Three juveniles have been charged after what police described as a “negligent discharge” of a firearm Sunday off the Square. Each of the three – ages 17, 14 and 13 – face multiple charges, according to a news release Monday from the Woodstock Police Department. Police said they also confiscated a stolen gun that the […]
Police are investigating after a home in Woodstock was struck by a bullet early this morning. Woodstock police responded to a report of gunshots in the 700 block of Barbary Lane at 3:28 a.m. Oct. 20. When officers arrived, they found a residence which had been struck by at least one bullet, according to a […]
A man was injured in an early-morning shooting on Mitchell Street today, police said. Officers responded to reports of gunfire in the 1200 block of Mitchell Street at 2:18 a.m. June 24, according to a press release from the Woodstock Police Department. When they arrived, police found a 33-year-old Chicago man with an apparent single […]
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 […]
Police are investigating a fatal shooting that took place in Woodstock early this morning. A male was found shot in a public parking lot at the corner of East Calhoun and South Jefferson streets at around 1:15 a.m., Woodstock Police Chief John Lieb said. The victim was pronounced dead at a local emergency room after […]
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