted by a...