A fifth charge of public indecency has been filed against a Marengo man; this time as a felony, while the prior accusations were misdemeanors.

A Pingree Grove woman was detained pretrial Monday in a Huntley burglary case, according to court records.

A Wonder Lake man accused of handcuffing a woman against her will and sexually assaulting her has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

The former owner of a McHenry smoke shop has been sentenced to jail time and probation in a felony LSD possession plea deal.

A Lakewood man has pleaded guilty in a drunk-driving crash that killed his passenger and was sentenced to nine years in prison.

Michael C. Montero, 35, of Lake in the Hills is accused of sexually assaulting two children.

A Harvard 18-year-old accused of strangling and sexually assaulting a woman after she “crashed out” has been detained in McHenry County jail pretrial.

A Wonder Lake man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver heroin and was sentenced to six years in prison after authorities said several people tipped them off to his dealing.

A prosecutor said Friday that a Huntley man viewed and shared more than 37,000 images and videos of “the most violent” sexual abuse of children, some as young as toddlers.

A Round Lake Beach man is accused of purposely driving his car into the garage of a Crystal Lake home and damaging a Crystal Lake business Thursday night, causing approximately $135,000 in damage, authorities said.

A Marengo man has been charged for the fourth time since 2024 with public indecency involving lewd exposure, according to court records and police.

A Crystal Lake man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for using the dark web and Facebook to distribute methamphetamine, authorities said.

A Huntley man has been charged with 17 counts of possessing and distributing images of child sex abuse, police said in a news release Thursday.

A Crystal Lake man accused of sending “sexually explicit” messages to a child and saying he wants to “kiss her from head to toe” has been detained in the county jail.

A Wisconsin man was arraigned last week on charges alleging he sexually assaulted an 8-year-old child in Crystal Lake, according to court records and authorities.

Jesus Zepeda, who was found guilty in December on two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, each a Class X felony, was sentenced to 36 years in prison.

A North Carolina man staying in an RV park in Marengo is accused of having an altercation while possessing a firearm he was not allowed to own because of a felony conviction, according to court records.

Lawsuits filed between Addison’s Steakhouse and the McHenry Golf Club have been settled, according to documents filed recently in McHenry County court.

A Harvard man accused of possessing 217 videos depicting children, some toddlers, being sexually abused pleaded has pleaded guilty to possessing one image and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

The owner of an equestrian training center has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor on the Richmond property.

A Crystal Lake man who pleaded guilty to a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme in federal court started his 4 1/2-year prison sentence Friday after multiple attempts to push it back.

A man who served prison time for possessing cocaine found in his Crystal Lake motel room in 2023 faces new drug and weapons charges, court records show.

Before a packed courtroom in McHenry County Thursday, friends and family of 24-year-old man killed by a drunk driver spoke of the light and love he brought to their lives.

A former Huntley woman who with her husband was convicted in 2018 in what authorities called a “drug-dealing enterprise” has pleaded guilty in a new drug-related case.

A Huntley man has waived his right to a trial, admitted he performed “a lewd act” in his garage while the door was open and was given court supervision, records show.

A Richmond man who was accused of driving drunk while under the legal drinking age, and causing a crash that flipped his truck and sent him and his passenger to the hospital, has pleaded guilty.

A Batavia man has been sentenced to jail and probation after being found guilty of DUI causing a crash in McHenry County, in which authorities said his blood-alcohol content measured five times the legal limit.

A woman who had to be helped to the witness stand described the brain damage and other injuries she suffered when she was randomly beaten in a McHenry park by man who said he's "angel of death."

Mark Cook spent almost 40 years as the McHenry County public defender. He got a surprise sendoff Friday from courthouse colleagues and family.

A Wonder Lake man pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of sexually abusing a child and avoided a lengthy prison sentence, according to court records.

A Cary man twice convicted of attempted murder in Cook County, and acquitted of murder as a teen in 1980, has turned himself in after being wanted on a sixth alleged offense of drunk driving.

The attempted murder trial is set to begin Thursday for a man accused in a violent attack on a woman in a McHenry park that authorities said was unprovoked; he also allegedly beat a man who tried to intervene.

A Crystal Lake man who a judge said advertised and sold drugs on social media admitted Wednesday to selling cocaine and ecstasy and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

A Woodstock 18-year-old, on pretrial release for allegedly beating a teen at the Algonquin Walmart, was accused of threatening to shoot and kill a man and his baby, according to court records.

The estate of a passenger killed in a UTV crash last year near Hebron received a $1 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit against the estate of the UTV driver.

A Crystal Lake man, who is set to face a 4½-year prison sentence for a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme next month, was able to push his local case accusing him of defrauding a McHenry veterans’ association to March.

In a case involving authorities both locally and in North Carolina, a Huntley man is accused of sexually abusing a child, and police said they have “identified other potential juvenile victims.”

A Cary man who years ago was convicted of attempted murder, and prior to that acquitted of murder as a teen, has been charged with a sixth DUI, according to court records.

A longtime McHenry County assistant public defender has been appointed as the new head of the office, replacing the public defender who's soon to retire after 40 years on the job.

A Harvard man was accused of sharing illegal images of children while he awaits trial on a charge that he followed two girls into stores in Crystal Lake.

A Lake County man with a past felony conviction was found guilty of gun and drug charges after authorities said he hid a Glock pistol in the back of a squad car during a McHenry traffic stop.

A Chicago man was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for trying to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at Chick-fil-A in Crystal Lake.

McHenry County got word from the Trump administration this week that a federal grant vital to its drug court was terminated. A day later word came just as suddenly that the grant was reinstated.

McHenry County's highly touted Drug Court received word of a $1M funding cut from the federal government, calling the program's future into question. By the end of the day widespread cuts were reportedly reversed.

A man involved in a deadly Harvard stabbing 20 years ago fled to Mexico. Authorities knew his whereabouts for years before he was arrested, though he once topped McHenry's most wanted list.

An attempted murder charge against a Lake in the Hills man was dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea to aggravated domestic battery in case where police tried for about 90 minutes to make contact.

A man knocked on the door of a 89-year-old Crystal Lake woman, claimed to make home repairs and then stole $15,000 from her, authorities allege.

Edwin Garcia, 21, of Lake in the Hills is charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding a police officer; authorities said he fled without his lights or and didn't have valid plates.

A third customer has sued Fun City Adventure Park in Algonquin last year has filed a civil lawsuit seeking more than $50,000 claiming, like the others, that she was injured after jumping into a foam pit.

A former McHenry man and registered sex offender is accused in Arkansas of kidnapping, sexually assaulting a child and threatening her with a firearm, according authorities there.