A lawsuit has been filed alleging that medical staff at Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry left a surgical sponge inside a patient following surgery. Chicago-based law firm Bobber, Teich & Pippin filed the medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of 71-year-old Frank Kryzak in McHenry County Circuit Court on Thursday. The lawsuit complaint said Kryzak was […]
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3 years in prison for Chicago man convicted of bringing loaded gun, ammo into hospital in McHenry
A Chicago man has been sentenced to three years in prison for bringing a loaded gun and ammunition in a backpack into Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry. The McHenry Police Department responded around 6:37 p.m. on August 23, 2023, to Northwestern Medicine Hospital, 4201 Medical Center Drive in McHenry. McHenry Police Officer Michael Spohn said […]
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Pre-trial release denied for Chicago man accused of bringing loaded gun into hospital in McHenry
Officials say a Chicago man was arrested after he brought a loaded gun and ammunition in a backpack into Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry. The McHenry Police Department responded around 6:37 p.m. on August 23 to Northwestern Medicine Hospital, 4201 Medical Center Drive in McHenry. McHenry Police Department Public Affairs Officer Michael Spohn said officers […]
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Algonquin woman charged with kicking nurse in her stomach at hospital in Huntley
An Algonquin woman has been charged after she allegedly kicked a female nurse in the stomach while at Northwestern Medicine Hospital in Huntley. Charice A. Eakins, 51, of Algonquin, was charged with aggravated battery of a nurse, a Class 3 felony. Eakins was in the emergency department at Northwestern Medicine Hospital in Huntley around 8 […]
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Algonquin woman sentenced to probation for kicking pregnant nurse in stomach at hospital in McHenry
An Algonquin woman has been sentenced to probation for kicking a pregnant nurse in the stomach while being treated at Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry. Briana M. Veurink, 31, of Algonquin, was charged in March 2021 with one count of aggravated battery of a nurse, a Class 3 felony. She was later charged with an […]
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Man charged with punching security guard, trying to punch EMT at hospital in Woodstock
A Lake in the Hills man was charged with punching a security guard at a hospital in Woodstock and attempting to punch an EMT, court documents show. Mitchell A. Thompsen, 27, of Lake in the Hills, was charged with aggravated battery of a security officer, aggravated assault on an emergency worker and criminal trespass to […]
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Algonquin woman found guilty at trial for kicking pregnant nurse while being treated at hospital in McHenry
An Algonquin woman was found guilty at trial of kicking a pregnant nurse in the stomach while being treated at Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry. Briana M. Veurink, 31, of Algonquin, was charged in March 2021 with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony. She was later charged with an additional count of […]
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Woman uninjured after pushing her car into pond at Northwestern Hospital in Lake Forest
Police say a woman intentionally pushed her car into a pond after being upset about her care at Northwestern Medicine Hospital in Lake Forest Wednesday morning. The Lake Forest Fire Department and Lake Forest Police Department responded to the incident around 5:35 a.m. Wednesday. Lake Forest Deputy Police Chief Rob Copeland told Lake and McHenry […]
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Fox Lake woman charged with battering security guard, 2 nurses at hospital in McHenry
A 65-year-old woman, who was out on bond for multiple battery cases, was arrested Saturday after she allegedly battered a security guard and two nurses at Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry. Janis E. Anderson, 65, of the 0-100 block of North Holly Avenue in Fox Lake, was charged with three counts of aggravated battery, a […]