A former employee of a business in Lake in the Hills has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for stealing approximately $400,000 from the company over the span of several years. Donovan A. Greene, 32, of Crystal Lake, was charged in December 2021 with financial institution fraud, theft over $100,000, fraudulent use of a […]
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Former employee pleads guilty after prosecutors allege he stole $400,000 from business in Lake in the Hills
A former employee of a business in Lake in the Hills has pleaded guilty after prosecutors say he stole approximately $400,000 from the company over the span of several years. Donovan A. Greene, 32, of Crystal Lake, was charged in December 2021 with financial institution fraud, theft over $100,000, fraudulent use of a credit or […]
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Periodic imprisonment for burglary suspect who was chased down, detained by victim and Good Samaritan near Round Lake
A Round Lake man who stole tools from a neighbor and was detained after being chased down by the victim has been sentenced to 18 months of periodic imprisonment. Michael J. Schuerr, 42, of Round Lake, was charged in January 2020 with two counts of burglary, a Class 3 felony, and three counts of theft, […]
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20 days in jail for Woodstock man who pleaded guilty to leaving dog inside hot car in Harvard
A man who left a dog, which became unresponsive, inside a hot car on a day when it was over 90 degrees in Harvard has been sentenced to 20 days in jail, court records show. Michael A. Krefft, 24, of Braidwood, was charged in July 2021 with cruelty to animals and confining an animal in […]
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No jail time for Woodstock man convicted of calling in bomb threat that prompted evacuation of over 1,000 employees
A Woodstock man was sentenced to conditional discharge after pleading guilty to calling in a bomb threat to a national real estate company which prompted the evacuation of over 1,000 employees. Patrick S. Bangeman, 76, of the 300 block of Railroad Street in Woodstock, was charged last May with transmitting a false bomb threat, a […]
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3 years in prison for convicted felon who was found with loaded gun after allegedly firing shot in Lake in the Hills
A judge has sentenced a convicted felon to three years in prison for illegally possessing a loaded gun after allegedly firing a shot in a residential area in Lake in the Hills. Travious O. Brown-Utley, 25, of the 500 block of Lacy Avenue in Streamwood, was charged in April 2021 with three counts of felon […]
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Judge sentences Harvard man to 6 years in prison for sexually assaulting child over 7-year span
A judge sentenced a Harvard man to six years in prison for sexually assaulting a child over a seven-year span and also attempting to possess child pornography. Francisco Hernandez-Ramos, 47, of Harvard, was charged in August 2021 with criminal sexual assault of a child, two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child and […]
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Mundelein man sentenced to 9 years in prison for sexually assaulting juvenile family member
A Mundelein man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a family member who was under 18 years old, court records show. Mario Nakayama, 55, of the 0-100 block of North Garfield Avenue in Mundelein, was indicted by a grand jury in December 2018 on six counts […]
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‘Your children, by your hand, lost their mother:’ Judge sentences Deerfield man to 65 years in prison for killing wife
A Deerfield man was sentenced Thursday to 65 years in prison for the murder of his wife after he held her hostage and stabbed her in their Deerfield home in 2018. Gary A. Kamen, 59, of the 1000 block of Peachtree Lane in Deerfield, was initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He was […]