Island Lake Crime
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Murder or self-defense the question in Lake County trialMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County jury will decide whether the 2016 killing of a teenager shot by a man with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle was self-defense or murder. Willie C. Jackson, 20,...
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Public defender will represent father in AJ's murder caseMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - A special public defender has been appointed for Andrew Freund Sr., who has been charged with murdering his 5-year old son, AJ. Freund, 60, appeared Friday morning in Mc...
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Warrant: AJ's father says his mother killed the boyMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - AJ Freund's father led authorities to his grave. That's according to a search warrant for the land where AJ was found last week. In the warrant, obtained by the Daily He...
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'Our little superhero': Relatives say they weren't allowed to see AJ Freund for more than a yearApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - AJ Freund's extended family, including the cousin who raised and fostered him for the first 18 months of his life, issued a statement Tuesday thanking the community and ...
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Authorities move to terminate parental rights of couple charged in AJ Freund's deathApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - The parents of slain 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake appeared in court Monday as authorities moved to terminate the couple's parental rights to their other child an...
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Wisconsin man charged with arson in Antioch fireApr 27, 2019 1:00 am - A Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, man has been charged with committing arson, accused of setting a diesel-fuel storage tank on fire in a drunken rage April 7. Lake County Sheriff...
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Deputies hailed as heroes after helping victims of Beach Park chemical leakApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - The police officers and firefighters who were injured while responding to a poisonous chemical leak in Beach Park Thursday are being hailed as heroes. "This type of even...
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The short and chaotic life of AJ Freund: What DCFS and police saw and didApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - Wrapped in bandages on Halloween 2017, AJ Freund wasn't dressed as a mummy. His mother, JoAnn Cunningham, told a Crystal Lake neighbor the boy had pulled boiling water o...
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Man who stole BMW, led Elgin police on chase gets jail, probationApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - A McHenry man pleaded guilty this week to stealing a BMW from a driveway in Elgin and leading police on a drunken chase, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and two ye...
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'We already know he's in heaven': Vigils honor the short life of Crystal Lake boyApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - Hundreds gathered Tuesday night in Crystal Lake for a vigil to honor the short and tragic life of Andrew “AJ” Freund, a 5-year-old boy who had been reported missing a we...