Crime and Courts

LONG BEACH, Calif. – A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape conviction burst into tears Thursday as a judge threw out the charge that sent him to prison for more than five years.

WONDER LAKE – Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man involved in a “suspicious” incident Thursday morning.

WOODSTOCK – A Wonder Lake man is to appear in court Tuesday for allegedly trying to alter the results of a probationary drug test.

A bill aimed at stopping expensive, taxpayer-subsidized special prosecutions in McHenry County and throughout Illinois is on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk.

ALGONQUIN – A man stole an undetermined amount of cash Wednesday from the Fifth Third Bank at 450 S. Randall Road, police said in a news release.

WOODSTOCK – With his family in tears, a 25-year-old electrician from Arlington Heights was sentenced to 90 days in jail Wednesday after being convicted of reckless homicide for a crash that left his girlfriend dead.

ROCKFORD – As part of his federal lawsuit, a McHenry County sheriff’s deputy testified Wednesday that he wouldn’t be surprised if the sheriff “had something to do” with the slaying of a former deputy’s brother.

HUNTLEY – Police said they have linked a string of Sun City break-ins to a known suburban burglary group, although no suspects have been charged.

WOODSTOCK – A homeless man was being held Tuesday on charges that he choked and punched his girlfriend and would not let her leave the tent they had been sharing.

WOODSTOCK – Two Woodstock residents were charged in connection with a hit-and-run Sunday that left a man bleeding in the street from a head injury.

WOODSTOCK – A homeless man has been charged after he allegedly choked and punched his girlfriend while not letting her leave the tent they had been sharing.

WOODSTOCK – Two people have been charged in connection with a hit-and-run incident Sunday in which a 26-year-old man was left bleeding in the street with a head injury.

WOODSTOCK – A Schaumburg man began serving a 180-day jail sentence Monday for his role in a Crystal Lake car-surfing incident last year that left a friend dead.

WOODSTOCK – A Woodstock man faces multiple felony charges after a search of his property turned up guns, drugs, money and roosters for fighting.

WAUCONDA – A man once charged with concealing the homicide of a Johnsburg teen has died from a heroin overdose, posing serious issues for Mario Casciaro's second murder trial, his attorney said.