McHenry County

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…

A McHenry County sheriff’s deputy has been stripped of their police powers while an outside agency investigates the deputy’s alleged use of inappropriate force in Woodstock. The alleged use of force, which hasn’t been detailed, happened June 17 during an arrest of four burglary suspects in the northwest suburb, according to Woodstock police and a statement from the sheriff’s...

A hot air balloon landed between two houses Wednesday morning in the northwest suburbs after a passenger had a medical emergency. The pilot called authorities about 7:15 a.m. and said an 80-year-old woman on board had lost consciousness, according to Al Schlick, deputy chief of the Huntley Fire Protection District. The pilot planned to land at Haligus and Ackman roads…

Large festivals and shows will not be allowed in Illinois until the state reaches the final stage of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s phased plan to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic and as a result, several events have gone virtual, been postponed or even canceled. Earlier this month, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a five-phase plan to reopen the state, with phase five...

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has joined a growing list of law enforcement agencies who do njot plan to enforce Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ongoing “stay-at-home” order, according to a social media post Saturday. In the post, Sheriff Bill Prim says that the sheriff’s office doesn’t “have the capacity or desire to police individual behavior,” and that the department...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker hopes to see the state move forward in his reopening plan, but what will it take for that to happen? NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio explains.

 Amid warnings from Gov. J.B. Pritzker that businesses could be held accountable or even lose their licenses if they open in defiance of his stay-at-home order, more suburban mayors are seeking to convince the governor to change his mind, saying their virus numbers are low enough to reopen now. “We’re not really asking the governor to do anything different...

Suburban mayors are looking to reopen businesses sooner than the plan put forward by JB Pritzker would allow for, and area churches are taking their battle to open to court. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio recaps all of the action.

Child pornography and sexual assault charges have been filed against a man arrested after barricading himself inside a bathroom with a knife Friday in northwest suburban Crystal Lake. Matthew Reder, 24, of McHenry, is charged with two felony counts each of predatory criminal sexual assault, production of child pornography and possession of child pornography, according to a statement from Crystal…

Four men have been arrested in McHenry County in an undercover sex trafficking sting. The men were each charged with soliciting a sex act in Crystal Lake, the McHenry County state’s attorney’s office said Friday in a statement. The undercover sting operation was part of the National Johns Suppression Initiative, spearheaded by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart in 2011....

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. James Durkee, 55, entered a guilty plea to a count of arson for the Nov. 18, 2019 incident, the McHenry County state’s attorney’s office said in…

Sky 5 is over the scene of a crash involving a truck slamming into a suburban Starbucks on Thursday.

First responders are stunned at the devastation after a truck slammed into a suburban Starbucks, injuring five people. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

Five people were injured after a truck slammed into a Starbucks in suburban McHenry on Thursday evening, according to police.

A northwest suburban middle school teacher and former wrestling coach has been accused of possessing and distributing child pornography. Scott E. Pollack, 45, is charged with nine counts of dissemination of child pornography, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of unauthorized video recording, all felonies, according to Lake in the Hills police and the Illinois attorney…

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. State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally announced Monday that he filed a motion to vacate or expunge misdemeanor cannabis delivery convictions for 1,877 people, the state’s attorney’s office said in a statement. Kenneally said his office filed the motion...

A man and a woman were arrested after leading police on a chase in a stolen SUV Thursday in the northwest suburbs. 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, according to a statement from the Kane County sheriff’s...

Two people were arrested for aggravated animal cruelty after sheriffs deputies in suburban McHenry County found two dead miniature horses on a property, according to the non-profit Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society.