A Waukegan man has been sentenced to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the drug-induced homicide of an Algonquin man who died following a heroin overdose. Anthony J. Douglas, 38, of Waukegan, was charged in September 2022 with drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony. A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit […]
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Judge denies woman’s request to have 55-year sentence vacated in double murder of elderly couple in Algonquin
A judge denied a woman’s request to have her 55-year sentence vacated after she pleaded guilty to stabbing an elderly couple to death in Algonquin and then claimed she was coerced into the plea. Arin M. Fox, 42, of Algonquin, was charged in November 2020 with four counts of first-degree murder, aggravated battery to a […]
5 years in prison for man convicted of possessing backpack with large amount of meth in Woodstock
A judge sentenced a man to five years in prison for possessing a backpack with a large amount of methamphetamine when officers stopped him outside of a drug house in Woodstock. James E. Ramirez, 38, of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was charged in January 2021 with meth delivery between 15 and 100 grams, possession of […]
14 years in prison for 19-year-old man who fired shot at occupied home in Crystal Lake
A judge sentenced a 19-year-old man to 14 years in prison after prosecutors say he fired a shot into an occupied home in Crystal Lake while in possession of a stolen gun. Joel B. Kattner, 19, of Crystal Lake, was charged in October 2022 with aggravated discharge of a firearm, use of a stolen firearm […]
3 years in prison for Harvard mother convicted after child found severely malnourished, within days of death
A judge sentenced a mother to three years in prison after her 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 […]
Woman sentenced to 55 years in prison for double murder of elderly couple in Algonquin seeks to have sentence vacated
A woman sentenced to 55 years in prison for stabbing an elderly couple to death in Algonquin is asking for her sentence to be vacated after claiming she was coerced into the plea deal. Arin M. Fox, 42, of Algonquin, was charged in November 2020 with four counts of first-degree murder, aggravated battery to a […]
40 years in prison for 1 of 3 men convicted of killing 20-year-old Highland Park man during robbery
One of three men convicted in the murder of a 20-year-old Highland Park man who was shot, robbed and had his body dumped has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Michael D. Coffee, 28, of Highland Park, was charged in 2013 with first-degree murder, concealing a homicidal death, armed robbery and possession of a […]
Zion man shows up to sentencing hearing drunk before being sentenced to almost 5 years in prison for McHenry knife slashing
A Zion man who showed up to his sentencing hearing drunk was sentenced to almost five years in prison for slashing a woman in the face with a knife in McHenry. Rogelio Cantu Jr., 54, of Zion, was charged in January 2022 with aggravated domestic battery, two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, […]
2 years in prison for Chicago man charged with firing shots in parking lot of Woodstock apartment complex
A Chicago man, who is a convicted felon, has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in a case where he was charged with firing a gun at an apartment complex in Woodstock. Undrea T. Taylor, 52, of Chicago, was charged in September 2021 with armed habitual criminal, two counts of unlawful […]