Crime

Bradley police said they are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving three people that occurred Monday morning.

A McHenry handyman pleaded guilty Friday to stealing $9,000 from an elderly couple for whom he was working and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months conditional discharge.

A total of 27 men were arrested during an operation aimed at stopping human trafficking in the area, police said; men from Lake and McHenry counties were among those charged.

Bradley police and the Kankakee County Coroner’s Office are investigating a double homicide Monday that occurred in the 200 block of South Prairie Avenue.

Five juveniles were arrested by Kankakee County Sheriff’s deputies early Monday morning for allegedly stealing a vehicle and leading police on a chase.

A Wonder Lake man accused of sexually abusing a child three decades ago asked prosecutors to better “define and present” details surrounding the allegations.

A South Holland man has been charged in connection with a stabbing Saturday in Seneca.

A Crystal Lake man was charged with recklessly discharging a gun that fired a bullet into a neighbor’s house with two adults and a nine-month-old baby in the home.

A Woodstock man, who previously worked at District 200 as a mechanic and a bus driver, is charged with multiple counts of sexual assault of children younger than 13 over the course of 10 years in the 1990s.

A monumentat Van Horn Woods East Playground in Plainfield will preserve the memory of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, who was stabbed to death Oct. 14, 2023, in an anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim hate crime in Plainfield.

Huntley police allege a Port Barrington man asked a child to perform a sex act over a video chat and “offered cannabis in exchange for sexual acts.”

Mark Alex said "I know I did bad" when he hit his wife with a hammer and hatchet in Crystal Lake but still asked for leniency.

Prosecutors are seeking to keep a Bolingbrook man in jail in a case where he’s charged with the 2023 murder of a man, a teenaged girl and a child, all of whom were shot during a home invasion. 

A Will County lawsuit claims the New Lenox Police Department engaged in “policing-for-profit” when their officers wrongfully seized a 2010 Jeep Wrangler belonging to a man innocent of wrongdoing.

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department announced Wednesday the arrest of a suspect in connection with Monday’s shooting in Pembroke Township.

A McHenry man pleaded guilty Tuesday to harassment of a witness tied to texts messages he sent a woman threatening to “shoot up” the McHenry County courthouse and attack the judge presiding over his child custody case.

The Plano Police Department assisted a Homeland Security Investigations team on Tuesday in the 300 block of Alyssa Street in Plano.

Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police said a 39-year-old Pembroke Township man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot Monday afternoon.

A Momence man and a 17-year-old girl were arrested June 19 by Bradley police following a fight that led to another woman being stabbed.

Daniel Swiderski is now accused of attempted murder after McHenry County prosecutors said he hit and strangled a woman multiple times while police attempted to make contact with him.

A motion was approved Monday to deny pre-trial release for a Bolingbrook woman accused of DUI and crashing into an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) truck that was on the scene of a fatal car crash investigation Sunday.

A Lake in the Hills man was sentenced to three years in prison after he was accused of striking and choking a woman as she slept in her home - while awaiting trial on charges of beating the same woman.

During the public comment period at the start of the meeting, several people alleged misconduct by a female high school teacher played a role in the deaths.

A Chicago man who was on parole when he was accused of multiple thefts – including stealing Christmas presents from a Crystal Lake church – pleaded guilty Wednesday to burglary from a vehicle.

A Harvard man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of criminal sexual assault of two children.

The family of a New York man who died in a house fire last year near Union is suing the estate of the homeowner who also died in the fire for wrongful death.

A New Lenox woman was never charged with any crime when her 2012 vehicle valued at $5,285 was seized by police but she spent more than a month fighting with prosecutors to get it back with no driving restrictions. 

Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart recently released a statement in response to recent reports of immigration enforcement occurring in Lake County, assuring all county residents that their safety and well-being remain a top priority.

Joshua M. Conway, 19, of rural Polo and Michael C. Gul, 29, of Wauconda, were both found dead late Saturday night on the third floor of a Polo home.

A Joliet man faces two counts of possession of child sex abuse materials, a Class 2 felony, according to the Illinois State Police

Another suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that happened in Riverwalk Homes in Joliet last week.

A Wauconda man charged with drug offenses by Crystal Lake Police pleaded guilty last week to and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Attorneys for a McHenry woman have filed a motion aiming to dismiss the charge that she murdered her husband more than 20 years ago in Wisconsin

Our hearts go out to the victims of this tragic event, their families, and all who have been affected.

Police have arrested a suspect in McHenry who they said was wanted in a bank robbery Friday in Kildeer.

Attorneys for a Joliet man charged with a murder in Elwood claim police field notes that could shed light on a key evidence issue has either been lost or destroyed, which should lead to a dismissal of the case.

Illinois State Police arrested Carlos Luca, of Momence, alleging he failed to register as a sex offender.

A Richmond woman whose son died after overdosing on her fentanyl – and who hid from police as paramedics tried to save the teen – was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison.

Though not in the courtroom but in DuPage County Jail, a Chicago man was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the 2019 fatal overdoses of a Harvard man and a woman who died in Algonquin.

Kankakee police arrested Carlos S. Vazquez, of Bourbonnais, on the charge of arson Friday.

An 18-year-old has been charged in a shooting of a family member June 11 in unincorporated Gurnee, authorities say.

A judge told a girl who was sexually abused that she is “courageous and brave” – and then sentenced the Woodstock man convicted of assaulting her to 30 years in prison.

A Lake in the Hills man admitted Tuesday to soliciting and sharing images of child sex abuse and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

With a significantly short-staffed patrol division in 2024, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office improved its average response time to crashes with injuries and domestic violence-related 911 calls, according to the office’s annual report.

A Cary man has pleaded guilty to possessing images depicting child sex abuse and was sentenced to three years in prison, with the possibility of court supervision for life.

Three men have been charged with traveling to meet a minor at a Downers Grove motel for sexual purposes, prosecutors said.

A Crystal Lake man who is former owner of Huntley's Dairy Mart pleaded guilty to unauthorized video recording and also to possession of psilocybin.

Dan Gordon, father of the slain DJ Gordon, speaks out about his anger regarding Rock Falls Police Department's leadership in the handling of his son's case.

A man angry over text messages to his wife has pleaded guilty in McHenry County court to striking the man who sent them.

A New York man who was arrested in Florida after stepping off a cruise ship is accused of stealing a Woodstock man’s identity and more than $30,000 from his Elk Grove Village company.