Marengo Crime
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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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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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Demolition firm agrees to tear down AJ Freund's Crystal Lake home at no chargeJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - The Crystal Lake home where prosecutors say 5-year-old AJ Freund was killed by his parents in April could be demolished in 30 to 60 days. An offer from Green Demolition ...
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Former Uber driver sentenced to five years in prison for attack on passengerJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man and former Uber driver has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing and trying to sexually assault a female passenger in 2017. Ahmed R. T...
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2019's most notable suburban crimesJan 03, 2020 5:00 am - A mass shooting at an Aurora factory, a heartbreaking conclusion to a case of a missing Crystal Lake boy, a 25-year sentence for a South Barrington cold case homicide; t...
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Report says AJ's death 'emblematic' of DCFS failuresJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services' watchdog called 5-year-old AJ Freund's murder in April "emblematic of DCFS's failure to look beyond the current ...
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Waukegan man gets 6 years in prison for providing drugs in overdose deathDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - A Waukegan man was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for providing the drugs in the overdose death of a 39-year-old McHenry woman in June 2018. Jermal A. Johnson...
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50-year sentence for Crystal Lake man who repeatedly assaulted childDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - A Crystal Lake man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting and abusing a child during a 13-year period. Arturo Hernandez-Pedrazza, 42...