Spring Grove Crime
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Harvard man accused of possessing more than 44 pounds of cocaineAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - A Harvard man accused of possessing of more than 44 pounds of cocaine and $250,000 cash remained at the McHenry County Jail Wednesday on felony drug charges. McHenry Cou...
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McHenry County deputy on leave during probe on use of forceJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A McHenry County sheriff's deputy is on paid administrative leave pending a criminal investigation into a potential inappropriate use of force during an arrest in Woodst...
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'Being a mother defines me': AJ's mom gives tearful statement at sentencing hearingJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - “Being a mother defines me,” JoAnn Cunningham said through tears Thursday at her sentencing hearing for the murder of her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund. Cunningham's descrip...
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A sentence is coming Thursday for AJ's death: Mother could get 60 years in prisonJul 14, 2020 1:00 am - Fifteen months ago, the recovery of 5-year-old AJ Freund's battered body from a shallow grave in rural Woodstock ended a frantic six-day search and ignited widespread pu...
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How some suburban courts plan to resume jury trials, keep people safeJul 10, 2020 5:30 am - When DuPage County resumes jury trials July 20, felony judge John Kinsella will have to get used to occasionally being moved out of "his" courtroom. Room 4000 is the big...
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New indictment adds charges against man accused of killing McHenry County sheriff's deputyJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - A federal grand jury in Rockford on Tuesday returned a superseding indictment that adds new charges against Floyd E. Brown, who is accused of killing McHenry County Depu...
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Island Lake man sentenced to 9 years in prison in child sex assault caseJun 29, 2020 1:00 am - An Island Lake man was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a child in 2012. Robert J. Ballarini, 59, of the 600 block of Nantucket Way, plea...
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Lakemoor man sentenced to prison for 2018 sexual assaultJun 26, 2020 1:00 am - A 28-year-old Lakemoor man was sentenced to prison Thursday for sexually assaulting a woman he knew in September 2018. McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt sentenced Ke...
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Algonquin man accused of laundering over $500,000 of drug moneyJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - The McHenry County sheriff's office announced Thursday that an Algonquin man has been charged with 12 counts of money laundering stemming from a drug arrest. After an i...
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Judge orders 50-year sentence for former Chicago cop who fatally shot wife in Spring GroveJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - A former Chicago police officer received a 50-year prison sentence Wednesday for the 2017 murder of his wife and fellow former officer Elizabeth "Betty" Volberding. McHe...