McHenry County Crime
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11 volunteers join CASA Lake County programFeb 24, 2016 10:00 pm - Lake County Judge Valerie Boettle Ceckowski swore in 11 people as CASA volunteers, Court Appointed Special Advocates, for abused and neglected children. Family and frien...
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DNA evidence leads to arrest in Des Plaines-area rapesFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - A 30-year-old man whose DNA matches evidence from two previously unsolved sexual assaults in the Des Plaines area was arrested Sunday, officials said Wednesday. Accordin...
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Racketeering by Kane sheriff's office alleged in federal lawsuitFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Three people strip-searched after a traffic stop near Elgin last year have sued the Kane County sheriff's department and its officers, arguing their constitutional right...
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Charges dropped in Elgin meth case because of illegal strip searchFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Kane County prosecutors have dropped money laundering and methamphetamine charges against a Minnesota man arrested in April near Elgin after a strip search was deemed il...
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Sheriff: Algonquin residents arrested after 5-month drug investigationFeb 23, 2016 12:00 am - An Algonquin couple is facing multiple heroin-related charges after a five-month narcotics investigation, the McHenry County sheriff's office said Tuesday. A third resid...
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Waukegan woman pleads guilty to killing infant in 2012Feb 22, 2016 12:00 am - A Waukegan woman was sentenced to 23 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to killing a 3-month-old girl she was baby-sitting in 2012. Sarah Gumm, 36, wept openl...
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17 years in prison for Aurora child sex assaultFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - An Aurora man recently was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a child younger than 12 that he knew from 2010 to 2014, and solic...
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Highland Park man charged in string of salon burglariesFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - Authorities have charged a Highland Park man they say is behind a string of salon burglaries in northern Illinois. Alan Konwinski, 26, was stopped and arrested at 4:30 ...
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Human trafficking seminarFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - State Rep. Barbara Wheeler of Crystal Lake and Refuge for Women will host a special human trafficking awareness seminar Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 to 9 p.m., at Lundahl Middl...
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16 years prison for 2014 South Elgin rapeFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - A 45-year-old Hanover Park man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman he knew after they parked outside a South Elgin gas station in 2014. A...