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January 27, 2023
Shaw Local

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Man sentenced to 31 years in prison for deliberate fatal crash near Hebron in 2020

Man sentenced to 31 years in prison for deliberate fatal crash near Hebron in 2020

A man found guilty, but mentally ill, last year of first-degree murder for causing a 2020 crash near Hebron that killed one man and left another with life-altering injuries was sentenced Thursday to 31 years in prison.

By Amanda Marrazzo●
January 27, 2023 at 5:00 am CST

Woodstock man pleads guilty to making false bomb threat, sentenced to 2 years conditional discharge

Woodstock man pleads guilty to making false bomb threat, sentenced to 2 years conditional discharge

A 76-year-old Woodstock man pleaded guilty Thursday to making a false bomb threat last year in a phone call to a national real estate company and was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge and ordered to undergo an anger evaluation.

By Amanda Marrazzo●
January 26, 2023 at 4:58 pm CST

McHenry County state’s attorney files lawsuit claiming new Illinois gun ban violates 2nd Amendment

McHenry County state’s attorney files lawsuit claiming new Illinois gun ban violates 2nd Amendment

The lawsuit, filed by State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, calls the new law a “clear violation of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution."

By James T. Norman●
January 26, 2023 at 4:05 pm CST

Marengo Guns, Illinois State Rifle Association request injunction to stop enforcement of new gun ban

Marengo Guns, Illinois State Rifle Association request injunction to stop enforcement of new gun ban

A McHenry County gun shop is part of a group seeking to put a temporary halt to the new Illinois gun ban, the latest step in a federal lawsuit filed last week by the group challenging the law’s constitutionality.

By James T. Norman●
January 26, 2023 at 3:49 pm CST

Case against father of Highland Park mass shooting suspect could take months before trial

Case against father of Highland Park mass shooting suspect could take months before trial

The case against the father of the Highland Park mass shooting suspect won’t go to trial until the lengthy evidence discovery process in his son’s case is complete, prosecutors said at a hearing Thursday.

By Doug T. Graham - Daily Herald Media Group●
January 26, 2023 at 2:14 pm CST

$1.5 million settlement for family of 87-year-old Spring Grove man killed by garbage truck

$1.5 million settlement for family of 87-year-old Spring Grove man killed by garbage truck

The family of a Spring Grove man who was killed in 2021 after a garbage truck hit him has settled with the company for $1.5 million, court records show.

By James T. Norman●
January 25, 2023 at 8:11 pm CST

Woman with reckless homicide conviction from 20 years ago pleads guilty to drunken driving in Crystal Lake

Woman with reckless homicide conviction from 20 years ago pleads guilty to drunken driving in Crystal Lake

A woman convicted in 2004 of reckless homicide in a Sycamore crash that killed her 20-year-old boyfriend was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to drunken driving more than a year ago in Crystal Lake.

By Amanda Marrazzo●
January 25, 2023 at 3:14 pm CST

McHenry man wanted on $125,000 warrant charged with possessing, sharing child pornography

McHenry man wanted on $125,000 warrant charged with possessing, sharing child pornography

A McHenry man is being sought on a $125,000 warrant on charges alleging he shared and possessed child pornography, according to McHenry County court records.

By Amanda Marrazzo●
January 25, 2023 at 1:36 pm CST

Federal judge allows lawsuit alleging mistreatment of ICE detainees in McHenry County jail to move forward

Federal judge allows lawsuit alleging mistreatment of ICE detainees in McHenry County jail to move forward

The lawsuit, filed by former Immigration and Custom Enforcement detainees, alleges they were threatened by McHenry County Jail employees to be put in the “hole,” “suffer serious harm” or be deported if they did not perform “janitorial labor.”

By Amanda Marrazzo●
January 24, 2023 at 5:19 pm CST

Man charged with shooting 2 in Huntley home pleads not guilty to attempted murder, faces decades in prison if convicted

Man charged with shooting 2 in Huntley home pleads not guilty to attempted murder, faces decades in prison if convicted

A man accused of shooting two men in a Huntley home in July – one who later died – before fleeing the country and then being captured in Pennsylvania pleaded not guilty Monday to attempted murder.

By Amanda Marrazzo●
January 23, 2023 at 3:27 pm CST
McHenry County grand jury indictments for week of Jan. 9, 2023

McHenry County grand jury indictments for week of Jan. 9, 2023

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of Jan. 9, 2023.

By Shaw Local News Network●
January 23, 2023 at 4:45 am CST
Lawsuit filed against heirs of Algonquin eye doctor charged with stabbing girlfriend to death

Lawsuit filed against heirs of Algonquin eye doctor charged with stabbing girlfriend to death

An Algonquin eye doctor who died while awaiting his murder trial instructed family members to liquidate more than $1 million in bank accounts and mutual funds, a wrongful death lawsuit alleges.

By Amanda Marrazzo●
January 22, 2023 at 5:00 am CST

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