McHenry County Crime
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‘You can’t do this on your own’: Cook Co. sheriff’s program helps recovering addicts maintain sobrietyJun 19, 2024 5:52 pm - Four decades into his recovery, self-described former street hustler and ex-convict Benny Lee still attends weekly meetings that help him maintain sobriety. “I’ve sat where you sit,” he told more than 40 people at Ready 4 Recovery, a Cook County sheriff’s department program for individuals who’ve completed drug and/or alcohol treatment and need ongoing support.
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Crystal Lake city clerk charged with possessing child sexual abuse images, groomingJun 19, 2024 7:49 am - A 45-year-old Crystal Lake man is facing charges of possessing child sexual abuse images and grooming following an investigation spurred by the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.
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Exonerated former Gurnee man receives certificate of innocenceJun 18, 2024 5:00 pm - Three decades after he was wrongly convicted and sent to prison for the 1993 murder of his ex-wife, former Gurnee resident Herman Williams is officially an innocent man.
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Vernon Hills man found guilty in fatal 2021 Gurnee shootingJun 17, 2024 6:16 pm - A Vernon Hills man was convicted of second-degree murder involving a shooting in the Gurnee Mills parking lot in 2021
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Skeletal remains found near Zion-area state parkJun 17, 2024 11:24 am - Investigators are trying to determine the identity, cause and manner of death of skeletal remains found last week near Zion.
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Authorities: Beach Park man took woman hostage, killed her dogJun 17, 2024 10:46 am - Lake County sheriff’s deputies took a Beach Park man into custody Sunday on charges of holding the mother of his child hostage and killing her dog.
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Why Glen Ellyn police chief says Jimmy Buffett saved his lifeJun 14, 2024 5:15 am - The late Jimmy Buffett is best remembered for tropical rock hits like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” but Glen Ellyn Police Chief Philip Norton fondly recalls the singer for more personal reasons. “Jimmy Buffett saved my life,” Norton told his village board last month.
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Suburban serial killer Mark Smith set to appear before parole boardJun 13, 2024 7:07 pm - A confessed serial killer who murdered two young women and a teenager in the suburbs in 1970 is scheduled to appear before a state parole board early next month.
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Mundelein-area man arrested after threatening neighbors, police sayJun 11, 2024 7:15 pm - A Mundelein-area man was arrested Tuesday morning after reportedly threatening neighbors with a knife, authorities said. Luis Maganda-Chino, 40, of the 26200 block of Nor...
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Sheriff: Kane County business owner shot up customer’s vanJun 09, 2024 11:21 am - The owner of a Kane County welding business faces felony drug and weapons charges after authorities say he shot up a customer’s van because he was unhappy with the client.