22-Year Old Registered Sex Offender Enters Woodstock High after School

A press release from the Woodstock Police Department: Child Sex Offender Arrest On Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018, the Woodstock Police Department’s School Resource Officer who is assigned to the Woodstock High School at 501 W. South St. was notified by … Continue reading

Pension of Former LITH Deputy Police Chief Alan Bokowski, Sentenced for Child Sexual Assault, on LITH Police Pension Agenda Tomorrow Afternoon

Alan Bokowski, a long-time resident of the west end of Crystal Lake, was indicted for 3 Counts of Criminal Sexual Assault 5 counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse That was in January of 2017. In February of this year, Bokowski … Continue reading

Wisconsin Sex Offender Found Unregistered in Richmond

A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Richmond Resident Arrested for Failure to Register as Sex Offender On February 27, 2015, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force arrested Kevin D. Kellison of … Continue reading

CL Police Will Check on Sex Offenders on Halloween

A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: October 31st, 2014 Halloween Sex Offender Address Compliance Verification This Halloween the Crystal Lake Police Department’s Targeted Response Unit will be conducting Sex Offender and Violent Offender Against Youth address verification compliance … Continue reading

24 CL Sex Offenders Will Knock on Door from Police

A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: October 31st, 2013 Halloween Sex Offender Address Compliance Verification This Halloween the Crystal Lake Police Department’s Targeted Response Unit will be conducting Sex Offender and Violent Offender Against Youth address verification … Continue reading

Algonquin Resident Indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

Algonquin’s John Beauchaine was indicted today for failure to register as a sex offender. He lives at 1955 Farmhill and was arrested by Algonquin Police. He’s fifty-one years old. Beauchaine is listed as a “sexual predator.” If I read the … Continue reading

Crystal Lake Police Aim to Pin Down Sex Offenders Halloween by Checking Whether They Are Home

A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: October 31st, 2011 Halloween Sex Offender Address Compliance Verification This Halloween the Crystal Lake Police Department’s Targeted Response Unit will be conducting Sex Offender and Violent Offender Against Youth address verification … Continue reading

Crystal Lake Police Roll Out Sex Offender Watch Program for Halloween

A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Crystal Lake Police Department announces their startup of the most innovative and collaborative national sex offender program, OffenderWatch. Crystal Lake Police Chief David Linder announced they are the newest McHenry County … Continue reading

Young Man from McHenry Convicted of Fondling Boys He Was Teaching to Swim

A 20-year old swimming instructor at Centegra’s Crystal Lake Health was arrested last May for fondling two young boys he was teaching. The following press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office tells of his conviction: SWIM INSTRUCTOR FOUND … Continue reading

Deported Illegal Mexican a Sex Offender

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

Crystal Lake Police Arrest Sex Offender for Not Registering, plus Drug Charges

Here’s the press release: Arrest of Sex Offender/Future Compliance Checks On Thursday, October 21st, 2010, Crystal Lake Police arrested Eric R. Lord (24) of 1018 Darlington Ln, Crystal Lake, charging him with; Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Unlawful … Continue reading

Some Daily Herald Readers Don’t Think Incarceration of Convicted Solon Mills Teacher Is Enough Punishment

Chuck Keeshan’s Daily Herald article about 53-year old Antioch Upper Grade School teacher Wes Owens, a resident of McHenry County’s far northeastern Solon Mills, has brought some pungent comments from those who think the punishment should be more that incarceration. … Continue reading

Sheriff’s Deputy Arrests Trystan Weeks for Not Registering as a Sex Offender

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Department won’t reveal where in McHenry County Registered Sex Offender Trystan Weeks was arrested without my filing a Freedom of Information request. The McHenry County State’s Attorney announced Weeks indictment for failure to register Thursday. His … Continue reading

Two Arrests Announced in Wonder Lake by Sheriff’s Department

One for violating an Order of Protection, the other for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse. The Sheriff’s Department’s press releases follow: Wonder Lake Man Arrested for Violating Order of Protection Incident Sheriff Keith Nygren announced today the arrest of an 18 … Continue reading

Huntley School District Seeks Board Applicants

With the resignation of Huntley School District 158 Board President Shawn Green, the remaining members are seeking applicants to replace him.Applications are due by March 18th.  Below is the notice that has been distributed: Notice of Board Member Vacancy 03.05.10 … Continue reading

Prairie Ridge Wrestling Hazing May Have Included Sexual Molestation

Reading between the lines of the following press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department, but not too much, led me to the use of the words “sexual molestation” in the headline. See if you agree. On Thursday, January 28, … Continue reading