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 […]
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15 years in prison for suspect who fled scene after attempted murder in Harvard
A Harvard man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on an attempted murder charge for shooting a man in the neck and fleeing to Wisconsin. Frank M. Amato, 46, of the 500 block of West McKinley Street in Harvard, was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery causing […]
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Arizona man gets 3.5 years in prison for traveling to Richmond to sexually abuse juvenile
A man who traveled with a woman from Arizona to sexually abuse an underage girl in Richmond last year has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Rhiannon S. Kennedy, 19, and Mark A. Fields, 24, both of Tuscon, Arizona, were arrested on June 7, 2020, by the Richmond Police Department. Prosecutors […]
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7 years in prison for Woodstock man who sold cocaine near park in Woodstock
A man who sold cocaine within 500 feet of a park in Woodstock in 2019 has been sentenced to seven years in prison as part of a plea deal. Jose I. Avila, 25, of the 900 block of Quill Lane in Woodstock, was charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of cocaine and three counts […]
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Lake Barrington man gets 6 years in prison for possessing tabs of acid in Crystal Lake
A Lake Barrington man was sentenced to six years in prison for possessing nearly 70 tabs of LSD in Crystal Lake in 2019, prosecutors said. Griffin C. Newcomb, 22, of the 100 block of Buoy Court in Lake Barrington, was charged with unlawful possession with intent to deliver LSD, unlawful possession of LSD, unlawful possession […]
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Man sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to his 7th DUI in Lake in the Hills
A Harvard man who pleaded guilty to his seventh driving under the influence case, which occurred in April in Lake in the Hills, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Mathew S. Berry, 44, of the 3700 block of Hawthorne Road in Harvard, was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence, […]