A Woodstock man already facing weapons charges was charged along with another Woodstock man for allegedly selling cocaine near a school. Maurice C. Timberlake, 18, and Timmy C. Horn, 25, each were charged with multiple counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school and unlawful delivery of a controlled […]
Police charged a man with possession and delivery of cannabis after raiding his Woodstock home Oct. 20. Douglas R. Glenn, 29, faces multiple charges after members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Police Narcotics Task Force searched his home in the 1900 block of Tappan Street. According to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, police recovered about […]
Blaze damaged home on Raycraft Road A Woodstock man was arrested in connection with a house fire which took place in unincorporated Woodstock last month. Carl K. Rice, 28, faces an arson charge for allegedly starting a fire intentionally at a home in the 2900 block of Raycraft Road Sept. 22. The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District […]
A Wonder Lake man and two juveniles were arrested for allegedly burglarizing vehicles in unincorporated McHenry. Teghan Appleberg, 18, Wonder Lake, a 17-year-old juvenile and a 13-year-old juvenile each face burglary charges stemming from an early-morning incident near McHenry’s West Riverside Drive Oct. 19. According to a press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, […]
Two automobile crashes in Woodstock that occurred within a few minutes of each other both involved deputies from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, police said. One sheriff’s deputy and one civilian were transported to local hospitals Aug. 30 following the pair of crashes, according to Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb. Their injuries were not believed […]
A store employee was injured when a robbery suspect pistol-whipped him during a holdup at a Woodstock convenience store today, police said. Officers are looking for two male suspects who allegedly committed the armed robbery at Sunrise Food and Liquor, 715 McHenry Ave. A pair of masked and gloved robbers were brandishing pistols when they entered […]
A Wonder Lake man was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident in unincorporated McHenry July 9 that left a pedestrian seriously injured. Alexsandro J. Tackett, 22, was charged July 9 with leaving the scene of an injury accident, a Class 4 felony; and failure to report an injury accident, a Class 2 felony. According […]
An 11-year-old boy from Woodstock was arrested June 7 on multiple sexual assault charges. The boy faces two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault of a victim under the age of 9 and two counts of criminal sexual abuse of a person under 17, according to the Woodstock Police Department. Two separate instances of assault […]
Two Wonder Lake men are among a group of four people charged in connection with a murder and home invasion that took place last month in unincorporated McHenry. Jared J. Fox, 25, and Byron Howard, 36, both of Wonder Lake; Charles A. Campo, 31, McHenry; and Adam Morris, 44, McCullom Lake, were arrested and charged […]
Two men were arrested in unincorporated Wonder Lake in connection with a burglary at a grocery store. Tim R. Cotten, 26, Shawano, Wis., and Christopher L. Martin Jr., 19, Lake Villa, each were charged with burglary, a Class 2 felony; retail theft, a Class 3 felony; and possession of burglary tools and criminal damage to […]
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