Charges have been filed against a man who was allegedly speeding and driving drunk when he ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle, killing a man and seriously injuring a woman in Waukegan. Frederick A. Spencer, 30, of Waukegan, was charged with reckless homicide, aggravated driving under the influence causing death and aggravated […]
Tag: reckless homicide
Posted inLocal News
Algonquin teen charged with driving under influence, causing crash that killed man in Barrington Hills
Police say a 17-year-old Algonquin boy was driving under the influence and using an electronic device during a crash that killed a 26-year-old man in Barrington Hills. The 17-year-old, whose name was not released because he is a minor, was charged in a juvenile petition with aggravated driving under the influence, reckless homicide and aggravated […]
Posted inLocal News
Judge sentences man, who evaded arrest for 25 years, to 12 years in prison for reckless homicide in Lake Forest
A man, who fled to Poland and evaded arrest for 25 years, was sentenced on Wednesday to 12 years in prison after being convicted of killing a man while driving drunk in Lake Forest in 1995. The Lake Forest Police Department said that Marek Josko, who was 42 years old at the time, was traveling […]
Posted inLocal News
Man charged with causing high-speed crash that killed his mother in McHenry
A Round Lake man is facing felony charges for allegedly speeding and running a red light as he caused a crash that left his mother dead in McHenry in June. Emmet J. Zywiec, 19, of Round Lake, was of the 1-99 block of North Macgillis Drive in Round Lake, was charged with reckless homicide, a […]
Posted inLocal News
Jury finds man, who evaded arrest for 25 years, guilty of reckless homicide in Lake Forest
A man, who fled to Poland and evaded arrest for 25 years, was found guilty during a trial Thursday for killing a man while driving drunk in 1995 in Lake Forest. The Lake Forest Police Department said that Marek Josko, who was 42 years old at the time, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes […]
Posted inLocal News
Drunk driver charged with causing multi-vehicle crash that killed innocent man in Fox Lake
A Plainfield man has been charged after he allegedly drove drunk and caused a five-vehicle crash that left an innocent 72-year-old man dead and another person injured in Fox Lake in June. John M. Buckley, 57, of the 24000 block of Thornberry Drive in Plainfield, was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the […]
Posted inLocal News
‘A life was senselessly lost’: Man charged in road rage crash that killed 39-year-old man near Antioch
A Wisconsin man was charged after police say he caused a rollover crash during an October road rage incident in Antioch, which left a man dead and his family injured. Joshua A. Bailey, 24, of the 19600 block of 82nd Street in Bristol, Wisconsin, was charged with reckless homicide, aggravated reckless driving and street racing. […]
Posted inLocal News
Man gets 30 days in jail, probation for 114 mph crash that killed his relative near Harvard
A man was sentenced to 30 days in jail and probation for driving 114 mph and crashing his Mercedes into two trees in Harvard, killing his 29-year-old relative who was in the passenger seat. Salman M. Hussain, 34, of the 8200 block of North Newland Avenue in Niles, was charged with one count of reckless […]
Posted inLocal News
U.S. Marshals arrest man in Poland wanted for over 25 years in Lake Forest reckless homicide
The FBI and U.S. Marshals arrested a man in Poland who had been wanted since 1995 in a drunk driving crash that killed a man in Lake Forest. The Lake Forest Police Department said that Marek Josko, who was 42 years old at the time, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Route 41 […]