A Kane County jury has found a Pingree Grove man guilty of murdering a Crystal Lake victim in 2024, then attempting to conceal the whereabouts of his body. Douglas Ottesen, 61, was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and concealment of a death for killing James Cromwell, 57, of Crystal Lake, court records […]
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8 years in prison for machete-wielding suspect who physically restrained clerk during robbery at Mundelein store
A judge sentenced a suspect to eight years in prison after prosecutors said he beat and tied up a clerk during a robbery at a gas station in Mundelein while he was armed with a machete. Lexarez L. Beles, 44, of Highwood, was charged in January 2025 with armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping while armed, aggravated […]
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Former McHenry man charged with sexually assaulting, kidnapping child and threatening her with shotgun in Arkansas
A former McHenry man has been arrested and charged in Arkansas after the sheriff said he sexually assaulted a child and also kidnapped her while threatening her and a woman with a shotgun. Marion County, Arkansas, Sheriff Gregg Alexander said his office arrested Steven M. Manson, 35, of Yellville, Arkansas. Manson is a former McHenry […]
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Gurnee woman accused of kidnapping toddler during carjacking where she hit man with car in Chicago
A Gurnee woman has been arrested for kidnapping a two-year-old boy during a carjacking where she also struck the vehicle owner with the car and then later abandoned the toddler in Chicago. Prosecutors said a man drove his blue 2009 Honda Civic to the Speed Queen Laundry, 6808 West Grand Avenue in Chicago, around 11:45 […]
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Man accused of kidnapping child, holding knife to her neck and sexually assaulting her in Mundelein
Prosecutors say a man kidnapped a child and held a knife to her neck, strangled her and sexually assaulted her before officers rescued her from an apartment building in Mundelein. The Mundelein Police Department responded around 7 p.m. Wednesday to the 500 block of McKinley Avenue in an attempt to locate a missing 15-year-old girl. […]
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3 years in prison for Prairie Grove man convicted in kidnapping of woman while armed with gun in McHenry County
A Prairie Grove man charged with kidnapping and battering a woman in a truck while armed with a gun has been sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty, authorities said. Nicholas Cammarata, 46, of Prairie Grove, pleaded guilty to the felony offense of Unlawful Restraint and violating an Order […]
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Highland Park man charged with arson, intimidation, after threatening to kidnap victim unless given $80,000
A Highland Park man is being held in Lake County Jail after setting a fire to a Highland Park family’s garbage can then threatening to kidnap one of the victims unless he received $80,000. Eduardo Aragon, 26, of Highland Park, was arrested and charged with a Class 2 felony count of Arson and six Class […]
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8 years in prison for kidnapping of woman who was attacked, locked in shed in McHenry County
A McHenry man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the kidnapping of a woman who was attacked and locked in a shed for hours in McHenry County. Douglas M. Enders Jr., 44, of McHenry, was charged in March 2024 with two counts of domestic battery with multiple prior convictions, two counts of […]
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Charges filed, suspect arrested after kidnapping of woman leads to 17-mile police pursuit in Lake County
Charges have been filed and a suspect has been arrested after a woman was rescued following a kidnapping that resulted in a 17-mile pursuit from Round Lake that ended in Waukegan last week. Round Lake Police Chief David Prus said the department received a 911 open line call around 6 p.m. on February 11. A […]