McHenry County Crime
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Jury acquits son accused of killing father in Burlington TownshipJul 25, 2017 1:00 am - A Kane County jury took less than three hours Tuesday to acquit a man of the most serious charges filed after the death of his father in February 2016. Daniel R. Rak wa...
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Delnor nurses allege sheriff was told inmate wasn't being guarded properlyJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Delnor Hospital workers complained at least once to the hospital's security company and to the Kane County sheriff's department that jail inmate Tywon Salters was not be...
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Attorney: Investigators rushed to judgment in Burlington man's deathJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Defense attorneys for a man accused of murdering his father last year in his Burlington Township home argued Monday that investigators made quick and erroneous assumptio...
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Lake County corrections officers save inmate from suicide attemptJul 22, 2017 1:00 am - Two Lake County corrections officers prevented an inmate from committing suicide and are being credited with saving his life. According to a news release issued Saturday...
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Algonquin flooding a reminder of tragedy for village's police forceJul 21, 2017 5:30 am - Watching the floodwaters rise in downtown in Algonquin this week got us thinking about one of the most tragic events in the village's history: the drowning of veteran po...
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Officials: Lake County deputies convince man to give up shotgunJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - Lake County sheriff's deputies diffused a potentially dangerous situation Friday involving a 76-year-old man armed with a shotgun who was acting irrationally, authoritie...
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State's attorney: Round Lake officer who shot and killed man used 'reasonable force'Jul 21, 2017 1:00 am - A Round Lake police officer used reasonable force when she shot and killed a man who threatened her with broken glass during an altercation last year, according to a fin...
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Police investigating message on pizza box sent to jurors in murder trialJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - A message in a pizza box threw the Daniel Rak murder trial for a loop Friday. Fifteen jurors were questioned, individually, about whether seeing the phrase “They're inno...
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Fox Valley police reportsJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.