Inverness Crime
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Elgin man faces minimum 42-year prison term after skipping rape trial
Jan 17, 2020 10:51 PM - An Elgin man who was a no-show for his trial this week faces a minimum 42-year prison term after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a girl he knew. A Kane County jury Thursday convicted Mario Piñeda, 36, of seven counts of predatory criminal sexual assailt of a child under 13, and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. -
Authorities: Man in jail for fourth DUI also facing weapons charge
Jan 17, 2020 7:22 PM - An Elgin man held on charges of his fourth DUI has also been charged with possessing a gun with a defaced serial number. -
Elgin man charged with 3rd DUI, injuring woman in crash
Jan 15, 2020 7:48 PM - A 53-year-old man was arrested and charged with his third DUI after rear-ending another vehicle Tuesday night near Elgin and injuring its driver. Lou Southivongnorrath, of Elgin, also was wanted on a failure to appear warrant for a 2017 DUI arrest and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. -
Elgin man charged in West Dundee woman's overdose death
Jan 15, 2020 5:44 PM - An Elgin man has been charged in the overdose death of a 30-year-old woman from West Dundee in 2018. Gehovani R. Gomez faces up to 30 years in prison for drug-induced homicide in the Sept. 6, 2018 death of Crystal Villegas from heroin and fentanyl. -
Elgin man guilty of 2006 murder faces felony pot charges
Jan 10, 2020 10:50 AM - An Elgin man who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting a gang member and sex offender during a fight in September 2006 stuffing his body in a car and abandoning it in Streamwood, is in trouble again. -
Elgin teen faces attempted murder charge in December shootingJan 9, 2020 7:46 PM - A 17-year-old from Elgin is being charged as an adult with attempted murder in the shooting of a teen girl in Elgin in early December 2019.
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Suspect sought in attempted child abduction in Palatine Twp.
Jan 8, 2020 10:33 PM - Cook County sheriff's investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who may have attempted to abduct two juveniles Tuesday in Palatine Township. -
Ex-St. Viator coach facing new sex abuse charge
Jan 3, 2020 4:05 PM - A former St. Viator High School coach and counselor who was already facing misdemeanor charges alleging he sent inappropriate text messages to teenage students now faces a felony sexual abuse of a minor charge. -
2019's most notable suburban crimes
Jan 3, 2020 10:36 AM - A mass shooting at an Aurora factory, a heartbreaking conclusion to the case of missing Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund, a 25-year sentence for a South Barrington cold case homicide and the deaths in the line of duty of Illinois State Police troopers and a McHenry County sheriff's deputy were among the suburbs' most notable crime stories last year. -
How Cook County 'scent kits' can make the difference in finding missing people
Dec 20, 2019 5:40 AM - When a person with dementia or autism wanders away, every minute counts if tragedy is to be avoided. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is launching a new program that aims to bring those events to a quick and happy conclusion: "scent kits."
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