A Lake in the Hills man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for buying and providing the fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed a McHenry man in Crystal Lake. Wasfi Awwad, 29, of Lake in the Hills, was charged in January 2022 with three counts of drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony. A criminal complaint […]
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Detectives making ‘significant progress’ in case after woman shot by gunman in Lakemoor
Detectives are making significant progress in the search for a gunman who shot a woman with a shotgun in a neighborhood in Lakemoor earlier this week. A Lakemoor police sergeant was exiting the Lakemoor Police Department around 3 a.m. Wednesday when he heard a woman shouting for help. The sergeant responded to the woman’s aid and […]
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Man flees scene after shooting woman in the face in Lakemoor neighborhood, police say
A large police response was sent to a Lakemoor neighborhood Wednesday morning after a suspect shot a woman in the face and fled the scene on the foot. A Lakemoor police sergeant was exiting the Lakemoor Police Department around 3 a.m. Wednesday when he heard a woman shouting for help. The sergeant ran to the woman’s […]
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$1 million bond for man charged with drug-induced homicide in McHenry man’s death in Crystal Lake
A Lake in the Hills man is being held on a $1 million bond after being charged with buying fentanyl-laced cocaine that caused a McHenry man’s death. Wasfi Awwad, 28, of the 1100 block of View Point Drive in Lake in the Hills, was charged with three counts of drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony. […]
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3 charged after high-speed police pursuit in Woodstock
Two Chicago men and a Freeport woman were arrested after a drug investigation led to a high-speed pursuit through Woodstock Thursday afternoon. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said they were conducting a narcotics investigation near Wonder Lake and initiated a traffic stop on a 2003 Chrysler minivan around 2 p.m. Thursday. Three people, identified as […]
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Island Lake man sentenced to 7 years for selling fentanyl-laced heroin
An Island Lake man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced heroin to a confidential informant in McHenry in 2018, prosecutors said. Richard Susinka, 38, of Island Lake, pleaded guilty to delivery of heroin, a Class 1 felony, the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office said. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally […]
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Cocaine and cash recovered after search warrant in Beach Park; 2 people in custody
A man and woman were taken into custody after police found cocaine and cash during a search warrant at a house in Beach Park on Thursday. Zion Police conducted a drug investigation during a search warrant in the 38000 block of Green Bay Road in Beach Park. Officers recovered cocaine and cash during the warrant […]