McHenry County Crime
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Judge hikes bail for Elgin cigarette torture, kidnapping caseJun 09, 2017 1:00 am - A judge Friday increased bail by $50,000 for one of four people accused of kidnapping a teen in Elgin last year and using cigarettes to burn her shoulder tattoo. Megan A...
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First-time, nonviolent offenders in Lake County could get second chanceJun 08, 2017 5:24 am - The Lake County state's attorney's office is introducing a new program designed to help first-time offenders in misdemeanor cases avoid having their permanent record mar...
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State's attorney: Marengo cop justified in shooting juvenileJun 08, 2017 1:00 am - The McHenry County state's attorney's office said Thursday that a Marengo police officer who shot a juvenile May 13 was justified in his use of force and no criminal cha...
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Lake in the Hills woman arrested 3 times in a month for DUI pleads guilty, faces prisonJun 08, 2017 1:00 am - A 34-year-old Lake in the Hills woman arrested three times in July 2013 on felony DUI charges pleaded guilty to one of the DUIs Thursday just as her bench trial was to b...
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Prosecutors ask judge to reverse key Gliniewicz decisionJun 08, 2017 1:00 am - Prosecutors are asking a judge to reconsider an earlier ruling that barred text and email messages between disgraced Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz and hi...
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Cook County sheriff: Mental health treatment important in justice systemJun 07, 2017 1:00 am - With state and federal mental illness funding being slashed, it's important for local leaders to work together to ensure nonviolent offenders have treatment options inst...
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Kane prosecutors want $340,000 seized in I-90 stop to be forfeitedJun 06, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County prosecutors want $340,000 seized from a Minnesota man after an I-90 traffic stop in April to be permanently forfeited. The man was not charged with a crime ...
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Fox Lake teen denies charges in dragging death of North Chicago manJun 06, 2017 1:00 am - A Fox Lake teen pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges she played a role in a botched theft that left a man fatally wounded in a Round Lake Beach parking lot. Courtney S...
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Attorney general wants to keep pedophile locked up indefinitelyJun 05, 2017 1:00 am - A man who spent nearly 20 years in prison for sexually abusing boys at Mooseheart near Batavia is seeking to have prison letters banned from a future trial to decide if ...
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Kane County inmate suing jail for $1 billion over not being allowed to voteJun 02, 2017 5:30 am - It seems the political divide over last year's presidential election is everywhere these days. Why should it be any different in jail? A Geneva man behind bars at the K...