McHenry County Crime
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The new search for Carol's killer: 47 years later, podcast investigates college student's slayingDec 23, 2022 4:30 am - The night of Dec. 22, 1975, Carol Rofstad said goodbye to her best friend after an evening out and began walking to the sorority house where she lived on the Illinois St...
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Streamwood man sentenced to 3 years in prison on weapons chargeDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - A 25-year-old Streamwood man has been sentenced to three years in prison stemming from a shots fired report last year in Lake in the Hills. Travious O. Brown-Utley plead...
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Autopsy scheduled for Texas woman found unresponsive Friday in Lake County jail cellDec 17, 2022 12:00 am - An autopsy is scheduled Monday for a 24-year-old woman from Grand Prairie, Texas, found unresponsive in her cell at the Lake County jail, authorities said. According to ...
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Botched police raids lead to change in state's attorney's warrants policyDec 16, 2022 4:30 am - We've all seen news reports of police officers conducting a raid at the wrong location, or acting on bad information, sometimes leading to tragic consequences. Hoping to...
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Highland Park shooting suspect's father charged with felonies because he helped son get FOID cardDec 16, 2022 12:00 am - The father of the Highland Park mass shooting suspect was behind bars Friday after prosecutors charged him with seven counts of reckless conduct because he helped his so...
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Gurnee man charged with grooming, traveling to meet minorDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - A 43-year-old Gurnee man faces felony charges after police said he communicated online for several months with undercover detectives posing as a girl younger than 15 an...
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Two charged in connection with Fox Lake man's shooting deathDec 13, 2022 12:00 am - Two people are charged in connection with the shooting death of a Fox Lake man at his home Monday evening. A spokesman for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force said 77...
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Algonquin battery suspect deemed fit for trialDec 12, 2022 12:00 am - A 29-year-old Algonquin man charged battering a 71-year-old female relative - and who was accused of posted threats on social media of a shooting at a Bridgeview music f...
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Police reports related to AJ Freund can be used as evidence against DCFS workersDec 11, 2022 12:00 am - Nineteen police reports that Department of Children and Family Services employees failed to seek during an investigation into the abuse of Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund can...
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Third man charged in McHenry intersection shootoutDec 11, 2022 12:00 am - More than a year after a shootout that left more than 50 shell casings scattered at a McHenry intersection, a third man has been arrested. Davontae L. Newkum, 26, of Nor...