A McHenry man was taken into custody after he allegedly drove drunk, fled from police during a traffic stop and then battered an officer. Lukasz Naurecki, 35, of the 2000 block of Kennedy Drive in McHenry, was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, attempted fleeing and eluding a peace officer and two counts […]
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Driver arrested for DUI, passenger hospitalized after car snaps utility pole in half near Crystal Lake
A Waukegan woman was charged with driving under the influence after she crashed into a utility pole near Crystal Lake, causing the pole to snap in half and her passenger to be injured. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Nunda-Rural Fire Protection District responded around 3:18 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Route 176 and […]
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Judge sentences man, who evaded arrest for 25 years, to 12 years in prison for reckless homicide in Lake Forest
A man, who fled to Poland and evaded arrest for 25 years, was sentenced on Wednesday to 12 years in prison after being convicted of killing a man while driving drunk in Lake Forest in 1995. The Lake Forest Police Department said that Marek Josko, who was 42 years old at the time, was traveling […]
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Alleged drunk driver with 1-year-old in her car flees after crashing into another vehicle in Beach Park
A woman allegedly driving drunk with a 1-year-old in her backseat crashed into another vehicle, leaving the toddler injured on Saturday in Beach Park, police said. A Lake County sheriff’s deputy on patrol spotted a head-on crash that had just occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday, according to Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli. […]
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Spring Grove man gets 6-year prison sentence in fatal drunk driving crash thrown out by appeals court
An appeals court has thrown out the six-year prison sentence for a Spring Grove man convicted in a 2016 drunk driving crash that left his female passenger dead. Ryan J. Heineman, 39, of Spring Grove, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, a Class 2 […]
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Waukegan woman charged with driving drunk with juvenile in car, crashing into other vehicle
A Waukegan woman was arrested after allegedly driving drunk with a child in her car and committing a hit-and-run crash with injuries in Waukegan. Aniaha A. Bennett, 24, of the 200 block of Julian Street in Waukegan, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, endangering the life of a child and leaving the […]
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Sheriff’s deputy injured during arrest with armed man who made homicidal statements, crashed car near Woodstock
A man, who allegedly made statements about killing himself and others while armed with a gun, was taken into custody Monday following a series of events that left a sheriff’s deputy injured near Woodstock. Thomas J. Smith, 57, of the 7100 block of Huntley Road in Crystal Lake, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of […]
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Man charged with DUI after suffering ‘severe injuries’ in motorcycle crash near Woodstock
A driver was charged with driving under the influence after he crashed his motorcycle in Woodstock Monday evening and suffered severe injuries that required him to be transported to the hospital by helicopter, police said. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Woodstock Fire Rescue District responded around 8:25 p.m. Monday to the 10300 block of […]
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4 years in prison for snowplow truck driver found driving drunk in Woodstock
A 37-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison for driving drunk while in control of a snowplow truck last year in Woodstock. It is his fifth DUI conviction. Robert Smith, 37, of the 1400 block of Indian Lane in Carpentersville, was indicted on two counts of aggravated driving under the influence and two […]