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‘Justice for survivors’: 18 years in prison for Libertyville man who distributed sexual abuse material of young children

A Libertyville man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after the state attorney general charged him with serious felonies for distributing and possessing sexual abuse material of young children. The Illinois Attorney General’s office charged Kyle Ranallo, 27, of Libertyville, in May 2025 with six counts of dissemination of child pornography, a Class X […]

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SWAT team breaches North Chicago home to arrest suspect with 1,000+ child sex abuse videos after mother laughs at officers

A SWAT team breached the front door of a North Chicago home to arrest a suspect allegedly possessing over 1,000 videos of child sexual abuse after his mother refused to let deputies inside and laughed at them during a search warrant attempt, the sheriff said. Members of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against […]

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Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas to pay $125M to customers in northeastern Illinois as part of settlement for inflated surcharges

The attorney general announced Thursday that Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas have agreed to pay $125 million to over a million utility customers in northeastern Illinois as part of a settlement over excessive monthly surcharges. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said his office secured settlements with Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, known as […]

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Crew charged with stealing over $500K during burglaries targeting businesses in Lake County, Chicagoland area

The Illinois Attorney General has charged three suspects with participating in a burglary ring that netted over $500,000 and targeted businesses in Lake County and the Chicagoland area. Anibal Alvarado III, 32, of River Grove; Diego A. Gonzalez, 22, of Chicago; and Doel J. Pizarro, 32, of River Grove, were charged with multiple felonies for […]

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Judge rejects Lake in the Hills restaurant owner’s request to have conviction sealed for defrauding state of $3 million

A judge denied a Lake in the Hills man’s request to have his conviction sealed after he received prison for defrauding the state out of over $3 million in tax revenue while owning almost a dozen Denny’s restaurants. Kenneth Kilberger, 56, of Lake in the Hills, was charged in McHenry County Circuit Court on June […]

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12 years and 7 years in prison for 2 Waukegan men convicted of selling at least 16 guns and drugs in Lake, Cook counties

Two Waukegan men have been sentenced to prison for gunrunning after they sold at least 16 guns, some of which were stolen, in Lake and Cook counties. Agustin Prado, 30, of Waukegan, Illinois, pleaded guilty Friday to one Class 1 felony count of gunrunning, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Friday. Prado was sentenced to […]

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Lake in the Hills businessman seeks to have conviction sealed for defrauding state of $3 million while owning restaurants

A Lake in the Hills man is seeking to have his conviction sealed after he received prison for defrauding the state out of over $3 million in tax revenue while owning almost a dozen Denny’s restaurants. Kenneth Kilberger, 56, of Lake in the Hills, was charged in McHenry County Circuit Court on June 30, 2022, […]

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Libertyville man arrested, charged with disseminating child sexual abuse material following search warrant

A Libertyville man was arrested after the attorney general says law enforcement investigators found he was disseminating and possessing child sexual abuse material. The Illinois Attorney General’s office charged Kyle Ranallo, 26, of Libertyville, with six counts of dissemination of child pornography, a Class X felony, and nine counts of possession of child pornography, a […]

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Zion man arrested after detectives find him possessing sex abuse material of children as young as infants

Detectives arrested a Zion man after they say they found him possessing numerous videos of sexual abuse material of children as young as infants following a search warrant. Lake County Sheriff’s Office detectives began an investigation after they received a tip from an online cloud storage website, according to Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief […]