Crystal Lake Crime
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35-year sentence 'isn't justice for AJ,' boy's family, supporters sayJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - JoAnn Cunningham's 35-year sentence Friday for beating her 5-year old son, AJ Freund, to death in their Crystal Lake home disappointed those who have closely followed th...
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'Being a mother defines me': AJ's mom gives tearful statement at sentencing hearingJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - “Being a mother defines me,” JoAnn Cunningham said through tears Thursday at her sentencing hearing for the murder of her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund. Cunningham's descrip...
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Algonquin woman faces drug-induced homicide charge in man's deathJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - An Algonquin woman who in 2016 pleaded guilty to heroin delivery, now is accused of providing drugs to a 48-year-old Algonquin man who died of an overdose. Heather L. Va...
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Graphic images won't be publicized at AJ Freund's mom's sentencing ThursdayJul 14, 2020 1:00 am - Extended media coverage of autopsy photos and other graphic evidence involving the murder of 5-year-old AJ Freund will not be allowed at his mother's sentencing hearing ...
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A sentence is coming Thursday for AJ's death: Mother could get 60 years in prisonJul 14, 2020 1:00 am - Fifteen months ago, the recovery of 5-year-old AJ Freund's battered body from a shallow grave in rural Woodstock ended a frantic six-day search and ignited widespread pu...
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Ahead of mother's sentencing Thursday, ralliers gather for 5-year-old, other slain childrenJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - Most of the balloons arranged in an arch on the Woodstock square Saturday afternoon were black and blue - one the color of mourning and the other a favorite of a little ...
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How some suburban courts plan to resume jury trials, keep people safeJul 10, 2020 5:30 am - When DuPage County resumes jury trials July 20, felony judge John Kinsella will have to get used to occasionally being moved out of "his" courtroom. Room 4000 is the big...
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New indictment adds charges against man accused of killing McHenry County sheriff's deputyJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - A federal grand jury in Rockford on Tuesday returned a superseding indictment that adds new charges against Floyd E. Brown, who is accused of killing McHenry County Depu...
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Island Lake man sentenced to 9 years in prison in child sex assault caseJun 29, 2020 1:00 am - An Island Lake man was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a child in 2012. Robert J. Ballarini, 59, of the 600 block of Nantucket Way, plea...
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Lakemoor man sentenced to prison for 2018 sexual assaultJun 26, 2020 1:00 am - A 28-year-old Lakemoor man was sentenced to prison Thursday for sexually assaulting a woman he knew in September 2018. McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt sentenced Ke...