McHenry County Courthouse

A McHenry County judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for a man accused of posing as a black car driver, driving a woman from an airport to McHenry and then refusing to let her out of the car her until she gave him $1,400.

One of two people charged last year in connection with what Marengo police described as a drive-by shooting where two children were in the vehicle pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

An Elgin man with five past offenses of drunken driving was accused of driving last week in McHenry with nearly four times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.

A man accused of sexually assaulting a child over multiple years in Marengo pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A Spring Grove woman who admitted to leaving the scene of a crash where she killed a man was sentenced Thursday to two years probation. The man’s brother said the sentence “is an insult.”

A woman admitted Thursday to stealing more than $6,000 from a Harvard packaging corporation and was sentenced to two years probation. She was also ordered to pay restitution.

A Volo man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to delivering the drugs that resulted in the overdose of a man who died in a McHenry hospital.

A man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to delivering a fatal dose of fentanyl to a man who died in his father’s Lake in the Hills home.

An arrest warrant has been issued for an Elgin man accused of stealing “numerous” laptops and docking stations valued at more than $10,000 from a McHenry business.

Lake in the Hills police are seeking a man accused of adding “isopropyl alcohol” into someone’s closed beverage bottle knowing they were drinking it.

A Carpentersville man initially accused by McHenry County Sheriff’s Office of possessing 40 pressed oxycontin pills and other narcotics pleaded guilty Friday to a fentanyl charge and was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

A man convicted of punching a shopper at an Algonquin grocery store on Easter was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail, 30 months felony probation and ordered to get an anger management evaluation.

One of two men charged last year with having defaced handguns and large-capacity magazines in their Lake in the Hills home, pleaded guilty Wednesday to unlawfully possessing a firearm while being younger than 21 and was sentenced to 21/2 years in prison.

A man accused of stabbing another in the parking lot of a Crystal Lake apartment complex and stealing his satchel pleaded guilty Friday to robbery.

A man accused of shooting another man in the foot during a party in unincorporated Harvard pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless discharge of a firearm and was sentenced to two years probation.

Prosecutors say a Marengo man held a woman against her will with a shotgun in his trailer on Friday, according to a criminal complaint filed in McHenry County.

A Crystal Lake man awaiting sentencing in a federal Ponzi scheme and accused of stealing from a McHenry County veterans group has been allowed some contact with members of that group while he works at a Fox Lake bar.

A former Crystal Lake lawyer, convicted of videotaping a teenage girl undressing, pleaded guilty to violating the sex-offender registry and was given one year of conditional discharge.

A felon who police say injured two McHenry County sheriff's deputies during a traffic stop in Crystal Lake pleaded guilty Wednesday to unlawfully possessing a stolen gun and was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison.

Randi Freese will be the next McHenry County’s state’s attorney, the first woman to hold the job, after running unopposed in Tuesday's election.

A man pleaded guilty to delivering a fatal dose of fentanyl to a woman who died in a home in Woodstock and was sentenced to six years in prison.

A man charged with his sixth drunken-driving offense in 2020 in Huntley – who then failed to show up in court after being allowed to move to Florida – pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

A Lakemoor man is accused of possessing in his home 724.5 grams of marijuana and 142 pot plants in what is described by police as a “pretty sophisticated grow operation.”

A Wonder Lake man with prior convictions for driving drunk and domestic violence pleaded guilty Friday to domestic battery and was sentenced to four years in prison.

A Crystal Lake man currently serving a five year sentence on a methamphetamine-related conviction, pleaded guilty Tuesday in a separate case involving cocaine possession and was sentenced to an additional seven years.

A man whose arrest near Wonder Lake was posted on TikTok and viewed millions of times has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver heroin and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A Ukrainian immigrant is accused of grooming and other charges related to a 16-year-old girl he told authorities he was dating, they said.

A jury found a Crystal Lake man guilty of sexually assaulting a child authorities say he abused over an 18-month period between 2017 and 2019.

A Crystal Lake man was found guilty for exposing himself to a child as she walked to her school bus 15 years ago Monday.

Woodstock police say a Belvidere man sexually assaulted a child in his vehicle during a two-year period, according to a criminal complaint filed in McHenry County court.

A McHenry woman pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft and was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay back her elderly victim the nearly $37,000 police say she stole while working as the woman’s caregiver.

A Lakemoor man has admitted to possessing cocaine and was sentenced to 5½ years in prison but will serve less than half that time.

A Northbrook man is accused of traveling to McHenry County and sexually abusing a teenager in a vehicle in exchange for vape cartridges.

A homeless man is accused of watching a video of child sexual abuse while staying at the PADS shelter in McHenry.

A Lakemoor man gave a fentanyl-laced Xanax bar to a woman and then, after finding her dead hours later, left without calling for help, authorities alleged.

A Richmond man was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for possessing images of child sex abuse.

A former Barrington business owner was ordered to pay nearly $2 million in restitution and serve five years in prison after admitting to financially exploiting his 81-year-old relative.

A Crystal Lake man found guilty of pulling and bruising the ears of one of his former foster children was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail. He denied any abuse took place.

A Wonder Lake resident was charged with multiple counts of aggravated battery to police officers including punching, biting and kicking in the “groin area,” court records show.

A Richmond man is accused of possessing “an arsenal of weapons." Authorities said he is a convicted felon and not allowed to have guns or ammunition.

A Woodstock man, one of four charged in what police have described as potentially the “largest drug bust” in McHenry County history, pleaded guilty.

A Crystal Lake man who works as a pilot for United Airlines is accused of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old child whom he knows. He was released from jail pretrial but ordered to stay away from all children.

The Wonder Lake woman accused of shooting her husband at their home last week appeared in a McHenry County courtroom Wednesday and was appointed an assistant public defender.

A Huntley man initially accused of possessing 16,000 grams of marijuana and 4,300 grams of psilocybin mushrooms pleaded guilty to lesser charge.

A man linked to the theft of multiple vehicles valued at more than $1 million from Woodstock and Crystal Lake dealerships pleaded has guilty to burglary and theft.

A Barrington acupuncturist accused of fondling a patient in a Crystal Lake home was denied a request to have his case dismissed and is headed to trial.

A Wonder Lake man pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI; authorities said he'd had six previous DUI offenses.

A former Richmond-Burton High School student accused of threatening via social media to “shoot up” the school has been found unfit to stand trial.

A Lake Villa man was unsuccessful in his attempt to suppress statements made after he was arrested in connection to an early-morning shooting spree in McHenry.

Defense attorneys want argue at the civil trial of the death of a 3-year-old toddler struck and killed by a school bus in Cary that the child’s parents were “negligent” and “caused” his death, according to a filing in the McHenry County court.