By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff Carrie Fosdale of Algonquin is criminally off the hook now that the McHenry County State’s Attorney has agreed to drop a theft charge against her. When her townhouse association wouldn’t move a dog waste container from near her home, she removed it herself. McHenry County prosecutors today tossed … Continued

By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff A day after a judge tossed out the case over a wording issue, McHenry County prosecutors said Friday they are refiling accusations an Algonquin woman stole a dog waste container placed outside her home by her townhouse association. The move to reinstate a misdemeanor theft charge against Carrie … Continued

By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff When Greg Dimitrenko ordered a steak taco meal to go from a Crystal Lake restaurant in April he says it came with an unwanted special sauce: human blood. Now the McHenry County man is suing the restaurant, La Rosita, claiming its negligence left him nauseated for weeks, made … Continued

By Lenore T. Adkins | Daily Herald Staff Troy Evert initially was adamant about moving out of Lake in the Hills after officials there said he couldn’t keep his pet lemur. But then the reality of the economy and pending fatherhood set in. Between paying a mortgage on a McCollum Lake house that didn’t sell … Continued

By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff July 3, 2009 The case of the kidnapped doggy waste container inched closer to trial this week when a McHenry County judge denied an Algonquin woman’s request he dismiss a criminal charge alleging she unlawfully removed the receptacle from its perch outside her home. Judge Charles Weech rejected … Continued

By Charles Keeshan and Lenore T. Adkins | Daily Herald Staff The mother of two former Algonquin boys slain by their father in rural Putnam County twice obtained restraining orders to protect herself and the children from what court documents describe as his erratic and controlling behavior. “(He) tells me if I ever take the … Continued

By Tony Gordon | Daily Herald Staff A Lake County judge on Monday refused to lower the $5 million bond set for a woman accused of killing a toddler at a Lincolnshire day care center. An attorney for Melissa Calusinski, 22, argued the bond was too high for someone with no prior criminal record, no … Continued

By Tony Gordon | Daily Herald Staff The former Lincolnshire day care center aide charged with killing a 16-month-old boy pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lake County Circuit Court. Melissa M. Calusinski, 22, faces a possible life prison sentence if convicted of the Jan. 14 death of Benjamin Kingan of Deerfield. “We are defending our … Continued

By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff A Huntley man was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday after admitting he gave heroin to an 18-year-old Carpentersville woman who slipped into a coma after injecting the drug. However, there is a good chance Joseph J. Pace, 20, will never serve that time. Instead, under a … Continued