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120 days in jail for 1 of 4 suspects charged with selling cannabis, trafficking it into McHenry County

One of four suspects accused of selling marijuana and trafficking it into McHenry County from Oregon has been sentenced to 120 days in jail. Alexander G. Jensen, 32, and Kristina M. Weyrough, 29, were arrested last year following a search warrant of their home in the 100 block of Meadow Avenue in Woodstock. McHenry County […]

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‘Severe safety and liability risk’: More than half of police force to be laid off in Hebron, union says

More than half of Hebron’s police officers will be laid off after the McHenry County town cut funding from the department. The police union said the move poses a safety risk to the public. Hebron Village Trustee Mark Shepherd made a motion at the village’s January board meeting to decrease the Hebron Police Department’s budget […]

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Man on parole arrested after undercover officers spot him conducting drug deal in McHenry County

Officers conducting surveillance on a felon, who was on parole, arrested the man after spotting him committing a drug deal in McHenry County, prosecutors said. Cameron J. Ratcliff, 39, of the 1300 block of 7th Street in Harvard, was charged with possession of 100-400 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of 100-400 grams […]

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2 police officers injured while rescuing unconscious victim from hotel room fire in Crystal Lake

Two police officers were treated after rescuing an unconscious victim from a fire at a hotel in Crystal Lake early Wednesday morning, fire officials said. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department and Crystal Lake Police Department responded around 3:57 a.m. to Country Inn and Suites Hotel, 600 Tracy Trail in Crystal Lake, for an activated […]