A judge released a man pending trial after he was accused of threatening to physically harm the police chief and other officers in Woodstock and had to be arrested by a SWAT team. The Woodstock Police Department and McHenry County Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team responded around 7 a.m. Friday to the 600 block of Brink Street […]
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SWAT team arrests man accused of making threats of violence toward police department in Woodstock
A SWAT team Friday morning arrested a Woodstock man who was accused of threatening to physically harm the police chief and other officers in Woodstock. The Woodstock Police Department and McHenry County Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team responded around 7 a.m. Friday to the 600 block of Brink Street in Woodstock serve a felony arrest warrant. Woodstock […]
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Man spits, kicks officers before allegedly threatening to kill officer and his family in Marengo
A man has been charged with spitting and kicking officers and threatening to kill one of the officers and his family while being arrested in Marengo. Andres L. Hernandez, 28, of Marengo, was charged with three counts of aggravated battery of a peace officer, threatening a public official and two counts of resisting a peace […]
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3 years in prison for man who injured McHenry County sheriff’s deputy, threatened to kill officer’s children
A man who injured a McHenry County sheriff’s deputy and also threatened to kill the deputy’s children, saying he knew where the officer lived, has been sentenced to three years in prison. Ubaldo J. Macias-Cruz, 30, of Mundelein, was charged in December 2021 with aggravated battery of a peace officer, a Class 2 felony, and […]
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4 years in prison for 2018 candidate for Illinois governor convicted of threatening to kill 2 Lake County judges
A former Antioch man who ran for Illinois governor in 2018 has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening to kill two Lake County judges. Grayson K. Jackson, also known as Kash Jackson, 44, of Paris, Arkansas, was charged in late 2021 with two counts of threatening a public official […]
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Man charged with threatening to disarm, shoot police officers in head in Marengo
A Marengo man has been charged after he allegedly threatened to take a police officer’s gun and shoot two officers in the head in Marengo, court records show. Benjamin M. Albor, 62, of Marengo, was charged with two counts of threatening a public official, a Class 3 felony. A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County […]
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Third Lake man charged with threatening Lake County circuit judge after being upset over pending case
Authorities say a man threatened to hurt a Lake County judge and fight him because he was frustrated he had not yet been able to have a jury trial in his case. Joseph W. Lichon, 29, of Third Lake, was charged with one count of threatening a public official, a Class 3 felony. Lichon allegedly […]
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3 months in jail for man who shot BB gun at McHenry County sheriff’s deputy’s Woodstock home, patrol car
A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to three months in jail after taking a plea deal for firing a BB gun at a McHenry County sheriff’s deputy’s home and patrol car in Woodstock. Maurice Q. Gill-McNeil, 19, of the 14200 block of Westwood Court in Woodstock, was indicted on three counts of threatening a public […]
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2018 candidate for Illinois governor arrested for threatening to kill two Lake County judges
An Arkansas man, who ran for Illinois governor in 2018, has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to kill two Lake County judges last week, police said. Grayson K. Jackson, also known as Kash Jackson, 43, of the 200 block of Red Barn Antique Road in Paris, Arkansas, was charged with one count of threatening […]