McHenry County Crime
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Algonquin teen charged with DUI, reckless homicide in deadly Barrington Hills crashAug 11, 2022 1:00 am - An Algonquin teenager has been charged in a juvenile petition with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence more than two months after a two-car wrec...
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Ex-Lake County prosecutor who bought teen alcohol in Woodstock sent to jailAug 11, 2022 1:00 am - A former Lake County prosecutor was fined and sentenced to jail time on Wednesday for buying liquor for a teenager he was with in a Woodstock motel in 2020. Javaron D. B...
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50 years later: How the De Mau Mau murders changed Barrington HillsAug 04, 2022 5:00 am - Fritz Gohl remembers growing up in Barrington Hills during the 1950s and 1960s when nobody locked their doors. That changed on Aug. 5, 1972, after residents of the afflu...
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Former worker in assessor's office admits to schemeAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - A former longtime Cook County assessor's office employee agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors Thursday as he admitted helping lower taxes on certain Cook County ...
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Elgin woman gets 12 years for armed robberyAug 02, 2022 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Elgin woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to an amended felony charge connected to a Nov. 22 armed robbery of a Wonder ...
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New judge to hear case against AJ Freund's caseworkersJul 31, 2022 1:00 am - An out-of-county judge will be brought in to the McHenry County courthouse to preside over the cases of two caseworkers charged criminally in the death of a 5-year-old C...
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'Caused a fire': Investigators say Pheasant Run suspect posted online about what boys didJul 29, 2022 5:00 am - We all know teens don't always make good decisions when it comes to their phones and social media, but the juveniles accused of setting the fire that gutted parts of the...
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Cary man gets probation for possessing child pornJul 28, 2022 1:00 am - A 28-year-old Cary man must register as a sex offender for life and was sentenced to two years of felony probation after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography,...
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Grand jury adds 110 criminal charges against Highland Park mass shooting suspectJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County grand jury today indicted the 21-year-old Highwood man accused of carrying out a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade on 110 additional...
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Former Algonquin high school substitute teacher pleads guilty to 'grooming' teenJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - A 26-year-old Lake in the Hills man was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to "grooming" a teenage student he met while working as a substitute teache...