McHenry County Crime
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Special report: How Fox Lake cop went from hero to crooked copNov 23, 2015 4:00 am - Fabricating an elaborate crime scene as a police-training exercise for the Explorer Post he directs, Fox Lake police Lt. Charles “Joe” Gliniewicz barks orders to the you...
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Man gets six months in jail for blackmailing women for sexNov 23, 2015 12:00 am - An 18-year-old Aurora man who threatened to distribute nude photos of two women unless they had sex with him has been sentenced to 180 days in jail. Maxwell T. Melgar, o...
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Ex-Barrington couple get 5 years in starved baby caseNov 23, 2015 12:00 am - A former Barrington couple were sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to charges stemming from the starvation death of their then 7-month-old da...
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Special Report: Gliniewicz's final hours as he staged his 'hero' cop deathNov 22, 2015 5:00 am - Wedging the muzzle of his police pistol under the upper left side of his bulletproof vest, Fox Lake police Lt. Charles “Joe” Gliniewicz pulls the trigger as a final step...
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Aurora man gets 7th prison term after 'brazen' home invasionNov 22, 2015 12:00 am - An Aurora man is headed to prison for the seventh time after being sentenced to 26 years behind bars for a violent home invasion last year. Earnest T. Jeffries, 40, of t...
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$8,000 reward offered in fatal Lake County hit-and-runNov 22, 2015 12:00 am - Thanks to money raised through an online fundraiser, authorities are offering an $8,000 reward to find the person responsible for a hit-and-run crash that killed a Lake ...
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Gliniewicz bank accounts remain frozen; widow gets $4,187Nov 20, 2015 12:00 am - A freeze order remains in place on the personal bank accounts of the wife of disgraced former Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz. But in an order prepared ea...
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How Fox Lake plans to avoid a Gliniewicz repeatNov 19, 2015 4:30 am - Fox Lake police personnel will get structured performance evaluations and be given more training opportunities, and the department will strengthen its accountability and...
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Vehicle theft charges also lodged against Aurora murder suspectNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - An 18-year-old from Aurora charged in a Nov. 7 murder during a botched robbery also has been charged with stealing a truck in early October, according to police and cour...
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Michael Romano gets life in prison for killing dad, stepmomNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - Calling his actions "disgusting," a judge sentenced a former Algonquin man to life in prison Thursday for killing his dad and stepmom for their inheritance. "The defenda...