The man is accused of taking the gift cards and manipulating the numbers so that when he puts the cards back on a rack and someone buys and loads it up with money, that money goes into his account, the Johnsburg police chief said.
No charges will be filed against the McHenry County Sheriff’s officials in the separate deaths last of three inmates. Investigation on a fourth death still pending, a news release sent Thursday by McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said.
A man accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly Lake in the Hills resident pleaded guilty to theft.
A Harvard man accused of sexually assaulting a child was detained Tuesday in the McHenry County jail pretrial.
Fifteen years after a senseless act of violence claimed the life of Jeff Engelhardt's father, younger sister and grandmother, the former Northwest Herald reporter, now-married father of two, still chooses forgiveness.
A McHenry nurse accused of going to work drunk last year at a Crystal Lake long-term care facility pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to 30 months probation, public service and fines.
A judge ruled against former McHenry County woman Linda La Roche in her quest to get a new following her conviction for murder.
A Woodstock man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing and assaulting two children under the age of 13.
Authorities say a Hampshire man drove 90 mph in a 55-mph zone, disobeyed a McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy’s signals to pull over, crashed his vehicle then fled on foot.