McHenry County Crime
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Why police in suburbs, nation are facing a shortage of new recruits
Feb 15, 2019 5:03 AM - Glitzy videos. High school outreach programs. Even lowered standards. Police are trying all sorts of ways to deal with a nationwide shortage of qualified law enforcement recruits. We talk to a couple of local experts about what's going on.
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Woodstock man sent to prison for 7 years for cocaine, DUI
Feb 14, 2019 5:39 PM - A 32-year-old Woodstock man has been sentenced to seven years in prison -- six years for a cocaine charge after authorities searched his residence in 2017 and another year for a felony DUI while he was free on bond. -
Prosecutors drop fatal heroin overdose charge against McHenry man
Dec 11, 2018 1:00 PM - Prosecutors have dismissed a drug-induced homicide charge against a McHenry man in connection with a 55-year-old man who was found dead at a gas station in January 2017. -
Man who attacked estranged wife at child's birthday party gets 9 years in prison
Dec 3, 2018 7:46 PM - A 33-year-old Des Plaines man has been sentenced to nine years in prison on charges he stabbed his estranged wife and a man who came to her aid during a child's birthday party in 2017. -
Algonquin man guilty of abusing girl over 9 years
Nov 29, 2018 4:35 PM - A 58-year-old Algonquin man faces up to 60 years in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting and abusing a girl under 13 between 1989 and 1998. Robert J. Libricz was found guilty after a bench trial earlier this month. -
50 years in prison for killer who pimped out his wife
Nov 29, 2018 4:17 PM - A Woodstock man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday for the May 2011 shooting death of a former court security officer and Island Lake bar owner. Timothy Smith staged a robbery after gunning down Kurt Milliman, 48, because he was pimping out his wife and Milliman had answered an online ad to have sex with her, prosecutors argued. -
Huntley man who had child porn sentenced to 4 years in prison
Nov 14, 2018 3:59 PM - A 42-year-old Huntley man was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to felony child pornography possession. Martin I. Vilchis-Caralampio was arrested in early March on charges he took video of a girl who was getting ready to shower, McHenry County prosecutors said. -
Repeat offender faces prison, but fatal McHenry overdose charge dropped
Nov 13, 2018 12:02 PM - A repeat drug offender from Wonder Lake faces prison when sentenced in January 2019 for delivering heroin to a man who later fatally overdosed. However, prosecutors dismissed a drug-induced homicide charge against Shawn M. Brand, 35, which carried a prison term of six to 30 years, in exchange for the guilty plea. -
Police: Employee at Huntley cellphone store sent customer's nude photos to himself
Oct 19, 2018 4:36 PM - A 23-year-old St. Charles-area man and Huntley cellphone store employee has been accused of sending nude pictures from a customer's phone to his phone without her consent. -
5 1/2 years prison for Cary woman four times legal limit in 4th DUI
Oct 18, 2018 10:55 AM - A 53-year-old Cary woman was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to her fourth DUI, in which prosecutors said she had a blood-alcohol concentration of .387 -- more than four times the legal limit.
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