Crime

A motion was denied Wednesday to detain pre-trial a Hanover Park cleaning woman charged with stealing more than $20,000 worth of jewelry from three clients’ homes, prosecutors said.

In 2022, Wilma Alex shared with the Northwest Herald her story of the abuse she said she suffered at the hands of her husband, whom she’d met on a Philippine dating site.

In just about an hour Monday, Mark Alex was found guilty of attempting to kill his wife when he hit her with a hatchet and hammer in her Crystal Lake apartment in 2022.

Downers Grove police are investigating a string of commercial burglaries in its retail corridors.

A Ringwood man who pleaded guilty in March to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a girl he met on Snapchat turned himself into the county jail Thursday to begin his five-year prison sentence.

The state has rested in the trial for a man who admits he struck her with a hammer and hatchet in her Crystal Lake apartment, but denies he was trying to kill her.

The Downers Grove South High School teacher accused of sexually abusing a student wrote what police called a “memoir” about the matter on her phone.

Walter Moist, who ran for Crystal Lake-based District 155 school board this week, was charged with violating an order of protection taken out against him, court records show.

A woman who police said was drunk when she crashed into another vehicle in Huntley ejecting her 4-year-old passenger was sentenced to one year in prison.

A Wisconsin man has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 in McHenry County – an allegation dating back 10 years.

A traffic stop by Iroquois County Sheriff’s Police Thursday ended up with a man’s arrest and an explosive device being rendered safe.

Mark Alex doesn't deny he attacked his wife in her Crystal Lake apartment, but his lawyer said he wasn't trying to kill her and isn't guilty of attempted murder.

A Neuqua Valley High School teacher has been arrested on accusations he groomed and sexually abused a student.

A Texas man admitted to soliciting a McHenry County child via Snapchat to send him sexually explicit pictures and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A motion was granted Wednesday to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago man accused of firing a handgun at a Juneteenth celebration in unincorporated Willowbrook in 2023, prosecutors said.

Herscher Police Chief Kurt Quick said Hannah Kroesh, 26, of Herscher, was arrested by Iowa Stare Patrol Monday for possession of stolen vehicle from Herscher.

An Erie man has been sentenced in Whiteside County to four years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday, April 1, to sexually assaulting a teenager in 2020.

Pre-trial release wa denied Monday for a Chicago man accused of stealing more than $3,400 worth of merchandise from two retail stores Saturday evening and then leading police on a chase, prosecutors said.

A doctor said that a 14-year-old boy would have lived had his parents called 911 after finding him unresponsive in his dad’s home near Richmond and suspected he had ingested his mother’s fentanyl and xylazine.

A Woodstock man who had worked as a firefighter in McHenry County pleaded not guilty to allegations he stalked and harassed a woman in violation of an order of protection.

a Glendale Heights attorney has been sentenced to six years in prison for using his girlfriend’s personal identifying information to defraud banks out of more than $82,000.

A Mundelein man faces charges after a traffic stop in which he was found in possession of drugs and a stolen gun, police said.

A Spring Grove man admitted Tuesday he stole multiple firearms from a Harvard home including automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns.

A former Addison Public Library employee has pleaded guilty to possession of child sex abuse materials

A Crystal Lake lawyer defrauded investors out of about $140,000 in a cryptocurrency scam and his license has been suspended, according to official documents.

The Oswego Police Department is investigating the armed robbery of a FedEx driver Wednesday afternoon.

A Crystal Lake man accused of setting campaign signs on fire the morning polls opened in the 2022 primary election pleaded guilty Tuesday to striking a corrections officer in McHenry County jail.

A felon with a “lengthy criminal history” pleaded guilty Monday to unlawful possession of cocaine and was sentenced to 61/2 years in prison.

The sexual assaults allegedly occurred in both unincorporated Kendall County and Aurora, according to a news release from the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office.

A Glendale Heights woman has been charged with driving under the influence of cannabis in a 2024 crash in Addison that killed a truck driver.

A former Woodstock man pleaded guilty Monday to an attempted Harvard home invasion and was sentenced to four years in prison.

A woman accused of causing a disturbance at a business Saturday and pepper-spraying Addison police officers who were trying to subdue her is facing several charges.

Pre-trial release has been denied for a Chicago man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.

A motion was granted Thursday to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen Toyota 4Runner, prosecutors said.

A DuPage County jury on Thursday found a DeKalb man guilty of shooting a man in the face during his dinner break from work in 2021, prosecutors said.

Richard Rowland of Crystal Lake continued to claim his innocence of child sex assault, but was sentenced to 36 years in prison. A statement from the victim, read in cout, said he claimed his actions were “in the name of the Lord.”

An Elgin man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing more than two kilos of heroin found inside a lunchbox during a traffic stop in Algonquin and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

A Woodstock man has admitted to bruising a 3-year-old child, and in a separate case, driving under the influence of alcohol.

The Third District Appellate Court of Illinois has affirmed the 36-year sentence of a man for the armed carjacking of a pregnant woman’s car from her driveway in December 2019.

In less than an hour Wednesday a jury convicted a man of arson for setting fire inside his father’s Lakewood home despite Connor Kirkpatrick saying he was only trying to take his life.

A Woodstock man with a past conviction for burglary to a vehicle pleaded guilty Monday to residential burglary.

Connor Kirkpatrick, accused of setting fire to his father’s Lakewood home, said he was in so much “unbearable” pain that from injuries he suffered when he crashed his car into a Crystal Lake home.

Dixon police are asking residents to be on the lookout for a gray 2022 Dodge Charger and a black 2014 Cadillac CTS.

According to Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department release, 40-year-old Alexander M. Zaragoza was the driver of a vehicle sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop at approximately 3 a.m. Monday.

A former Richmond woman has been convicted after fraudulently selling off more than $25,000 of an elderly Spring Grove man’s stock.

A Kankakee County jury found 25-year-old Larry Kent guilty of a July 2024 home invasion that resulted in the assault of a 18-year-old woman.

A McHenry man has pleaded guilty to possessing one image depicting child sex abuse and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A Lake in the Hills man and registered sex offender was sentenced to six and a half years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to unlawful possession with the intent to deliver cocaine.

An Oregon man – described by his attorney as a successful businessman, Eagle Scout and former Eucharistic minister – was sentenced to jail time and probation Friday for sexually abusing a former Port Barrington child.

A McHenry County Corrections Officer has died after a battle with brain cancer, a post from the sheriff’s office said.