A Woodstock man and a McHenry man were both charged Wednesday in connection with an overdose death of a McHenry man over the summer, police said. Christopher L. Birong, 45, of the 2100 block of Willow Brook Drive in Woodstock, and Timothy R. Colby, 43, of the 1500 block of West May Avenue in McHenry, […]
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Victim flown to hospital after crash involving tanker truck near Hebron
One person had to be extricated and flown to a trauma center following a crash involving a tanker truck and a Jeep in Hebron Township Monday morning. The Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office was called around 8:30 a.m. Monday to a crash involving a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a semi truck […]
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Elderly couple seriously injured after Harvard crash
Flight For Life was called after an elderly couple was seriously injured following a two-vehicle crash near Harvard Friday evening. Emergency crews responded around 7 p.m. Friday evening to Route 23 and North Olbrich Road in Dunham Township, which is between Harvard and Marengo, for a two-vehicle crash with injuries. McHenry County Sheriff’s deputies found […]
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2 injured after drunk driver slams into two police cars in McHenry
Two people were injured after a drunk driver slammed into the rear of two McHenry police cars that were investigating a car accident on Route 120 Sunday morning, authorities said. McHenry Police Department Deputy Chief Thomas Walsh said that two police cars were investigating a car accident in the 5200 block of Route 120 in […]
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Verizon employee charged with sending customer’s nude photos to himself
A Verizon Wireless employee in Huntley was arrested after prosecutors said that he sent himself nude photos from a customer’s cellphone. Justin D. Devine, 23, of the 6N block of Juniper Court in St. Charles, was charged with non-consensual dissemination of a sex image, a class 4 felony, the Kane County State‘s Attorney’s Office said. […]
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Woman carjacked by two men at Algonquin Jewel-Osco
Two men are on the run after police say they pushed a woman down and carjacked her at the Jewel-Osco in Algonquin Thursday afternoon. The Algonquin Police Department was called at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday for a report of a carjacking at Jewel-Osco, 1501 East Algonquin Road. Algonquin Deputy Police Chief of Operations Ryan Markham […]
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Man pleads guilty to attempted murder in birthday party attack in Richmond
A man who slashed two people with a knife at a child’s birthday party in Richmond last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and aggravated battery. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick D. Kenneally said that Miguel Hernandez-Solorzano, 33, of Des Plaines, faces six to 30 years in prison for attempted first-degree murder and will be […]
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Suspect escapes after robbing U.S. Bank in Cary
An approximately 35-year-old man escaped on foot after robbing the U.S. Bank on Main Street in Cary Thursday afternoon, police said. Cary Police Chief Patrick Finlon said that police were called to the U.S. Bank, 25 West Main Street in Cary, just after 2 p.m. on Thursday for a bank robbery. The suspect, described as […]
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School officials: Woman tried luring children to car in Wonder Lake
Johnsburg School District 12 officials said that a woman tried luring kids to her car while they were playing outside a Wonder Lake home on Monday. Johnsburg School District 12 Superintendent Dan Johnson said in an email to parents on Tuesday that the incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Johnson said that a heavy-set […]