Crime

Following a traffic crash, a former Huntley couple – convicted in connection with what authorities described in 2015 as a “drug-dealing enterprise” – have been charged with possessing cocaine, court records show.

An Elgin man is charged with reckless driving and fleeing the scene after crashing into three cars in Crystal Lake Tuesday.

A felon from Lake County, convicted of attempted murder for shooting at a car decorated with Batman decals, was sentenced Wednesday to 44 years in prison.

After an overnight burglary involving an unknown offender at the Exquisite Skillet Pancake House in Plano, the police are asking anyone with information to contact authorities.

When Shorewood police were escorted to the assisted living facility’s women’s bathroom, they found the caregiver attempting to flush jewelry that belonged to an elderly resident of the facility.

The man accused of trying to enter the McHenry County courthouse in Woodstock Monday afternoon with a semiautomatic pistol has been charged.

An appeals court ruled in favor of state champion Marian Central wrestler Jimmy Mastny and his coach Jordan Blanton, affirming that Mastny was not improperly recruited when he moved from Ogle County to attend Marian Central.

Algonquin-based School District 300 failed to protect students when an employee “improperly accessed” their files and then solicited them online for explicit images, according to a lawsuit.

The first graduates of Kankakee County’s Mental Health Court were celebrated last Wednesday in the courtroom of Circuit Judge Lindsay Parkhurst.

A Crystal Lake couple initially accused of possessing about $25,000 worth of marijuana pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

A Lee County judge decided Monday to allow the pretrial release of a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

Joliet police are investigating a shooting which took place Saturday morning damaging two homes in the 800 Block of Richmond Street.

Joliet Police are investigating a shooting which damaged a vehicle in the 500 block of Garnsey Avenue on Friday night.

Hundreds of teens descended on a Glen Ellyn Park District pool shortly before 5 p.m. July 5, police said.

Plainfield Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Settler's Park.

Two people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds Sunday afternoon in the 1700 block of East Maple Street in Kankakee.

A man was arrested July 5 after Lake County Sheriff’s deputies and the tactical response team responded to a call about shots fired in unincorporated Gurnee, authorities said.

A Braidwood man is in custody after allegedly shooting at an acquaintance who was wearing a bullet-proof vest at the time on Friday evening,

A Round Lake Park man charged with criminal sexual abuse is already on the Illinois Sex Offender registry and held pending trial, officials said

A Winfield has been acquitted of charges alleging he threatened a Wheaton Warrenville District 200 school board candidate in 2023.

Jose Martinez, 40, and Veronica Jaime, 46, of Kendall County, each have been charged with multiple counts of violating the Animals in Entertainment Act

The man convicted of trying to kill his estranged wife in her Crystal Lake apartment by beating her in the head with a hatchet and hammer was sentenced Thursday to 36 years in prison.

A man accused of creating YouTube videos threatening to kill Barrington Hills police, naming one in particular, was detained pretrial Thursday.

A Chicago man is charged with making unwanted contact with a teenage girl at the York Theater in downtown Elmhurst.

Nicholas Lopardo has been found guilty of four Class X gun charges after a one-night crime sprees in which he shot at several cars and houses.

A Kankakee County jury found Wali Borders Jr., 32, of Bradley, not guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child on June 13.

A warrant has been issued for a Barrington Hills man accused of making a YouTube video threatening to kill police officers, including one in particular, court records show.

A second Chicago man arrested in the parking lot of a Crystal Lake motel with nearly $750,000 worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl has pleaded guilty.

An Addison man is being detained pretrial on charges he illegally possessed a handgun and led police on a high-speed chase.

A Harvard man is accused of breaking into the Starline Factory early Sunday removing artwork.

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning Tuesday that scammers are calling families of inmates asking for money so their loved ones can secure a GPS monitor.

A man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing a loaded gun and cocaine when he caused a crash in Lake in the Hills, then fled on foot.

Bradley police said they are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving three people that occurred Monday morning.

A McHenry handyman pleaded guilty Friday to stealing $9,000 from an elderly couple for whom he was working and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months conditional discharge.

A total of 27 men were arrested during an operation aimed at stopping human trafficking in the area, police said; men from Lake and McHenry counties were among those charged.

Bradley police and the Kankakee County Coroner’s Office are investigating a double homicide Monday that occurred in the 200 block of South Prairie Avenue.

Five juveniles were arrested by Kankakee County Sheriff’s deputies early Monday morning for allegedly stealing a vehicle and leading police on a chase.

A Wonder Lake man accused of sexually abusing a child three decades ago asked prosecutors to better “define and present” details surrounding the allegations.

A South Holland man has been charged in connection with a stabbing Saturday in Seneca.

A Crystal Lake man was charged with recklessly discharging a gun that fired a bullet into a neighbor’s house with two adults and a nine-month-old baby in the home.

A Woodstock man, who previously worked at District 200 as a mechanic and a bus driver, is charged with multiple counts of sexual assault of children younger than 13 over the course of 10 years in the 1990s.

A monumentat Van Horn Woods East Playground in Plainfield will preserve the memory of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, who was stabbed to death Oct. 14, 2023, in an anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim hate crime in Plainfield.

Huntley police allege a Port Barrington man asked a child to perform a sex act over a video chat and “offered cannabis in exchange for sexual acts.”

Mark Alex said "I know I did bad" when he hit his wife with a hammer and hatchet in Crystal Lake but still asked for leniency.

Prosecutors are seeking to keep a Bolingbrook man in jail in a case where he’s charged with the 2023 murder of a man, a teenaged girl and a child, all of whom were shot during a home invasion. 

A Will County lawsuit claims the New Lenox Police Department engaged in “policing-for-profit” when their officers wrongfully seized a 2010 Jeep Wrangler belonging to a man innocent of wrongdoing.

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department announced Wednesday the arrest of a suspect in connection with Monday’s shooting in Pembroke Township.

A McHenry man pleaded guilty Tuesday to harassment of a witness tied to texts messages he sent a woman threatening to “shoot up” the McHenry County courthouse and attack the judge presiding over his child custody case.

The Plano Police Department assisted a Homeland Security Investigations team on Tuesday in the 300 block of Alyssa Street in Plano.

Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police said a 39-year-old Pembroke Township man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot Monday afternoon.