A Lake in the Hills man was charged with punching a security guard at a hospital in Woodstock and attempting to punch an EMT, court documents show. Mitchell A. Thompsen, 27, of Lake in the Hills, was charged with aggravated battery of a security officer, aggravated assault on an emergency worker and criminal trespass to […]
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Man sentenced to probation after being arrested for possessing machine gun, drugs in McHenry County
A Cook County man has been sentenced to probation after taking a plea deal in a case where he was accused of possessing a machine gun and cannabis in McHenry County. Ryan Carbajal, 20, of Hanover Park, was charged in February 2022 with armed violence, unlawful use of a machine gun and unlawful possession of […]
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$140K bond for wanted man arrested by SWAT team for sexually assaulting child in Lake in the Hills
A suspect wanted for sexually assaulting a child was ordered held on a $140,000 bond after he and a second man were arrested by a SWAT team in Lake in the Hills on Friday. The Lake in the Hills Police Department and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office’s multi-jurisdictional SWAT team executed a search warrant around […]
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$200K bond for woman found with ecstasy pills, cocaine during traffic stop in McHenry County
A Harvard woman is facing numerous felony charges after deputies found her in possession of ecstasy pills and cocaine during a traffic stop in McHenry County. Taylor M. Maurer, 32, of Harvard, was charged with possession of 15-200 ecstasy pills with intent to deliver, possession of 15-100 grams of ecstasy, possession of 1-15 grams of […]
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Passerby rescues owl who was hit by car, injured in roadway near Wonder Lake
An owl was rescued after a person driving by spotted it standing in the roadway injured after it was hit by a car near Wonder Lake Saturday morning. Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation said that a woman was driving to work early Saturday when she passed by something in the roadway. The woman initially thought the […]
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Adult charged after 2 juveniles smash windows, burglarize smoke shop in McHenry
A Round Lake man has been charged after two juveniles smashed windows to a dispensary shop in McHenry and burglarized the business last month. The incident happened around 4 a.m. on March 31 at Sugarleaf Smoke Shop, 3932 West Main Street in McHenry. Two juveniles broke the windows to the business in order to gain […]
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Algonquin man accused of making shooting threat toward music festival gets probation for attacking elderly mother
An Algonquin man who was accused of making a shooting threat toward a music festival last year has been sentenced to probation for attacking and injuring his elderly mother. Daniel O. Susma, 29, of Algonquin, was charged in July with three counts of aggravated battery of a senior citizen, aggravated domestic battery, three counts of […]
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SWAT team arrests sex assault suspect, second man found with guns during warrant at Lake in the Hills residence
A SWAT team arrested a sexual assault suspect and a second man, both of whom were found with guns, during a search warrant at a house in Lake in the Hills Friday afternoon. The Lake in the Hills Police Department and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office’s multi-jurisdictional SWAT team executed a search warrant around 1:45 […]
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Woman sentenced to probation after taking plea deal in home invasion where victim was attacked in Harvard
A woman has been sentenced to probation after taking a plea deal in a home invasion in Harvard where the victim was injured, court records show. The Harvard Police Department responded around 10 a.m. on August 23, 2022, to the 300 block of South Park Avenue in Harvard for a call of a disturbance inside […]