A Cary woman who intentionally crashed her car into an occupied vehicle in Crystal Lake has been sentenced to five months in jail and will be required to undergo an anger management evaluation. Sarah C. Johnson, 33, of the 2800 block of Crystal Lake Road in Cary, was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, criminal […]
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Former Grayslake SEDOL teacher aide gets 24 years in prison for sexually assaulting special needs student
A now-former Lake County special education paraprofessional has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexually assaulting a physically and mentally disabled student over the span of two years. Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, 51, of the 19000 block of Cambridge Road in unincorporated Mundelein, was charged in December 2019 with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual […]
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McHenry man gets additional 18 years in prison, for total of 38 years, for possessing drugs
A McHenry man has been sentenced to a combined 38 years in prison for separate cases in Lake and McHenry counties where police found him in possession of cocaine, cannabis and a large amount of cash. Ivan Olan, 58, of the 700 block of Colombus Street in McHenry, was charged with unlawful possession of cocaine […]
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Woodstock man to serve 5 years in prison for sexually assaulting multiple children
A Woodstock man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison — but will serve five years — for sexually assaulting multiple children dating back to the 1990s, prosecutors said. Richard F. Wachter, 56, of the 300 block of Raffel Road in Woodstock, was charged with multiple counts of predatory sexual assault of a child, […]
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Judge sentences McHenry man to 20 years in prison for possessing cocaine
A McHenry man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after police found him in possession of more than a pound of cocaine and $24,000 in cash. Ivan Olan, 58, of the 700 block of Colombus Street in McHenry, was charged with unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of cocaine, unlawful […]
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Man gets 30 years in prison for attempted murder in hammer attack on two women in Crystal Lake
A Woodstock man was sentenced to 30 years in prison on an attempted murder charge for a random hammer attack on two women in 2019 on a Crystal Lake trail. Angel R. Cardoza, 50, of Woodstock, was indicted on attempted murder, armed violence and four counts of aggravated battery. The incident happened around 5:15 p.m. […]
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More than 4 years in prison for sex offender who broke into Crystal Lake home
A 33-year-old man who entered a Crystal Lake home and stole jewelry in 2017 while being unregistered as a sex offender has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Adam Strauss, 33, of the 3900 block of North Plainfield Avenue in Chicago, was charged with residential burglary, two counts of theft, and violating […]
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Judge sentences Lake Forest man to 39 years in prison for abusing child for 8 years
A Lake Forest man who prosecutors say sexually and physically abused a child for approximately eight years has been sentenced to 39 years in prison. Wojciech Dzierzanowski, 49, of Lake Forest, was found guilty of five counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The verdict […]
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70 years in prison for suspect who stabbed man repeatedly, raped woman during home invasion in Zion
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for a 2017 home invasion in Zion where he stabbed a man 20 times and raped a woman, prosecutors said. Lake County Circuit Judge Mark Levitt found D’Javon Hudson, 28, of Zion, guilty in July of attempted murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, home invasion, aggravated […]