Crystal Lake

A convicted murderer who was released from prison last week after serving half of his sentence for sexually assaulting and killing a toddler in 1997 has moved from Crystal Lake to Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, according to law enforcement records.

A convicted murderer who was released from prison last week after serving half of his sentence for sexually assaulting and killing a toddler in 1997 has moved from Crystal Lake to Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, according to law enforcement records.

A convicted murderer is set to be freed from prison Thursday, roughly halfway through his sentence for sexually assaulting and killing a 20-month-old girl. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A northern Illinois man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2017 shooting deaths of his wife and her teenage sister

A man who allegedly robbed a gas station in Crystal Lake on Sunday was arrested after returning later that day as a customer and being recognized by a clerk, police said.

Crystal Lake police have arrested a woman for allegedly lying to authorities when she said that her 3-year-old daughter was missing on Wednesday afternoon. According to police, Lisa Shader, 38, of Crystal Lake was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and making a false police report in connection with the case. The charge is a Class 4 felony, according to…

Crystal Lake police asked for the public’s help as they search for a missing 3-year-old girl who disappeared hours earlier.

An Illinois father charged in the death of his 5-year-old son, AJ Freund, pleaded guilty to several charges Friday and was sentenced to 30 years behind bars by a judge.

An Illinois father charged in the death of his 5-year-old son, AJ Freund, is expected to appear in court Friday, where his attorney said a plea deal could be announced. Andrew Freund Sr. is scheduled to appear before a judge Friday afternoon, two days after his attorney and prosecutors told told the court negotiations were underway. The hearing is scheduled…

Parents and teens across the state are pushing for a return to the classroom and the athletic field as they watch other states get their fall sports seasons going. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando has more.

Hundreds of students and parents are expected to assemble Tuesday night in Crystal Lake to call for a return to sports and in-person learning. But when it comes to resuming contact sports in Illinois, the governor says not so fast. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

JoAnn Cunningham, the mother of 5-year-old Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund, the young Crystal Lake boy whose disappearance sparked a massive manhunt before his body was found in a shallow grave in a far northwest Chicago suburb, was sentenced to prison Friday. Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

From time to time during her sentencing hearing on Thursday, JoAnn Cunningham had to move her surgical mask to wipe away tears as prosecutors laid out much of the same evidence they would have presented at her trial for the murder of her 5-year-old son AJ Freund. The 37-year-old Crystal Lake woman is facing a maximum of 60 years behind…

After a day of testimony in her sentencing hearing, JoAnn Cunningham stood before a judge and gave an emotional speech in which she said she misses AJ and her other children.

A northern Illinois woman who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the beating death of her 5-year-old son faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in state prison when she returns to court on Thursday.

The Illinois mother charged in the beating death of her 5-year-old son Andrew “AJ” Freund, a Crystal Lake boy who was reported missing before his body was found in a shallow grave in a far northwest suburb, is set to learn her fate this week. Joann Cunningham, 36, changed her plea to guilty earlier this year and faces 20 to 60 years…

Illinois prosecutors are investigating a former child welfare agency employee who supervised an abuse claim involving a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy later found beaten to death, documents show. Prosecutors are exploring whether to charge Andrew Polovin with child endangerment related to Andrew “A.J.” Freund, The Northwest Herald reported. McHenry County state’s attorney investigator Robert Diviacchi filed a search warrant affidavit this...

The demolition of the suburban Chicago home where 5-year-old AJ Freund was killed has begun in Crystal Lake.