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‘Heartbreaking case’: 35 years in prison for Round Lake Beach man who pleaded guilty to murdering 6-year-old boy

A Round Lake Beach man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend’s six-year-old child by slamming his head against a wall and headboard. Tracy D. Thomas Jr., 37, of Round Lake Beach, was charged in March 2022 with three counts of first-degree murder. The Round Lake Beach Police Department was […]

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6 months in jail for Harvard father convicted after child found severely malnourished, within days of death

A judge sentenced a father to six months in jail after the man’s 6-year-old child was found “severely malnourished” in Harvard in 2020 and doctors said he was possibly days from death. The Harvard Police Department and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) responded on November 17, 2020, to the 100 block of […]

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Two Crystal Lake men plead guilty to possessing, delivering fentanyl to man who later died

Two McHenry County men pleaded guilty Tuesday to delivering fentanyl to a Crystal Lake man who later overdosed and died, court records show. Ryan James, 27, of Crystal Lake, and Jacob Stealy, 25, of Crystal Lake, individually pleaded guilty in McHenry County Circuit Court to one class one felony count of possession with intent to […]

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Harvard father pleads guilty in case of child found severely malnourished, within days of death

A father has pleaded guilty after his 6-year-old child was found “severely malnourished” in Harvard in 2020 and doctors said he was possibly days from death. The Harvard Police Department and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) responded on November 17, 2020, to the 100 block of Shawnee Lane for a well-being check. […]