Marengo Crime
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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...
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Prosecutors indict Algonquin eye doctor on murder chargesDec 19, 2019 12:00 am - Prosecutors on Thursday announced an indictment against an Algonquin eye doctor who authorities say stabbed his girlfriend to death last month in the woman's Schaumburg ...
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Crystal Lake seeking bids for Freund home demolitionDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - The future of the Crystal Lake home where prosecutors say 5-year-old AJ Freund was killed by his parents in April remains unclear. The city of Crystal Lake has court-ord...
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5 years in prison for first of two in 2018 McHenry Twp. overdose deathDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the heroin-fentanyl overdose death of a McHenry man in September 2018. Kenneth M. Harris of ...
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Second person gets prison in March overdose death of Crystal Lake womanDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - A second person has been sentenced to prison for his role in the heroin-fentanyl overdose death of a 32-year-old woman in Crystal Lake this year. Kane E. Kellett, 34, of...