Andrew Freund Sr. seeks bench trial in young son's beating death
Andrew Freund Sr. made the request during a brief hearing in McHenry County court, the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reported.
AJ Freund’s mother, JoAnn Cunningham, to be sentenced in April
She appeared for a hearing Thursday morning, when a judge ordered her sentencing for April 30.
ICE releases Chicago area high school student from detention center after nearly 4 months
Meydi Guzman, 18, was granted bond Wednesday from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Firefighters rescue woman from fire in Algonquin home with ‘hoarder-like conditions’
Crews were dispatched to a fire about 3 p.m. in the first block of Alice Lane.
Man who robbed Crystal Lake gas station is arrested hours later driving stolen vehicle in Harvard: police
A Wisconsin man was arrested Monday on car theft charges just hours after he allegedly robbed a gas station in suburban Crystal Lake, police say.
Metra UP-NW trains delayed for derailment in Crystal Lake rail yard
No one was injured, and the derailment was cleared by 10:25 a.m., he said.
Crystal Lake man gets 15 years for sex abuse, soliciting child porn from girls he met on Snapchat
A 24-year-old man from Crystal Lake was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for a slew of sex abuse and child pornography charges involving several girls
Paroled arsonist gets 12 years in prison for setting car on fire in post office garage in Woodstock
A convicted arsonist on parole was sentenced to 12 years in prison for lighting a car on fire last year in a garage attached to a U.S. Post Office in far northwest suburban Woodstock.
Retired Chicago cop convicted in 2017 murder of wife in Spring Grove
McHenry County Judge Michael Coppedge found 74-year-old Lorin E. Volberding guilty Wednesday of two counts of first-degree murder.
Driver suffering ‘medical emergency’ crashes into a Starbucks, injuring 5 in McHenry: police
A Dodge Ram drove off the roadway about 4:42 p.m. and slammed into Starbucks, 4305 W. Elm St., causing severe damage to the building, according to McHenry police.
Suburban program pays $100 to people who turn in drunk drivers
A suburban program is stopping drunk drivers by rewarding people who turn them in.
Wheeling middle school teacher arrested on child pornography charges
A northwest suburban middle school teacher and former wrestling coach has been accused of possessing and distributing child pornography.
Man charged with Crystal Lake stabbing, home invasion
A Crystal Lake man has been charged with trying to stab another man to death during a home invasion Thursday in an unincorporated area near the northwest suburb.
Nearly 1,900 pot convictions expunged in McHenry County
The McHenry County state’s attorney’s office has expunged more than a thousand low-level pot convictions for offenses now considered legal in Illinois.
Uber driver sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexually abusing rider
Ahmed Tawfeeq, 29, was sentenced Friday on charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault.
Man sentenced to six years in prison for selling woman the heroin that killed her
A Waukegan man is going to prison for selling a woman the heroin that killed her.
Pair charged after police chase through NW suburbs in stolen SUV
Kane County authorities were alerted at 2:05 a.m. about police in neighboring McHenry County pursuing a Hyundai Santa Fe that was reported stolen six days earlier in Rockford.
Former Illinois city clerk convicted of child porn
A former city clerk in a small northern Illinois community faces a maximum sentence of five years in state prison after being found guilty of one count of possession of child pornography.
DCFS workers who oversaw AJ Freund case no longer employed by state
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services confirmed Friday that Carlos Acosta and his supervisor Andrew Polovin left the agency after a lengthy internal investigation.
Mother of slain AJ Freund pleads guilty to murder
Cunningham, 36, faces a prison sentence of 20 to 60 years in prison for the April murder of her son, the Daily Herald is reporting.