A former McHenry nurse was sentenced Monday to life in prison after being convicted of murdering a young McHenry woman whose body was found brutally abused in a cornfield in 1999. In November 2019, the Racine County, Wis. Sheriff announced that an unidentified body found in 1999 had been identified as McHenry resident Peggy Lynn […]
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Judge sentences man to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting woman in Zion
A 50-year-old man was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at a residence in Zion. Luis F. Rosales, 50, of the 2900 block of Gideon Avenue in Zion, was charged in December 2019 with two counts of criminal sexual assault. A jury […]
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Judge sentences 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses elders to court supervision, community service for failing to report sexual assault
Two Jehovah’s Witnesses elders in Crystal Lake convicted of failing to report a child who was being sexually assaulted have been sentenced to court supervision and community service. Michael Penkava, 72, of the 0-100 block of Franklin Avenue in Crystal Lake, and Colin Scott, 88, of the 300 block of Krenz Avenue in Cary, were […]
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Judge sentences man who fired shots from his car, fled police in McHenry County to probation
A man who pulled a gun on a woman, fired shots at a vehicle and then led police on a chase in McHenry County last summer has been sentenced to probation and psychiatric treatment. Daryl Tierney, 67, of the 11500 block of Route 173 in Capron, was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, reckless […]
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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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‘We are disappointed in the ruling,’ family of AJ Freund says in statement after Cunningham sentenced
AJ Freund’s family said that they are “disappointed and saddened” that a judge sentenced JoAnn Cunningham to only 35 years in prison for murdering the young boy. “We, the family of our beloved Andrew (AJ), are disappointed and saddened by the ruling of the Judge,” AJ Freund’s family, besides his parents, said in a statement […]
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‘I am a child of god,’ JoAnn Cunningham says at her sentencing hearing for the murder of AJ Freund
JoAnn Cunningham gave a tearful statement during her sentencing hearing in the murder of her son, AJ Freund, and said that she is a “child of God” and asked forgiveness. Her sentencing hearing began on Thursday with McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt presiding over the case. Cunningham, 37, of Crystal Lake, pleaded guilty in December […]