Crystal Lake Crime
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Catholic order found California abuse complaint credible, then moved priest to Chicago areaNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - The Rev. Timothy Keppel was overseeing two parishes near San Bernardino, Calif., when a man told the diocese there that, while in his teens, he'd been repeatedly sexuall...
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Palatine man arrested on child porn charges in AlgonquinNov 11, 2021 12:00 am - Algonquin police on Tuesday arrested a Palatine man accused of recording an inappropriate video of a child and possessing multiple pornographic images of other children....
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Round Lake man charged in crash that killed his motherNov 08, 2021 12:00 am - McHenry County prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old Round Lake man with reckless homicide in a June 17 crash in McHenry that killed his mother. Emmet J. Zywiec, of Rou...
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Woman arrested after gunshots in Lake in the HillsNov 05, 2021 1:00 am - A Lake in the Hills woman was arrested on gun and drug charges on Thursday, police said, following an investigation into reports of shots fired in her neighborhood on Su...
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Prospect Heights man sentenced to 24 years for child sex assaultNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - A Prospect Heights man took a plea deal Monday, resulting in a 24-year prison sentence for the predatory sexual assault of a child younger than 13 in Lake in the Hills. ...
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Suspect arrested after long standoff at Algonquin hotelOct 27, 2021 1:00 am - A standoff at an Algonquin hotel lasted about nine hours Wednesday before a SWAT team deployed chemical irritants into a wanted man's room and arrested him. Police said ...
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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...