McHenry County Crime
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Lake County sheriff responds to racist comments in wake of his stance on weapons banJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - A Facebook post by Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg Thursday night expressing his support for the state's ban on high-powered weapons prompted more than 2,000 comments,...
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Top crime stories of 2022: Mayhem and heartbreak defined the year in suburban crimeJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - A mass shooting on July 4 in Highland Park, during which a lone shooter stood atop a building firing nearly 90 rounds at parade spectators and participants, shocked the ...
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Judge allows case to remove Algonquin Twp. trustee to move forwardJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - A case that will decide whether an Algonquin Township trustee with a 30-year-old felony can stay in his role will move forward after a McHenry County judge denied a requ...
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Police seek info on car linked to gunfire in Lake in the HillsJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - The Lake in the Hills Police Department is seeking information on a vehicle linked to shots that were fired on the 0-100 block of Deer Path Road. The red car believed to...
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Huntley man pleads not guilty to drug chargesJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - Shaw Local News Network A 32-year-old Huntley man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegations he possessed large amounts of LSD and other drugs. Michael W. Krawczyk, of ...
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2 men charged with murder in Aurora shootingJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - Two men are facing charges in connection with a shooting last fall in Aurora that left one man dead and another critically injured. Samuel Garcia, 24, of the 600 block o...
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Elgin man charged with shooting two men in a Huntley home held without bondJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - A 27-year-old Elgin man was ordered held without bail Monday on allegations pushed his way into a Huntley home in July, "pistol-whipped" a woman and shot two men before ...
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Wisconsin kidnapping suspect caught after high-speed chase from Wadsworth to Spring GroveJan 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Twin Lakes, Wisconsin man sought on a warrant for kidnapping was taken into custody at his father's home Thursday evening, hours after fleeing his vehicle following a ...