Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
What started as a hit-and-run ended with the suspect carjacking an 83-year-old woman at knifepoint and crashing near Barrington Hills, resulting in a police standoff. The Algonquin Police Department said that police tried to stop a man on Sunrise Lane…
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An Algonquin dentist was arrested after police said he sexually assaulted a woman at Water Tower Family Dental earlier this month. Eman A. Shirazi, 42, of Lakewood, was arrested at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday at Water Tower Family Dental, 1496…
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The siding of the building at the Algonquin Sub Shop caught fire after the owners tried thawing frozen pipes, fire officials said. The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District was dispatched at 12:05 p.m. on Tuesday to a report…
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A man and woman are in custody after police said they robbed a TCF Bank in Algonquin on Saturday. The Algonquin Police Department was called at 3:20 p.m. on Saturday to the TCF Bank inside the Jewel-Osco at 103 South…
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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…
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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…
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Authorities are investigating after a woman was found dead inside an Algonquin home where “extensive soot and smoke damage” was found on Friday. According to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office, the Huntley Fire Protection District and the Algonquin Police Department…
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