Police are searching for one or two men accused of burglarizing at least five homes and entering by either breaking the door or window of the residences. The Huntley Police Department issued a Nixle alert Tuesday morning warning residents about the burglaries. “Several residential burglaries/attempted burglaries have been reported in the Village of Huntley over […]
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Vice president of Walker Bros pancake house died of medical event before Wauconda crash
54-year-old Michael Gaul, who was the senior vice president of Walker Bros pancake house, died of a medical event prior to a rollover crash near Wauconda last week, the coroner’s office said. Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper publicly identified the victim as Gaul, 54, of McHenry, following an autopsy performed Tuesday morning. Toxicology results […]
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Man transported by Flight For Life after being shot during robbery in Zion, police say
Police are searching for two suspects who attempted to rob a 21-year-old man and then shot him in the back in Zion Monday evening. A Zion Fire-Rescue Department ambulance was at the scene of an unrelated medical call near the Dollar General, 2466 Sheridan Road, when the 21-year-old victim ran to the area and knocked […]
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Man charged in connection with theft of chairs worth thousands of dollars in Lake Forest
The man who allegedly stole 33 chairs worth thousands of dollars from a parking garage in Lake Forest last month has been identified and charged, police said. Jeffrey M. Evans, 50, of the 1200 block of South Estate Lane in Lake Forest, was charged on December 28 with felony burglary and two counts of theft. […]
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Death of AJ Freund ’emblematic’ of DCFS’s failures, new report says
123 children died within a year of having contact with the Department of Children and Family Services, and AJ Freund’s death is ’emblematic’ of DCFS failures, a startling new report by the DCFS Inspector General says. The annual report shows that in the fiscal year which ended in June, of the 123 deaths, 24 were […]
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5 years in prison for Uber driver who sexually abused McHenry County woman during ride
A 29-year-old Uber driver found guilty of attempted sexual assault of a Prairie Grove woman during an Uber ride and trying to promote her into prostitution was sentenced to five years in prison. Ahmed R. Tawfeeq, 29, of the 1100 block of Braeburn Drive in Elgin, was found guilty in November by Judge Robert Wilbrandt […]
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Funeral services set for 24-year-old Harvard woman killed in high-speed crash in Woodstock
The coroner’s office has identified a 24-year-old woman killed after she crashed her car into a tree, causing it to split in half early New Year’s Day in Woodstock. McHenry County Interim Coroner John Miller told Lake and McHenry County Scanner on Monday that Chiquita D. Gates, 24, of Harvard, died in a single-vehicle crash […]
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Lake County Sheriff K-9 Dax will appear on national TV series ‘America’s Top Dog’
Lake County Sheriff K-9 Dax and Deputy John Forlenza will appear Wednesday evening on the season premiere of ‘America’s Top Dog,’ a new national TV series. The A&E Network series brings together top police and civilian dogs alongside their handlers as they compete nose-to-nose on the ultimate canine obstacle course. In each episode, four police […]
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9 residents displaced after house fire in Harvard
Nine residents were displaced after a fire left a multi-family residence uninhabitable in Harvard Saturday morning, fire officials said. The Harvard Fire Protection District responded around 7:35 a.m. Saturday to the 1100 block of North Hart Street for a report of a structure fire. Harvard Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Bryan Pierce said that crews […]