McHenry County Crime
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Melodie Gliniewicz gets access to $33,500 donated to herDec 07, 2015 12:00 am - Melodie Gliniewicz has been granted access to a bank account containing money donated to her in the days after her husband, Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz...
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Fox Lake Explorers post temporarily disbandedDec 07, 2015 12:00 am - The youth Explorer post created and run by a disgraced former Fox Lake police officer has been temporarily disbanded because it has been "outrageously mismanaged," autho...
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Bail set at $15,000 for Zion man charged with stealing from teacherDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - A Lake County judge set bail Sunday at $15,000 for a Zion man facing felony charges alleging he stole from a teacher at a Gages Lake school, authorities said. Lavonte M....
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Ruling next month in Kane $1.35 million heroin bustDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - A key court ruling is coming next month in the prosecution of an Aurora man charged in one of Kane County's largest heroin busts. Modesto Alarcon, 42, of the 1000 block ...
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4 people wrongly convicted share stories of survivalDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - Better police training, less immunity granted to witnesses, more prosecutor accountability and a larger pool of resources for the public defenders can help toward avoidi...
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Suspect in murder of Zion girls on hunger strike in jailDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - A man incarcerated in the Lake County jail awaiting trial in the notorious 2005 Mother's Day murders of two little girls in Zion is on a hunger strike, his lawyer said F...
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3 suburban killers who could get out of prisonDec 03, 2015 4:00 am - Sentenced to life as juveniles, could they now go free?
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Probation, jail for South Elgin fight over suspected affairDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - A 32-year-old woman has been sentenced to periodic imprisonment and two years probation for attacking a woman in her South Elgin home over a suspected affair. Alma Moore...
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Melodie Gliniewicz will have to wait to get access to bank accountDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - An order to release a second frozen bank account to the wife of disgraced former Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz will not be approved until Monday, officia...
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Judges: Cellphones, social media help teens commit crimeDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - Cellphones and social media have made it easier and quicker for teens to commit crimes - whether they know it or not. And once you hit "send" on a message or image, you ...