By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI – jduchnowski@nwherald.com June 16, 2009 Sandy Bressner — sbressner@nwherald.com Tina Asmus has been at the center of controversy in her Lakemoor neighborhood for displaying planters made out of recycled toilets in her front yard. Asmus has hired an attorney. (Sandy Bressner (Photographer)) LAKEMOOR – A Lakemoor woman is prepared to defend her … Continued
JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI – jduchnowski@nwherald.com December 10, 2008 WOODSTOCK – A Huntley man accused of giving an 18-year-old woman the heroin that made her slip into a coma could be released in six months if he successfully completes a boot-camp program, his attorney said. Joseph Pace, 20, of 11611 Bernice Ave., Huntley, pleaded guilty Tuesday to … Continued
Northwest Herald, May 20, 2008: By BRANDON COUTRE – WOODSTOCK – A McHenry high school student charged with a felony for grabbing the breast of a lunch lady during his lunch period in March pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge. Prosecutors agreed to lower the aggravated battery of a school employee charge against Isaac … Continued
State asks for the maximum, George Kililis gets client 2 years. By BRANDON COUTRE WOODSTOCK – A 19-year-old Fox River Grove man was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for his participation in an attack on a man who was beaten with a baseball bat, scorched with a heated knife, and locked in a … Continued
By BRANDON COUTRE – January 29, 2008 WOODSTOCK – A man who allegedly opened fire in a Woodstock bar earlier this month was expected to be released from the McHenry County Jail after a judge reduced his bond to $10,000 Tuesday. Luis R. Rivera, 40, of 7301 Falls Lane, Wonder Lake, was charged with reckless … Continued
By BRANDON COUTRE – bcoutre@nwherald.com WOODSTOCK – Kathleen Caldwell thought that she had found an easy way out when her personal finances got shaky after her two children started college. Caldwell, who is a bookkeeper at her uncle’s Spring Grove heating and cooling business, started writing checks to herself that had totaled about $767,000 over … Continued
Steven A. Harvey, 50, pleaded guilty to home invasion and was sentenced to eight years in prison for breaking into the home of a 50-year-old Johnsburg woman in September 2001, when police say he fondled the woman and tried to kiss her. “The defendant has pleaded guilty and is being held accountable for his actions,” … Continued
By ROB PHILLIPS WOODSTOCK – Damen Jones agreed to drive his cousin and $16,600 worth of crack cocaine to McHenry County last year for $100 because he needed money for his mother’s Christmas gift, Jones’ attorney and prosecutors said Wednesday. Jones, 22, of North Chicago, pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony drug-possession charges and was sentenced … Continued
By ROB PHILLIPS rphillips@nwherald.com WOODSTOCK A 55-year-old Wonder Lake man pleaded guilty Friday to sexually abusing a teenage boy and was sentenced to 41/2 years in prison. Wayne Gibbons, of 9010 Evergreen, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Prosecutors said that Gibbons performed a sexual act on a 13-year-old acquaintance on … Continued
Crystal Lake neighbors face lawsuits for pre-existing building additions By Nate Legue Crystal Lake – Every Wednesday, people from Saralyn and Jeff Temple’s Church congregate in the couple’s three-season porch to study the Bible. But the group might have to find somewhere else to meet because the porch was added without proper building permits before … Continued