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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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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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Judge sentences Melodie Gliniewicz, wife of disgraced Fox Lake police officer, to probation

A judge has sentenced Melodie Gliniewicz, the widow of former Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz, to probation Tuesday after she pleaded guilty to a charge relating to misusing charitable funds. Melodie Gliniewicz, 57, of the 38500 block of North Lakeside Place in Antioch, was charged in 2016 with multiple charges, including unlawful use of […]

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Former staffer of U.S. Rep Brad Schneider pleads guilty to stealing almost $80,000 in taxpayer money

A former staffer of U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, whose district includes Lake County, has pleaded guilty to embezzling almost $80,000 in taxpayer money by falsifying paperwork, prosecutors said. Sterling Carter, 24, of Glenwood, Georgia, was employed as the director of operations for Schneider. The 10th District, represented by Schneider, includes a large part of Lake […]