Kane County Crime
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Huntley man sentenced to 20 years in prison for child porn possessionOct 26, 2021 1:00 am - A Huntley man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for possessing child pornography. Jeffrey L. Gwin, 59, will also have to register as a sex offender, according ...
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Newly revealed Gacy victim's family speaks: 'The wait was excruciating'Oct 26, 2021 1:00 am - Even though it had been nearly 45 years since she'd last heard from her older brother, Carolyn Sanders said the hardest part of his absence came during the past five mon...
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Schaumburg man ID'd as victim of fatal Elgin shootingOct 26, 2021 1:00 am - The man killed in a shooting Monday morning in Elgin has been identified. The victim was 38-year-old Francisco Reyes-Hernandez of Schaumburg, the Kane County coroner's o...
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Leyden Twp. woman accused of suffocating newbornOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Leyden Township woman has been charged with first degree murder after she suffocated her newborn child and buried him in her backyard, according to the Cook County she...
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How genealogy search and DNA helped identify latest John Wayne Gacy victimOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - Using DNA samples and genealogy together for the first time, investigators at Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's office were able to identify another of serial killer John W...
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Woman charged in Algonquin double homicide found unfit to stand trialOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - A 40-year-old woman who last year was charged with stabbing a couple to death in their Algonquin home has been found mentally unfit to stand trial. A psychological evalu...
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Shootings in Elgin leave 1 dead, 5 woundedOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - One person was killed and five others injured in two separate shooting cases in Elgin, according to police. Just before 2 a.m. Sunday, Elgin police responded to reports...
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Wisconsin man charged with interfering in DUI investigation, then attacking officers in jailOct 23, 2021 1:00 am - A Wisconsin man was arrested on charges of interfering with a DUI investigation, then injured two Lake County correctional officers while in custody, police said. Ryan G...
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Police investigating armed robbery at gas station near GrayslakeOct 23, 2021 1:00 am - Lake County sheriff's police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Saturday morning at a gas station in an unincorporated area near Grayslake. At about 8:15 a...
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Sentencing postponed for West Chicago-area kennel operator convicted of cruelty, neglectOct 22, 2021 1:00 am - The sentencing of kennel operator Garrett Mercado of Woodridge on convictions of animal cruelty and failure of owner's duties has been rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 9. D...