A man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in Harvard after being deported and returning illegally has been sentenced to federal prison for being in the US unlawfully at the time.

A McHenry man accused of forcing his way into a stranger’s apartment, then biting the man’s thumb, has pleaded guilty to battery.

Former Crystal Lake city clerk Nicholas Kachiroubas' own police report about an online extortion attempt led to charges against him, authorities said. He pleaded guilty to possessing an image depicting child sexual abuse.

Nicholas Kachiroubas was the elected Crystal Lake city clerk and had held several other civic roles when he was charged with possessing lewd images of children and grooming. He's now agreed to plead guilty to the former and faces prison.

A Genoa man has been charged with aggravated DUI and driving with a revoked licensed in McHenry County after authorities said he hit a curb and a sign and drove into a grassy area.

Two Huntley residents have been accused of sexual conduct involving an animal, Huntley police said.

A former Cary man accused of starting a fire in his Crystal Lake motel room was detained Wednesday in jail.

A Wonder Lake man who was convicted in 2002 of fatally shooting his wife, and who last year was cleared of felony domestic battery charges, faces new domestic battery misdemeanors.

A Michigan man is accused of starting a fire inside the Super 8 motel in Crystal Lake Monday, and the manager who extinguished it is being praised as a “bonafide hero.”