Marengo Crime
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Man not guilty of setting Woodstock woman on fire for refusing sexOct 15, 2015 1:00 am - A 34-year-old man was found not guilty Thursday of setting a woman on fire in May 2014 because she refused to have sex with him. Anthony D. Cohn, who was formerly homele...
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FBI: New 'chip' credit cards not 100 percent safeOct 11, 2015 1:00 am - By now, your bank and credit card companies have probably sent you those new cards embedded with a microchip known as an EMV chip. While the new technology is safer, the...
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Coroners: Rising heroin deaths could be connected to tainted drugOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - Suburban officials are concerned the same potentially tainted heroin that caused a rash of overdoses in Chicago last week could have made its way north and west to users...
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Former Algonquin man convicted of killing father, stepmomOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - A former Algonquin man was found guilty Thursday of killing his estranged father and stepmother in their Cary-area home in an attempt to gain a share of a $2 million est...
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Jury to resume deliberating 2006 Cary double murder Thursday morningSep 30, 2015 1:00 am - Jurors will resume deliberations Thursday morning in the trial of Michael Romano, a former Algonquin man accused of gunning down his estranged father and stepmother in t...
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Testimony: Double murder suspect planned to repay mistress, used distinct ammoSep 28, 2015 1:00 am - A former Algonquin man accused of killing his parents in 2006 for a $2 million inheritance planned to repay his mistress with the money, said he "had no father," was une...
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Former Fox Lake resident released from prisonSep 23, 2015 1:00 am - A former Fox Lake resident who had been serving a 26-year prison sentence for murder is now a free man, ABC 7 reported on its website Wednesday night. Mario Casciaro, 31...
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Trial begins for ex-Algonquin man accused of killing dad, stepmomSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - Out of job prospects and $130,000 in debt, Michael W. Romano gunned down his parents in November 2006 at their Cary-area home to gain his share of their $2 million inher...
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Prices jump as heroin antidote use increasesSep 19, 2015 7:05 am - The growing popularity of drugs used to treat heroin overdoses has resulted in costs that have quadrupled in the past two years in some cases. Experts say prices have es...
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Fallen McHenry County deputy hero honoredSep 19, 2015 1:00 am - The chattering stopped and a football, once airborne, sat stationary on the grass. At Northwood Middle School late Saturday afternoon, somber silence prevailed as peopl...