Crime & Courts | Northwest Herald
A man is suspected of setting a vehicle on fire near Harvard Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
A woman who police said threw a homemade “firebomb” into a Crystal Lake home at the behest of her husband is heading to prison along with him.
A man is accused of threatening to “kill everyone” at the McHenry Police Department as he was being arrested in an alleged domestic violence incident Sunday.
Two people found dead in a vehicle in Harvard Monday night have been identified a 29-year-old female and 30-year-old male, both from Sharon, Wisconsin, on the Illinois state line.
An Elgin man is accused of committing a “sweetheart scam” when he allegedly schemed $8,000 in cash and wheel rims worth $1,400 out of a Huntley man who has a “documented intellectual disability.”
A man accused of burglarizing a Harvard home - and discharging a weapon when the owners showed up - is already headed to prison for a separate residential burglary in another county, court records show.
An Elgin man arrested with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.314 in McHenry last year has pleaded guilty to driving drunk for a sixth time. How much prison time did he get?
A Union woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with a Crystal Lake man’s fatal overdose and was sentenced to 6½ years in prison.
A man who pleaded guilty to committing arson at a Crystal Lake residence while knowing that someone was home at the time has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. His wife was also charged.