A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney: ISABEL ZARATE-GONZALEZ SENTENCED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC BATTERY Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 29-year-old Isabel Zarate-Gonzalez, formerly of McHenry, Illinois, was sentenced to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Mexico
From Congressman Peter Roskam: Roskam releases statement on U.S.-Mexico trade negotiations Washington, D.C. – Representative Peter Roskam (IL-06) released the following statement on U.S.-Mexico trade negotiations: “This Congress has worked tirelessly to modernize many areas of our government including our … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office: ISABEL ZARATE-GONZALEZ FOUND GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC BATTERY, DOMESTIC BATTERY, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 29-year-old Isabel Zarate-Gonzalez, formerly of McHenry, Illinois, was … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Secutiry: Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen Statement on Central American ‘Caravan’ ASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement on the Central American ‘Caravan’: “DHS continues … Continue reading
The following information was uncovered by a friend of McHenry County Blog from a January 29, 2014, Request for Proposal from ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement part of the Department of Homeland Security: “ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is … Continue reading
When Congressman Randy Hultgren sent out his press release on the probable settlement in Illinois of unaccompanied children crossing the Mexican border, it mentioned a memo from the U.S. Department of Human Services. I asked for a copy. You can … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Randy Hultgren: Hultgren Concerned Illinois Targeted for Receiving Influx of Immigrant Border Children Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) today issued a statement on the situation involving an influx of Unaccompanied Alien Children … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FORMER MEXICAN HOTEL OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY IN FIRST STAGE OF RESOLVING $500 MILLION SCHEME TO DEFRAUD THOUSANDS OF U.S. INVESTORS IN SALES OF PROMISSORY NOTES AND TIME-SHARE LEASES CHICAGO — Partially resolving … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: McHENRY COUNTY BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $7 MILLION FRAUD ROCKFORD — A Woodstock, Ill., man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Rockford to conducting a $7 million mail fraud scheme. Francis … Continue reading
Reported in the Northwest Herald, the finding of two bodiless heads by resident named Leanne Garcia’s (See-Garcia, according to the Daily Herald) child on Cherry Valley Road just north of Mason Hill Road could represent something more serious than just … Continue reading
32-year old Orlando Tapia-Fonseca, the illegal alien from Mexico who was sentenced to 41-months in Federal prison and, then, a second deportation, was convicted in Brown County, Wisconsin, in 1998 of second degree sexual assault on a child. He got … Continue reading
December 15, 2010, there was a Rockford court hearing in which 15-year McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Milliman’s sworn deposition testimony was discussed in Zane Seipler’s wrongful termination case against the Sheriff’s Department. Now the arena moves to Woodstock where … Continue reading
Now the Mexican drug lords are bringing marijuana into Chicago by the train. Whole cars filled with marijuana. It is really hard to comprehend such a large scale operation. The U.S. Attorney’s press release is below: U.S. SEIZES NEARLY 11 … Continue reading
Big doings locally Monday and Tuesday as Sister City representatives from Mexico’s Guadalupe and its state government, Zacatecas visit Woodstock, Carpentersville and Marengo. President of Guadalupe Rafael Flores Mendoza and Zacatecas Governor Miguel Alejandro Alonso Reyes head a delegation that … Continue reading
The Ponzi schemes being uncovered by the U.S. government are getting closer to home. This case had assistance from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office and is based in Woodstock: TWO McHENRY COUNTY BUSINESSMEN INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR DEFRAUDING … Continue reading
I have such mixed emotions on this issue. On the one hand, I have seen the hope in the eyes of a late 20-something mother leading her children with husband bringing up the rear to a meeting in the First … Continue reading
The Daily Herald was stiffed by Sheriff Keith Nygren when he revealed his intention to re-start his Mexican Sister City program exclusively in the Northwest Herald on Sunday. Comments under the article were not what a neutral observer would consider … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog doesn’t usually dip into foreign policy, but it came up at the Minuteman meeting at McHenry County College last Friday night. A man named Rick, who said he was in construction spoke during the question period after … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog doesn’t usually dip into foreign policy, but it came up at the Minuteman meeting at McHenry County College last Friday night. A man named Rick, who said he was in construction spoke during the question period after … Continue reading
You know his last name if you drive between Crystal Lake and Woodstock. You see it on a funeral home he started. That’s the funeral home Bachmann was told he wouldn’t get off the ground, that he could not succeed. … Continue reading