A Chicago man admitted Thursday that he asked a woman outside an Algonquin store for a donation for “underprivileged children,” then increased her offering from $10 to $1,000.

A McHenry County man is accused of chatting with dozens of children on Snapchat and exchanging explicit videos some four, according to authorities.

A Lake in the Hills man accused of sexually assaulting a child younger than 13 was detained Wednesday in McHenry County jail, where he has worked in the past mentoring inmates. He works at Judson University.

Authorities said a Woodstock man with multiple prior domestic violence convictions struck a woman in the head with an object early Sunday and has been jailed awaiting trial.

Alan Hanke of Crystal Lake - due to be sentenced next week in an $8 million Ponzi scheme - is trying to withdraw his guilty plea to defrauding the McHenry American Legion.

A McHenry woman accused of stabbing a man with a steak knife was detained in McHenry County jail while awaiting trial on battery charges.

The second of three men charged in connection with the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A caretaker is accused of stealing almost $30,000 from an elderly McHenry person after their death, according to authorities.

A man was sentenced to prison for setting fire to a Lakewood house, which occurred while he was awaiting trial on charges he crashed his car into a Crystal Lake home and paralyzed a man inside.

A Wonder Lake man accused of having “tens of thousands” of images of child sex abuse pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count and was sentenced to six years in prison.

A Wonder Lake man was allegedly found with multiple illicit narcotics – including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and pills – during a McHenry traffic stop.

Butcher on the Block in Lake in the Hills celebrated its 25th anniversary and it was “exactly” what the late owner would have wanted, his family said.

A McHenry man is accused of "exposing” and “rubbing" himself in a Crystal Lake medical supply store.

A Crystal Lake man who pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping his stepdaughter and possessing mushrooms was sentenced Tuesday to 180 days in jail.

Police say a Woodstock man told a child riding her bike to ”give him a kiss” as he motioned for her to sit on his lap.

A school aide from Milwaukee is accused in McHenry County of beating a woman and also of grooming. A public defender said the two were engaged in roleplaying and fantasy.

An Algonquin man is accused of soliciting children on Snapchat for sexual images and sending them lewd videos of himself, a prosecutor said.

A Chicago man accused of impersonating a lawyer and tricking an 88-year-old Algonquin woman into sending him thousands of dollars has pleaded guilty to theft.

A man has pleaded guilty to delivering the fatal doses of heroin that killed two men who were neighbors in Harvard.

Bodycam video of a woman being questioned for shoplifting at Target in Algonquin has been reviewed millions of times. She pleaded guilty Tuesday via Zoom from India, as her visa to be in the US was revoked.

Was secretly filming his stepdaughter the “stupid” act of a “caring dad,” or is is Christopher Hopp, as McHenry County prosecutors assert, a “perverted stepfather?"

A man accused in McHenry County of abducting his own child after a visit with DCFS pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice Monday in a case that spurred a statewide missing-child alert.

A McHenry man - who prosecutors said Thursday refuses to give investigators passcodes to his electronics - is accused of possessing and sharing 14 images of child sex abuse on the Kik messaging app.

A man convicted of selling drugs to an informant in Fox River Grove is seeking a new trial.

A Lakemoor man who police said had a “sophisticated” pot-growing operation in his home pleaded guilty to unlawful production of marijuana.

A Lake County woman has admitted to tampering with computers at her former workplace in Bull Valley; she had been accused of administering teeth-whitening without a license.

An Algonquin charged with drug offenses was on probation in McHenry County and on pretrial release for allegations in Kane County that he possessed images of child sexual abuse, court records show.

A McHenry man was detained after he was accused of pushing his way into a stranger's apartment and then biting the resident’s thumb.

A Poplar Grove man pleaded guilty Monday to slashing an opponent’s cheek over a pool game in a Harvard bar.

A Crystal Lake woman whose husband admitted he secretly videotaped her daughter said their home was in “chaos” and they were trying to protect the 16-year-old.

Prosecutors allege a Lake in the Hills man sexually assaulted a child over a number of years and bought her a wedding ring to wear out of jealousy.

A Chicago man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver cocaine during a Crystal Lake drug buy and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

A man was convicted of residential burglary for stealing vehicles, a weapon and appliances from a Marengo-area home, though his lawyer contended he had nothing to do with it.

A former Huntley Little League volunteer treasurer is accused of stealing more than $14,000 from the league over multiple dates in 2022, court records show.

An 18-year-old man accused of being intoxicated during a crash that killed two other young people in McHenry has been ordered to be held in jail pending his trial on aggravated DUI charges.

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A former Algonquin man, initially charged with 45 counts of possessing child sex abuse materials, pleaded Friday to one count.

A woman told police her gas pedal was stuck – but authorities allege she was intoxicated – when she crashed into the Moose Lodge in Wauconda, causing severe damage to the building, police said.

Alan Hanke was convicted in federal court of defrauding investors in an $8 million Ponzi scheme. Thursday he pleaded guilty in McHenry County to fraudulent use of a debit card belonging to McHenry American Legion.

A man has been arrested three times accused of being naked and performing lewd acts in front of a window in his Marengo apartment.

A Wonder Lake man has been charged in a shooting that occurred July 12 on I-90 in Chicago.

A Northbrook man accused of traveling to meet a 15-year-old girl he met on Snapchat and sexually abusing her in his car near Wonder Lake in exchange for nicotine and a phone pleaded guilty Wednesday to grooming.

McHenry County has purchased software to help keep judge's personal information off the internet.

Honey and Louie are comfort and therapy dogs at the McHenry County courthouse. Now they've officially been sworn in for service.

Honey and Louie are therapy and dogs in the McHenry County courthouse in Woodstock and were recently sworn in by Chief Judge Michael Feetterer. They work in probation and court services and aim to comfort children and others who have to be at the courthouse.

A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty to punching and kicking a woman during an altercation in a Woodstock home and was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.

A 64-year-old man thought he was arranging to meet a 16-year-old girl in Harvard for sex but found he was actually communicating with an undercover detective, prosecutors said.

A McHenry man was acquitted of charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in McCullom Lake. The not-guilty verdict came after the girl testified that he forced himself on her.

A Lake in the Hills man who was convicted of defrauding the state out of more than $3 million in sales taxes from Denny's restaurants he owned is asking the court to seal related documents.

McHenry man has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault of a minor and, in addition to prison, must register as a sex offender.