McHenry County Crime
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Did ‘stalker’ label keep Barrington murder suspect from getting a fair trial?May 02, 2025 5:30 am - Did testimony describing him as a “stalker” keep a Barrington man from getting a fair trial in the New Year’s Day 2021 killing of a woman he hoped to marry? A state appeals court has answered that with an emphatic “no.”
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Cary man faces child porn chargesMay 01, 2025 4:59 pm - A Cary man has been charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography.
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Judge changes mind, orders child sex abuse defendant be detained pretrialMay 01, 2025 4:53 pm - A Kane County judge changed his mind Thursday and ordered that a Montgomery man charged with child sex crimes be detained pretrial.
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Man flees Beach Park DUI crash that sent 2 to hospitalApr 26, 2025 3:48 pm - SUV veers into oncoming traffic hitting sedan and causing one passenger to fall out.
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Island Lake man gets jail time for keeping 46 cats in U-Haul vanApr 22, 2025 1:27 pm - An Island Lake man is serving a 40-day jail sentence after admitting guilt to an animal cruelty charge for housing 46 cats in a U-Haul van for months, records show.
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Kane County specialty courts participants use art to tell their storiesApr 21, 2025 1:41 pm - The artwork of participants in Kane County’s four specialty courts filled the jury lounge at the Judicial Center in St. Charles last week, many pieces telling their lives’ journeys.
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Driver in fatal 2022 Halloween bus crash sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prisonApr 17, 2025 8:49 pm - The driver of a vehicle that struck a school bus, killing two of his friends and severely injuring a third, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison Thursday.
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Four men charged in connection with residential burglary in Long GroveApr 17, 2025 4:34 pm - Four men were jailed after being charged in connection with a burglary at a Long Grove home Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
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DeKalb man charged with unlawful possession of weapon, cannabis in Kane CountyApr 16, 2025 5:59 pm - A DeKalb man was charged after cannabis and a gun were found in his vehicle during a traffic stop in Kaneville Township last month.
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‘It’s all my fault’: Sentencing begins for driver in crash that killed 2 of his friendsApr 16, 2025 5:30 pm - A sentencing hearing for a man who killed two of his friends when he slammed into the rear of a stopped school bus began with testimony about how he pleaded with deputies at the scene to take him to jail because “I did this. I killed them. I did this. It's all my fault.”