McHenry County Crime
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'Phone a friend': Cook County sheriff, Northbrook police partner on crisis intervention programApr 01, 2022 5:30 am - In a way, there is now a social worker in every Northbrook police squad car. A new partnership with the Cook County sheriff's Treatment Response Team is bolstering the p...
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'These crimes are not random': Lawmakers targeting crime rings behind smash-and-grab robberiesApr 01, 2022 5:30 am - Participating in a crime ring that steals from stores - like the smash-and-grab robberies we've seen at area malls over the past year - could soon be a felony, under a b...
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Former Skokie flight attendant charged with possession of child pornographyApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - A flight attendant who prosecutors say had cloud storage accounts containing more than 50,000 files of child sexual abuse material was ordered held on $10,000 bail and c...
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AJ Freund's mother says she was 'seeing demons and hearing voices' before she killed sonApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - The Crystal Lake mother serving a 35-year prison term for killing her 5-year-old son AJ Freund in 2019 claims in newly filed court records that she suffered postpartum p...
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Batavia woman charged in stabbingMar 31, 2022 1:00 am - A Batavia woman is facing felony charges after stabbing a man in his face and arm, authorities said. According to a news release from the Batavia Police Department, Amy ...
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Sheriff's office: Sex offender found living within 500 feet of Lake Zurich school, churchMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - A 73-year-old man was apprehended by officers last week after they determined he'd been living in a Lake Zurich home within 500 feet of a school and church, a violation ...
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Trial for suspect in McHenry County deputy's killing set to begin Monday in federal courtMar 27, 2022 1:00 am - The federal murder trial of a Springfield man accused of the 2019 killing of a McHenry County sheriff's deputy who was gunned down while serving an arrest warrant at a R...
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Jehovah's Witnesses elders sentenced to supervision, community service for not reporting child's sexual abuseMar 26, 2022 1:00 am - Two Jehovah's Witnesses elders were sentenced Friday to one year of court supervision, 10 hours of community service and $250 in fines for failing to report that a congr...
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How a suburban mom helped lead push for vehicles that prevent drunken drivingMar 25, 2022 5:30 am - In the not-so-distant future, one of the best tools for keeping impaired drivers off the road may be their own vehicles, equipped with technology that could save thousan...
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Sheriff's dog aids in arrest of rape suspect in GrayslakeMar 25, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County sheriff's dog assisted in the peaceful arrest of a rape suspect Friday in Grayslake, sheriff's police said. About 11:30 a.m., the German shepherd Ryker and...