Amanda Marrazzo

A Woodstock man was taken into custody this week who is accused, along with a woman, of endangering five children found in soiled diapers in a garbage-filled home.

Andrew Densmore of DeKalb is accused of loading up a cart with more than $3,600 in alcohol and walking out with it at McHenry's Jewel-Osco.

A woman who Crystal Lake police said committed identity theft and attempted to cash a bad check for $4,480 pleaded guilty and was sentence to five years in prison.

A Chicago man is accused of trying to use counterfeit $100 bills to make purchases in three Crystal Lake businesses; at Chick-Fil-A, the Vitamin Shoppe and Jewel-Osco.

A McHenry woman charged in connection with a drive-by shooting in Marengo has pleaded guilty to obstructing justice and was sentenced to two years probation.

A McHenry woman convicted in 2018 of embezzling nearly $67,000 from a youth sporting association now is accused of stealing more than $200,000 from a Woodstock business where she worked.

A Crystal Lake man accused of cutting another man during a fist fight early Monday, though his lawyer said he acted in self defense.

A Harvard man accused of punching at officers and attempting to pull an AR-15-style rifle on them pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of armed violence and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Since Timmy, a 5-year-old orange cat from Crystal Lake, returned home earlier this month, wounded by a bullet lodged in his spine, he has garnered national attention and raised more than $17,000 dollars to help pay for his care.

A man who crashed his vehicle into a Harvard business, injuring an employee inside, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated reckless driving and was sentenced to 15 non-continuous days in jail and 24 months of probation.

A former Lake County prosecutor, convicted in 2022 for buying liquor for a teenager he then spent time with in a Woodstock motel, will temporarily lose his law license.

A McHenry man admitted Wednesday he “intentionally tortured” his 4-month old puppy, a husky named Piper, last year and was sentenced to two years in prison.

A Crystal Lake man pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol.

A Harvard man, accused of sexually assaulting a woman while holding a kitchen knife and keeping her from calling 911, was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison.

A McHenry County judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for a man accused of posing as a black car driver, driving a woman from an airport to McHenry and then refusing to let her out of the car her until she gave him $1,400.