A man admitted to falsely reporting there was a bomb in the Crystal Lake Public Library, court records show; he pleaded guilty to a similar false threat in Kane County.

A McHenry man was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, according to court records.

A Holiday Hills man charged in connection with the fatal overdose of a McHenry man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.

Nicholas Lopardo of Lake Villa allegedly shot off a gun, stole a vehicle, led police on chase and shot at cop cars in McHenry after a woman rebuffed his advances, prosecutors said at the opening of Nicholas Lopardo's trial.

James Piezonka is accused of fatally shooting his son Ryan in Lakemoor Sunday; authorities said the wounded man approached a passerby for help before he was found dead in the street.

Robert Crimo III pleaded guilty Monday in the Highland Park parade shooting that killed seven people. A jury had been seated for his trial and opening statements were due to begin Monday.

A 61-year-old Crystal Lake man is being held without release at the McHenry County Jail after he was found with methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine following a stop for speeding

A McHenry woman, initially charged with Class X drug offenses that could have led to decades-long incarceration, pleaded to a lesser charge and was sentenced to five years in prison.

A McHenry woman has been accused of stealing more than $22,000 from her minor daughter’s estate.

A McHenry man threatened to “shoot up” the McHenry County courthouse and “eat” the face off of the judge presiding over his child custody case, a prosecutor said in court. An outside judge from DeKalb County was brought in to hear the case.

A Marengo man charged in 2021 with driving drunk and causing a crash that killed his wife was sentenced to five years in prison.

The victim of a fatal DUI crash was “an extraordinary person,” a family member said in court Thursday during the sentencing of the Lakemoor man who pleaded guilty in the death.

A Woodstock woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving drunk before a crash that killed her sister and was sentenced to six years in prison.

A Woodstock man was sentenced to two years of probation stemming from charges that he set his 2018 Volkswagen GTI on fire and then reported it stolen, McHenry County Court records show.

A Huntley man was charged with felony DUI following a head-on collision after authorities said he mixed vodka with Monster Energy drinks.