McHenry County Crime
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Man faces prison for role in 2014 St. Charles area indoor pot farm bustNov 23, 2018 12:00 am - A 48-year-old man faces prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge following his 2014 arrest in which authorities found more than 450 marijuana plants in an indoor ...
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$750,000 bail for woman charged in Carpentersville stabbing, home invasionNov 23, 2018 12:00 am - A 42-year-old Streamwood woman is being held on $750,000 bail on charges that she forced her way into an apartment in Carpentersville and stabbed a man in the hand. Shan...
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Cook County 'Tails' program offers redemption for inmates, dogsNov 22, 2018 12:00 am - Cookie was a troubled girl. Her large size, mixed background and bad manners made it unlikely anyone was going to adopt her. That was until she and five other unwanted ...
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Carpentersville man caught with 4 pounds of heroin gets 6 years in prisonNov 21, 2018 12:00 am - A 32-year-old Carpentersville man, who was arrested in 2017 after police said they found four pounds of heroin at his residence, has been sentenced to six years in priso...
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Aurora police arrest 2nd man on drug, weapons charges after parole checkNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - Aurora police have arrested a second man in connection with a Nov. 7 parole check that resulted in the seizure of $111,000 in heroin and other drugs, along with a cache ...
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Daughter of Park City mayor charged with theft of government fundsNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - A longtime Park City employee and daughter of Mayor Steve Pannell has been charged in connection with the theft of more than $20,000 from the city, authorities said Tues...
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Police: Aurora woman bit off man's right ear in argumentNov 19, 2018 12:00 am - An Aurora woman faces felony domestic battery charges after prosecutors say she bit off a man's right ear Sunday night during an argument while watching TV. Nelida Mendo...
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Editorial: Don't ignore mandatory child abuse reporting lawNov 18, 2018 10:00 pm - Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon is ticked off and we don't blame him. The reason for McMahon's ire is the arrest of a principal and a teacher for violating the ...
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Hate crimes are down in the suburbs, but not when it involves religion, FBI saysNov 16, 2018 4:25 am - Editor's note: This story was changed to correct the gender of the perpetrator in the Mount Prospect hate crime. If you can find good news in a federal report showi...
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Expert: Son 'legally insane' when he killed dad near St. CharlesNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - A man charged with stabbing his father to death outside their St. Charles Township house in 2017 was legally insane at the time, an expert psychologist could testify if ...