Crystal Lake Crime
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Woman charged in Algonquin double homicide found unfit to stand trialOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - A 40-year-old woman who last year was charged with stabbing a couple to death in their Algonquin home has been found mentally unfit to stand trial. A psychological evalu...
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Sheriff: Cary student punched by stranger while walking to bus stopOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - A 12-year-old student arrived at Cary Junior High School Tuesday morning with injuries he said he suffered when a man punched him as he walked to his bus stop, Lake Coun...
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Family of slain Elgin teen wants harsher charges. What would it take for that to happen?Oct 08, 2021 5:30 am - Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the state's attorney's decision to drop the misdemeanor charge. The family of an Elgin teen stabbed to death last w...
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The stories that stick with us: How a victim of unthinkable tragedy prevailed over his darkest daysOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Tom Burleson had just about every excuse to give up in August 1999, after a drunken driver heading the wrong way on a McHenry County highway slammed into his family's va...
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Lake County men accused of providing fatal dose of fentanyl in Lake in the HillsSep 29, 2021 1:00 am - Two men have been charged with providing fentanyl to a man who suffered a fatal overdose in Lake in the Hills. The police arrived on the 800 block of Dogwood Lane in La...
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Cary Junior High School evacuatedSep 29, 2021 1:00 am - Cary Junior High School was evacuated briefly Wednesday while police investigated a bomb threat that turned out to be unfounded, authorities said. The Cary Police Depar...
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Lake Villa man charged in Cary man's fatal drug overdoseSep 26, 2021 1:00 am - A 21-year-old Lake Villa man has been charged in connection with a Cary man's overdose death in March. Keenan R. Queen, of 22300 West Morton Drive, faces one count of dr...
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Twist in 2002 Lake County murder case could mean new trial for man convicted of pulling triggerSep 24, 2021 5:30 am - Ronald Ruhl has spent the last 18 years in prison - and is due to spend at least 31 more - after Lake County prosecutors convinced a jury in 2003 that he murdered a Lake...
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Lake in the Hills man accused of sexually abusing child, possessing child pornographySep 18, 2021 1:00 am - An 18-year-old Lake in the Hills man is accused of sexually abusing a child younger than 13 and soliciting the child to send a sexually explicit video and photos of them...
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Cary man charged after collision with Prairie Grove school busSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Cary man under the influence of drugs crashed head-on into a school bus Wednesday morning near Crystal Lake, the McHenry County sheriff's office said. Police said they ...