From the Crystal Lake Police:

Crystal Lake Police Make Arrest in Residential Burglaries Investigation

On February 13th , 2024 and February 16th , 2024, the Crystal Lake Police Department responded to the
800 block of Chasefield Lane and the 900 block of Golf Course Road for several residential burglaries that occurred during the daytime hours.

On February 20th , Miriam Aranada (42), of the 100 block of North McLean Boulevard, Elgin, was observed in the 800 block of Chasefield Lane acting suspiciously near the entrance of a residence by members of the Crystal Lake Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit.

She was taken into custody for an arrest warrant originating in Kane County.

After further investigation, Aranada was charged with the following offenses and transported to the McHenry County Jail later:

 Residential Burglary
o 720 ILCS 5/19-3(a), Class 1 Felony
 Burglary
o 720 ILCS 5/19-1(a), Class 2 Felony
 Possession of Burglary Tools
o 720 ILCS 5/19-2(a), Class 4 Felony

This investigation remains active and is still on going. Additional criminal charges are anticipated.

We encourage anyone who may have information relating to the above incident contact the Crystal Lake Police Department at 815-356-3620. In addition, anyone with a cell phone can send an anonymous tip to the Crystal Lake Police Department by texting the word CLPDTIP along with the tip information to 847411 (tip411). Normal text messaging rates do apply.