Crime
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Mundelein-area man facing child pornography chargesJul 16, 2025 1:00 pm - A 22-year-old Mundelein-area man is charged with possessing and disseminating videos and images of child pornography, many involving children under the age of 13, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
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Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force recovers $615,000 in stolen dog food and treats
Jul 16, 2025 10:48 am - The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force recovered roughly $750,000 worth of stolen property — including $615,000 in dog food and dog treats — at a business in Gurnee.
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Libertyville police seeking public’s help with recent vehicle break-insJul 15, 2025 8:21 pm - Libertyville police are seeking the public’s help to find whoever broke into several unlocked vehicles on the morning of July 11.
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Man gets 20 years in Aurora cocaine crimeJul 15, 2025 5:17 pm - A Des Plaines man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in a drug case in Aurora.
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Police: Chicago man concealed handgun near Palatine apartmentsJul 15, 2025 6:39 am - A Chicago man is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday after Palatine police took him into custody on outstanding warrants and weapons charges.
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‘Reopened wounds’: Fourteen years after murder conviction, Marni Yang returns to courtJul 14, 2025 4:18 pm - The lawyer for Marni Yang, convicted in the 2007 shooting death of Rhoni Reuter and her unborn child in Reuter’s Deerfield home, argues for a new trial citing DNA and other crime scene evidence which he says exonerates his client.
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Elgin man charged with possessing child sex abuse materialsJul 14, 2025 3:33 pm - An Elgin man has been charged with possessing child pornography and violating the Sex Offender Registration Act.
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Island Lake man detained on charges he had thousands of sex abuse videos
Jul 13, 2025 10:30 am - An Island Lake man will remain in custody at the McHenry County jail while awaiting trial on charges he possessed thousands of videos depicting child sexual abuse.
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Felon sentenced to 44 years in prison for ‘Batman’ car shooting near McHenry
Jul 12, 2025 12:56 pm - A felon convicted of attempted murder for shooting at a car decorated with Batman decals and driven by a McHenry man was sentenced Wednesday to 44 years in prison.
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Woman accused of threatening employers with loaded gun, streaming it on FacebookJul 11, 2025 4:07 pm - Pretrial release was denied for an Aurora woman accused of threatening her employers with a loaded gun on Thursday in West Chicago, authorities say.