A 40-year-old man arrested in Lake County for his third DUI after recording a BAC four times the legal limit was released Sunday because prosecutors were unable to hold him under the state’s SAFE-T Act. Manuel Pineda-Chavez, 40, appeared in front of Lake County Associate Judge Jacquelyn Melius Sunday on charges of aggravated DUI/3rd time, […]
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Round Lake Beach man ordered held until trial for causing New Years Day crash, lying to police
Saying he can’t “stop shooting himself in the foot,” a Lake County Judge ordered a Round Lake Beach man who tried to lie to officers after causing a crash on New Years Day held until trial. Fabian Ponce, 30, is charged with two felony and one misdemeanor counts of aggravated driving and a misdemeanor count […]
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Crystal Lake man charged with endangering child for being intoxicated and allowing child to wander unattended into road
A Crystal Lake man has been charged with endangering the health of a child for being highly intoxicated when allowing a 22-month-old child to wander unattended into a roadway. McHenry County court records also show Michael Weger, 45, is facing charges of aggravated assault to a peace officer for approaching a police officer several times […]
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Officers arrest alleged drunk driver and uncooperative man with stolen, loaded gun during traffic stop in Zion
A man was charged with driving under the influence and another was charged with possessing a stolen and loaded firearm during a traffic stop in Zion earlier this month. Douglas Alexander, 32, of Zion, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, a Class A misdemeanor. He was also charged with illegally stopping, standing […]
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Man charged with DUI after crashing into pole, injuring passenger in Barrington Hills
A Fox River Grove man was charged with driving under the influence after he crashed into a pole and drove into a shallow pond, injuring his passenger, in Barrington Hills early Thursday morning. Daniel Spears, 35, of the 100 block of Northwest Highway in Fox River Grove, was charged with aggravated DUI resulting in bodily […]
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Jury convicts Lake in the Hills woman of driving on revoked license during her 6th DUI
A 58-year-old Lake in the Hills woman faces up to decades in prison after a jury found her guilty of driving under the influence for her sixth time while her license was revoked. Tammy Newsome, 58, of the 0-100 block of Walnut Grove Court in Lake in the Hills, was indicted by a grand jury […]
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Former Illinois State Trooper gets supervision after pleading guilty to off-duty DUI in Crystal Lake
A now-former Illinois State Police trooper received supervision after pleading guilty to driving under the influence in his unmarked squad car while off-duty in Crystal Lake in 2019. Matthew E. Konie, 52, of the 900 block of Cherry Lane in Lombard, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol, a Class […]
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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 […]
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Man with 6 DUI convictions once again charged with DUI after Lake in the Hills crash, police say
A Harvard man who has six previous DUI convictions has been charged again with DUI after he crashed into a car in Lake in the Hills and fled the scene, police said. Mathew S. Berry, 44, of the 3700 block of Hawthorne Road in Harvard, was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the […]