A Lake County sheriff’s deputy blocking traffic at the scene of a fatal crash in Volo was struck by a DUI driver who then fled the scene, leaving the deputy injured on the ground. Chris L. Miller, 65, of the 29000 block of North Fairfield Road in unincorporated Mundelein, was charged with two counts of […]
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Man killed, 20-year-old seriously injured after 3-car crash in Volo
An 82-year-old man was killed and a 20-year-old man was seriously injured after a head-on crash on Route 12 in Volo Monday evening, police said. The Wauconda Fire Protection District and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5:50 p.m. Monday to Route 12 and Volo Village Road for a report of a three-vehicle crash with […]
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13-year-old hospitalized after explosion, fire at Zion apartment building
A 13-year-old boy and a police officer were hospitalized after a second alarm fire and explosion at an apartment building in Zion Monday evening. The Zion Fire-Rescue Department and Zion Police Department responded around 9:35 p.m. Monday to the 1700 block of Joppa Avenue for a report of a shooting. Officers arrived and learned that […]
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McHenry man gets 8 years in prison for sexually assaulting child
A 37-year-old McHenry man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child under 13 for over half a year, prosecutors said. Lorentino Martinez-Tejeda, 37, of McHenry, pleaded guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and in exchange prosecutors dismissed one count of predatory criminal […]
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Man gets 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting child in Harvard
A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child under 13 for several months, McHenry County prosecutors said. David L. Freeman, 29, of Bloomington, pleaded guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and in exchange prosecutors dismissed three counts of predatory criminal […]
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Man charged after breaking into Algonquin woman’s apartment and strangling her
A 26-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Algonquin apartment while armed with a knife and threatened to kill her before he strangled her until she passed out, court records show. Eric L. Almazon, 26, of the 2600 block of South Spaulding Ave in Chicago, was charged with two counts of […]
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Over $75K raised for family of grandmother, 1-year-old baby killed in Lake Villa crash
Over $75,000 has been raised for the family of the grandmother and her 1-year-old grandson that were killed in a crash in Lake Villa that also left the woman’s 3-year-old granddaughter fighting for her life. Nancy Siedlecki, 64, of Spring Grove, and her 17-month-old grandson Bryce Mazur, who lived in Lake Zurich, were both pronounced […]
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Waukegan man sentenced to 6 years in prison for drug-induced homicide of McHenry woman
A Waukegan man was sentenced to six years in prison for selling a McHenry woman fentanyl-laced heroin, causing her to suffer a fatal overdose. Jermal A. Johnson, 49, of Waukegan, was originally charged with three counts of drug-induced homicide in October 2018 in connection with the death of Jennifer M. Richards. Richards, 39, of McHenry, […]
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Lakemoor police officer donates kidney to Navy veteran from Harvard
A 31-year-old U.S. Navy veteran from Harvard who was battling stage 5 kidney disease reached out to a local radio station in hopes of finding a kidney donor and a Lakemoor police officer came to her aid. 31-year-old Rachel Schultz was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease in February 2016, four days after her birthday. There […]