A Cary man has been charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a child who was younger than 13 years old, Woodstock police said. On August 22, the Woodstock Police Department’s Investigations Division was notified about a report of sexual abuse involving a juvenile female. “A WPD detective met with members of […]
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Woman arrested after punching Libertyville police officer, urinating in parking lot
A drunken domestic dispute led to the arrests of a boyfriend and girlfriend in Libertyville on Sunday. A Libertyville police officer spotted a vehicle driving on North Milwaukee Avenue at 2:40 a.m. with its passenger side door open and a female trying to exit the vehicle while it was moving, officials said. The vehicle pulled […]
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Waukegan man sentenced to 120 years in prison for sexually assaulting young boy
A Waukegan man has received the maximum possible sentence of 120 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child over 20 times. Jeffrey Morrow, 41, of the 2000 block of Walnut Street in Waukegan, was charged in November 2015 with 20 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault for “repeated instances” of sexual assault of a […]
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Resident injured, dog rescued from Algonquin house fire
A resident was injured and a dog was rescued from a basement fire in Algonquin on Monday. The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District responded around 11:40 a.m. to the 1100 block of Stonegate Road in Algonquin for a report of a house fire. The Northwest Herald reported that heavy smoke was showing from […]
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Missing 14-year-old last seen in Beach Park
A 14-year-old boy has been reported missing in the Beach Park area. 14-year-old Tim Noel was last seen in Beach Park at Beach Road and Sheridan Road Tuesday night, according to his mother. He attends Zion-Benton High School but did not show up at school on Wednesday. He is described as a male white, 5-foot-10, […]
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Police: Nurse arrested after stealing drugs from Advocate Condell Medical Center
A former nurse at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville has been arrested for stealing drugs following a multi-agency investigation. The Libertyville Police Department announced that Benjamin J. Sandholm, 33, of 411 Larchmont Lane in Vernon Hills, was arrested and charged on December 11 with unlawful acquisition of controlled substances and theft between $500 and $10,000. […]
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Coroner: Woman found dead in Algonquin house died from soot and smoke inhalation
A preliminary autopsy on the woman found dead at a house in Algonquin on Friday revealed that she died from soot and smoke inhalation. According to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office, the Huntley Fire Protection District and the Algonquin Police Department were called to a home in the 1000 block of Grayhawk Drive in Algonquin […]
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Two Good Samaritans rescue man who drove truck into lake in Lake in the Hills
A man who drove his pickup truck into a lake in Lake in the Hills was rescued by two Good Samaritans Sunday afternoon, police said. The Northwest Herald reported that at 12:25 p.m. on Sunday, the Lake in the Hills Police Department and Crystal Lake Fire/Rescue was called to Rakow Road between Virginia Road and […]
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4 charged with murder after man shot to death in Waukegan Walmart parking lot
Four men have been charged with murder after a man was shot to death on December 11 during a drug deal in a Walmart parking lot in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department was called around 6 p.m. on December 11 to a report of a traffic crash and shots fired call in the Walmart parking […]