Crystal Lake Crime
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Cary woman cited after striking police car, sheriff's office saysSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - A 75-year-old Cary woman suffered nonlife threatening injuries Friday when officials say she struck a police squad car that was pulling over another vehicle. McHenry Cou...
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Attorneys make closing arguments in Lake in the Hills woman's drug-induced homicide trialSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - Defense attorneys for Paige Hoover continued pressing law enforcement officers Thursday on why others in Peter Fonte's social circle were not considered suspects in his ...
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AJ Freund's father pleads guilty, sentenced to 30 yearsSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - After 17 months of denying before a McHenry County judge any involvement in the death of his five-year-old son AJ Freund, Andrew Freund pleaded guilty Friday to aggravat...
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DCFS supervisor in AJ Freund case pleads not guilty to felony child endangerment, reckless conductSep 17, 2020 1:00 am - A former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services supervisor pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony criminal charges connected to the death of 5-year-old Andre...
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Judge agrees to consider plea deal for AJ Freund's father FridaySep 16, 2020 1:00 am - The father of 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund could accept a plea deal Friday afternoon for his part in his son's death. A brief status hearing was held Wednesday morning...
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Prosecutors argue text messages implicate woman in drug-induced homicide trialSep 15, 2020 1:00 am - Prosecutors on Tuesday dove into text messages they said were between 25-year-old Paige Hoover and Peter Fonte, a 45-year-old Cary man killed by an overdose caused by dr...
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AJ's father could accept plea deal Friday, attorney saysSep 15, 2020 1:00 am - The father of AJ Freund, the 5-year-old boy who was killed last year in Crystal Lake, could accept a plea deal Friday on charges related to the boy's death, his attorney...
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Lake in the Hills woman's trial begins in overdose caseSep 14, 2020 1:00 am - Prosecutors began the trial Monday of 25-year-old Paige Hoover on a drug-induced homicide charge, arguing that a Crystal Lake man who survived an overdose on May 18, 201...
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Ex-DCFS employees charged in AJ Freund case released from jail after making bailSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - Two former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services employees have posted bail after their arrests Thursday in connection with a 2018 investigation involving ...
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Two former DCFS workers in AJ Freund case now charged with child endangermentSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - The McHenry County sheriff's office took two former Department of Children and Family Services workers with warrants out for their arrest into custody Thursday on charge...