Marengo Crime
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Legislation would let police withhold arrest details for weeksApr 13, 2018 5:30 am - Imagine a host of police cars and first responders swarming into your neighborhood one night. Not long after, you see someone being led away in handcuffs. Another person...
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Ex-Kane County deputy asks to withdraw plea, cites 'bad mood' of judgeApr 04, 2018 1:00 am - A former Kane County sheriff deputy sentenced to 30 days in jail on a misdemeanor charge for illegally possessing prescription medication has filed a motion to withdraw ...
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Lake in the Hills pair face drug dealing chargesMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - Two Lake in the Hills men were arrested this week on charges of selling drugs out of their house. Gavin M. McDougall and Justin M. Reinier, both 22, face drug charges st...
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Man doesn't deserve new trial just because prosecutor called him a liar, court saysMar 09, 2018 4:30 am - Is calling a defendant a “lying liar” in front of jurors and sarcastically referring to him as “John Wayne over here draped in the American flag” enough to win him a new...
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4½ years for former Lake in the Hills cop who sexually assaulted teenagerFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - A former Lake in the Hills deputy police chief was sentenced to 4½ years in prison Wednesday after admitting to sexually assaulting a girl he knew in 2015. Alan R. Bokow...
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Man: Cops didn't have warrant for police dog to sniff outside storage lockerFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - A Carpentersville man who got probation for a 30-pound marijuana bust and was rearrested in 2016 is challenging the legality of a search of his storage locker, arguing p...
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Police: Man carjacked 83-year-old woman, tried to run over copsFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - A McHenry County man is facing charges after Algonquin police say he carjacked an 83-year-old woman after diving into her car as she was driving and then attempted to hi...
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Hanover Park man faces 30 years in prison for armed robberyJan 23, 2018 12:00 am - A 39-year-old Hanover Park man faces up to 30 years in prison after a McHenry County jury convicted him of robbing a woman of her cellphone in June 2017 and beating two ...
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Crystal Lake man charged with marijuana possession, indoor grow operationJan 16, 2018 12:00 am - A 53-year-year-old man was charged in Crystal Lake Monday with growing marijuana and possession of more than a pound of pot, police said. David P. Ready is charged with ...
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Notable and notorious cases from 2017 in Fox ValleyDec 27, 2017 6:30 am - The Fox Valley had a wide range of dramatic court trials and tragic, senseless and even silly crimes in 2017. Here's a sample of some of the notable - and notorious - ca...