Marengo Crime
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Hidden no more: Heroin in suburbsApr 06, 2014 6:01 am - What the Daily Herald addressed more than a decade ago as a "Hidden Scourge" is hidden no more. In the years since our first series of extensive reports on the effects o...
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DEA says street value of high-grade marijuana is $500,000Apr 03, 2014 1:01 am - A Cary man was charged after police recovered 100 pounds of high-grade marijuana from his vehicle and home worth $500,000, authorities said Wednesday. Vincent C. O'Brien...
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Aurora serial smash-and-grab burglar faces long sentenceMar 30, 2014 1:01 am - An Aurora man arrested after police investigating a spate of smash-and-grab burglaries put a GPS tracker on his car could face a lengthy prison term because of his past ...
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McHenry man gets 16 years in machete attackMar 28, 2014 1:01 am - A McHenry man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison in connection with a machete attack. 33-year-old Orlando Ferral-Mujica of McHenry was sentenced Friday. Prosecutor...
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McHenry man charged with DUI after 2 hit-and-run crashesMar 11, 2014 1:00 am - A McHenry man faces several charges after he fled the scene of a pair of crashes on Route 120 in Lakemoor, and stopped only after a third crash in unincorporated McHenry...
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Guilty verdict in Woodstock Craigslist rape trialFeb 28, 2014 12:01 am - A jury Friday convicted a Woodstock man of raping a woman he met on Craigslist who he agreed to pay $200 for sex in 2012. McHenry County prosecutors argued at trial that...
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Former McHenry fugitive gets probation on Kane drug chargesFeb 26, 2014 12:01 am - A 32-year-old Elgin man who was once a Top 10 wanted fugitive in McHenry County recently pleaded guilty to cocaine charges in Kane County and was sentenced to four years...
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Sexual assault trial begins in WoodstockFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - The video was shaky and a man's heavy breathing could be heard. "Open your eyes," the man tells the woman in the video, urging her to look at the camera. "You scared? Ev...
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8 jurors chosen in Craigslist rape trialFeb 24, 2014 12:01 am - Eight jurors were selected Monday in the trial of a Woodstock man who is accused of raping women he met through Craigslist, according to the prosecutor's office. The tr...
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Animal hoarding: When 'compassion' can become a crimeFeb 22, 2014 10:00 pm - Several years ago, David Skeberdis found two abandoned parakeets while installing computers at O'Hare International Airport. He decided to rescue the birds. A few weeks ...