McHenry County Courthouse
Trent Ullrich, 14, of the Richmond area, overdosed in January, authorities said. His parents have been charged in connection, and now another man is accused of drug-induced homicide.
A Lake in the Hills man with a pending domestic battery case is accused of entering the alleged victim’s home while she slept battering her again.
A McHenry County judge orders Cary Dairy ice cream shop to pay fines and follow Village of Cary’s sign ordinance after a years-long dispute.
A Hampshire man pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to prison time.
A man, who is a parolee, was apprehended after striking a sheriff’s squad car and fleeing in a stolen truck, authorities said.
A Huntley man is accused of driving drunk for a third time and causing a accident that killed his passenger in a crash this month.
A woman was acquitted of felony charges stemming from an alleged altercation at the Huntley post office, but she was convicted of resisting arrest.
A Wonder Lake man is accused of battering a woman and holding her in his home against her will for four days.
A Crystal Lake man accused of committing his sixth DUI offense was up for pretrial release last week.
A former Woodstock man is accused of exploiting and sexually abusing a child he knew over a five-year period; the defendant was in McHenry County jail Friday while he awaits trial.
A woman who prosecutors say “deliberately” hit an Illinois Department of Transportation worker in Marengo with her vehicle was granted pretrial release Friday with conditions, including she not drive and turn in her driver’s license.
Counterfeit pills that are pressed with fentanyl are becoming increasingly common, causing overdoses in McHenry County and beyond.
McHenry County Judge Michael W. Feetterer will serve as chief judge of the 22nd Judicial Circuit,
One of two people involved in an arrangement for “companionship” in Woodstock last year that ended in a home invasion was found guilty Wednesday by a jury.
A McHenry man charged with 22 counts alleging he possessed images of child sex abuse was detained in the county jail pretrial Wednesday.
A former Woodstock church volunteer youth leader has been accused of sexually abusing a teen girl he met through the church.
A Crystal Lake foster father was found guilty of abusing his 4-year-old foster child by bruising his ears by pulling and yanking them.
A man police say was arrested in McHenry last year with cocaine, cash, a scale and pipe pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance Friday and was sentence to three years in prison.
A Woodstock man is accused of bringing a loaded crossbow into a local bar and pointing it at a patron’s head.
An Algonquin teen charged as an adult when he crashed his vehicle while under the influence of marijuana pleaded guilty.
A Rockford man arrested in McHenry in 2022 pleaded guilty to unlawful possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine Friday and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Though a judge called the child sexual assault allegations against a defendant “disgusting,” he cited an appellate ruling and released him from McHenry County Jail pretrial.
Police allege two men burglarized Ortmann’s Red Iron Tavern in Woodstock prior to being found intoxicated and asleep in the Woodstock train depot.
Charges could be upgraded against a Woodstock man who allegedly drove drunk when he hit a man walking his dog, because the man has since died from his injuries, a defense attorney said.
A Wonder Lake man is accused of punching a Woodstock man outside an apartment complex, causing a brain bleed, according to court records and authorities. The defendant is being held pretrial.
A Lake in the Hills taekwondo instructor pleaded guilty to possessing images of children being sexually abused and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
A Crystal Lake man was convicted Monday of disseminating private sexual images without the consent of the person pictured.
Two men were arrested and charged last week after authorities said they found 17 kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine in the men's possession at a Super 8 Motel in McHenry.
A Chicago man currently in prison for burglary in Cook County pleaded guilty to stealing computers from a Cary shop in 2020 and was sentence to another 8 1/2 years in prison.
A former Algonquin man, 19, had been charged in a spate of burglaries from cars in Crystal Lake and Cary and an attempted residential burglary.
Quran Broomfield, 18, pleaded guilty to armed robbery charge in Woodstock and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
A Lakemoor man pleaded guilty to manufacturing and delivering fentanyl, found last year among other illegal narcotics at two Woodstock motels.
A Round Lake Heights man accused last year of delivering hallucinogenic mushrooms pleaded guilty Friday to a cocaine near Spring Grove charge and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
A Crystal Lake man who is a convicted felon pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine and was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison.
A man accused of fleeing Harvard police in a stolen car gets prison time in plea.
Donald Blummer of Johnsburg pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and, in exchange, more serious charges were dropped, court records show.
A Richmond teen accused of driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when his Ford truck crashed and rolled over near a house in December turned himself in at the McHenry County jail early Thursday.
A Lakewood man was found guilty last week of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, his fifth DUI conviction.
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a Richmond teen accused of driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he crashed in December, sending himself and another teen to the hospital in critical condition.
A Florida woman who allegedly rented a truck from a Woodstock business in 2018 and never returned it has been charged with theft in McHenry County, according to court records.
An Indiana woman, currently in prison for similar offenses in Cook County and pending charges in Will County pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft in stealing $4,000 from an elderly woman’s Crystal Lake bank account.
Three men have been charged in connection with the fentanyl overdose of a Crystal Lake man.
A McHenry County associate judge is charged with driving in his motorcycle nearly 40 mph over the speed limit, court records show.
Victor H. Serrano was arrested with a handgun, drugs Saturday in Lake in the Hills, authorities say.
A McHenry man admitted Friday to disseminating a video of child sex abuse and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
The Harvard dad whose son was described by doctors as “severely malnourished” apologized Friday before being sentenced to two years probation and 180 days in the county jail.
Nicholas Kachiroubas, the elected Crystal Lake city clerk is accused of having explicit conversations with children on Snapchat and asking for nude pictures, prosecutors say.
A McHenry man pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing 100 to 400 grams of methamphetamine and was sentenced to nine years in prison.
A Woodstock man is accused of making threats against police and kicking an officer as he was arrested outside a local bar.
Charges will not be filed against the McHenry County Sheriff’s personnel in the death of an inmate found unresponsive in his jail cell last year.