A Richmond man admitted Friday to unlawfully possessing a machine gun and was sentenced to six years in prison after authorities said he possessed an "arsenal" of weapons that were illegal because of a past felony convcition.

A Crystal Lake man and former Deerfield High volunteer coach was sentenced to prison Friday for possessing an image depicting child sex abuse. A prosecutor called the allegations "deplorable."

A Barrington Hills man with two pending cases involving alleged threats to police, judges and a probation officer has been ordered to be held in McHenry County jail.

For the year 2025 alone, the Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Complaint Center reports that the financial loss to the public is more than $20 billion. More often than not the victims are 60 years and older.

A Fox River Grove man has admitted to attempting to get a child’s guardian to send him lewd photos of the child and to possessing obscene materials.

A Woodstock man who crashed his car into a townhouse had just fled from a violent encounter with a woman who he allegedly punched while she was holding a toddler, authorities say.

A Crystal Lake man who was accused of taping bags of methamphetamine to his body and bringing some into McHenry County jail has pleaded guilty to a possession charge.

A Carpentersville police officer fatally shot a person seen shooting at a person outside a restaurant early Saturday morning in Carpentersville, officials report.

A man awaiting trial on charges that he threatened to shoot Barrington Hills police officers is now accused of threatening to harm a McHenry County judge and probation officer.

One of two Woodstock teens charged last year with beating up a 15-year-old at Walmart in Algonquin has pleaded guilty to a lesser offense.

An elderly man sentenced to prison for a gun-related charge has asked the court for probation instead, arguing that he will lose his Social Security in prison, and that means his wife could lose their home.

A Crystal Lake teen who is a globally ranked skateboarder is accused of striking a person with a skateboard, causing “significant injuries,” including a brain bleed, at the downtown Crystal Lake train station, according to authorities.

A Lake in the Hills man who had worked as a mentor for McHenry County jail inmates admitted Wednesday that he sexually assaulted a child.

A man from Lake in the Hills was charged with his eighth DUI following seven convictions after a head-on crash in Kane County that injured six passengers in a minivan, authorities said.

A judge has been reassigned to a felony DUI case a year after charges were filed against a former volleyball coach and dean in Crystal Lake-based Community High School District 155.

A Lake in the Hills man accused of providing a fatal dose of cocaine to a woman he knew had a heart condition was denied pretrial release from the county jail.

A Huntley man is charged with unlawful restraint, a Class 4 felony, as well as public indecency involving lewd exposure, according to a criminal complaint filed in McHenry County court.

A family of four has been displaced after a car crashed into their Woodstock townhome early Saturday.