A child sex predator who resides in Ingleside was arrested on Friday after police learned the man groomed a 12-year-old girl and obtained nude photos of her. Joshua S. Hoffman, 29, of the 35700 block of North Ash Street in Ingleside, was charged with two counts of child pornography, one count of grooming, two counts […]
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Man, woman rob liquor store at gunpoint in Libertyville, police say
Police are searching for a man and woman who robbed a liquor store at gunpoint late Thursday evening in Libertyville. The Libertyville Police Department responded around 10:08 p.m. Thursday to Parkside Liquors, 723 North Milwaukee Avenue, for a report of an armed robbery that just occurred. Libertyville Police Department Lt. Matt Goze said that two […]
Kyle Rittenhouse released from jail after posting $2 million bond
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teen charged with murder, has been released from a Wisconsin jail after posting a $2 million cash bond Friday afternoon. A spokesman for the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department said attorneys for Rittenhouse posted his bond around 2 p.m. Friday, according to a report from Kenosha News. “He was turned over to […]
Kyle Rittenhouse says he used unemployment money to buy AR-15 used in Kenosha shootings
Kyle Rittenhouse, who spoke publicly for the first time in an interview from jail, said that he used stimulus unemployment money to buy his AR-15 and that he has no regrets about arming himself the night he shot three people. Rittenhouse, 17, spoke to the Washington Post in a phone interview and said he did […]
3 women charged during human trafficking raid at Spring Grove spa
Three women were charged and multiple workers were rescued during a human trafficking sting conducted by local and federal authorities at a Spring Grove spa. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally announced that the county’s Human Trafficking Task Force along with the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigations executed an operation on […]
76-year-old man fatally struck by vehicle while trying to cross road in Beach Park
A 76-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle as he tried to cross the street to his driveway Wednesday evening in Beach Park, the sheriff said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Beach Park Fire Department responded around 7 p.m. Wednesday to the area of Green Bay Road and Waldo Avenue for a […]
Fox River Grove man charged with child porn after soliciting child on dating app, police say
A Fox River Grove man was charged with child pornography after police say he solicited a child on a dating application and received sexually explicit images. Shawn M. Davy, 37, of the 2100 block of Evergreen Avenue in Fox River Grove, was charged with three counts of solicitation of child pornography and three counts of […]
Waukegan man charged with attempting to sexually abuse teen in Winthrop Harbor
A Waukegan man was arrested and charged with attempting to sexually abuse a teenage girl in Winthrop Harbor in April, court records show. Jerome A. Murray, 35, of the 1800 block of Grand Avenue in Waukegan, was charged with two counts of attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 3 felony, and two counts of […]
Highland Park woman charged in drunk driving crash near Huntley while her children were in car
DCFS was notified after police say a Highland Park mother drove drunk with her children in the car and crashed into another vehicle near Huntley Tuesday evening. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Huntley Fire Protection District responded around 6:35 p.m. Tuesday to the intersection of Route 47 and Foster Road in unincorporated Huntley for […]