Crystal Lake Crime
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After judge agrees to delay, sentencing remains weeks away for AJ Freund's momJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - The groundwork is about complete, but the sentencing of JoAnn Cunningham for first-degree murder in the April beating death of her 5-year old son, AJ Freund, in Crystal ...
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Why Illinois State Police are changing standards for recruiting pushJan 17, 2020 4:28 am - Illinois wants you. It might not have the same ring to it as the "Uncle Sam Wants You" phrase that adorned military recruiting posters of the past, but the message is th...
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Cary man pleads guilty, avoids prison for DUI crash that killed McHenry teenJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story was updated to correct the date of the crash and the number of passengers. Expressing deep remorse for what he had done, a 19-year-old Car...
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Freund hearing routine, but media cameras recording it a first in McHenry CountyJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - An otherwise routine proceeding Tuesday in the case of Andrew Freund Sr., charged with first-degree murder in the death of 5-year-old son AJ, was noteworthy as the first...
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'I think I just shot and killed Liz': Startling voicemail opens ex-cop's murder trialJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - The trial of a former Chicago police officer on murder charges began Monday with audio of a calm but startling voicemail message that then-71-year-old Lorin Volberding l...
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Huntley police arrest homeless man who they say posted threatJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - A 22-year-old homeless man was arrested after personnel at Huntley Community School District 158 told police about a threat he posted to bomb the school. On Facebook, th...
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Burglars steal $7,800 in items from Cary computer storeJan 12, 2020 12:00 am - Police in Cary are searching for three men captured on surveillance video breaking into a computer store early Saturday and stealing about $7,800 in merchandise. Officer...
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Man charged with attempted murder in Crystal Lake stabbingJan 11, 2020 12:00 am - A Crystal Lake man has been charged with attempted first degree murder, home invasion, residential burglary, aggravated domestic battery and two counts of aggravated bat...
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Stabbing near Cary under investigationJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - The McHenry County sheriff's office is investigating a reported stabbing Thursday morning near Cary, authorities said. Authorities responded to the 6000 block of Acorn C...
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IDHS: Crystal Lake man who killed mother now can't be treated for mental illnessJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Human Services is unable to provide mental health care to a Crystal Lake man who stabbed his mother to death in 2010 and whose health rapidly ...