Rain Brings Drought Respite, Possible Cause For Barn Fire

An unexpected series of rain and thunderstorms brought an estimated half-inch of rain to the area Friday but National Weather Service forecasters called for continued temperatures in the high 90's for over the weekend.  Meteorologists issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the area warning of heat indices at or above 100 degrees.

High temps are expected to last most of the week according to forecasters who said in a Special Weather Satement this morning, "Current indications are the heat wave will be rather unrelenting."

Friday's rain was a welcome one but June's rain total for the area's still likely to come in two inches short of the normal average for the month.

In the pic: The second wave of rain Friday evening included lightning.  That may have been sparked a fire that destroyed a Huntley barn on Harmony Road.  No one was injured by the blaze.  Huntley Fire Protection District investigators haven't made an official determination of the cause yet.

Lane Closures Start On Route 47 Monday Near Huntley

Lane closures will begin Monday on Route 47 south of Huntley as work ramps up on the full interchange there with I-90.

One lane in both directions on 47 between Oak Creek and Freeman Road will close from 9:30 am to 3 pm  Monday for construction of temporary pavement. One northbound lane between Manning Road and Big Timber Road and Manning Road will also close. On that stretch, all traffic will route in the southbound lane and a flagger will valve it through.

Just to make things interesting, NICOR is in the midts of replacing the gas main in front of Sun City along 47 again, too. Put it all together and Huntley officials advised caution and the expectation of long delays on 47, especially during rush hours.

Jacobs Moviemakers Casting

It's high summer so a lot of kids are lolling around the house playing video games and asking if there's anything left to eat.  Not all of them, though.  F'rinstance, some Jacobs Drama Club go-getters are writing, directing, acting and producing a full-length film this summer at Algonquin Area Public Library.

Six Jacobs students and graduates chose the Algonquin Area Public Library as the setting for an independent film project, entitled "Marie Antoinette Discovers Plaid".  The really odd thing is they need a cast and extras, preferably experienced male actors between the ages of 15 and 19 only they need to know how to swim.  (The film's not all at the Lib.) Auditions are planned through next Saturday.  Contact Writer/Director Kelly Morton at 224-535-0508 or thatyear1996@gmail.com to schedule one.  It's gotta beat another round of "Grand Theft Assassin's Warcraft" on the Xbox.

In the pic: (Standing) Kelly Morton, Michael Banwart, Tom Barrett and Kaitlin Majeski and (Sitting) Rachel Kaplow, Lisa Gerlach are making a movie at Algonquin Area Public Library.

Prepaid Program Loses Money As Tutions Rise

By Andrew Thomason, Illinois Statehouse News
Illinois’ prepaid college tuition program has lost $68 million in a year, mainly because of the higher cost of tuition.  The fund dropped from $1.13 billion a year ago to $1.06 billion at the end of May, despite investments turning a profit, according to a report this week to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, which oversees the College Illinois! program.

The prepaid tuition program has been a source of consternation for legislators and parents because of controversial investment decisions and an unfunded liability of more than $500 million, about 70 percent. So far this year, investment returns are about 3 percent, much less than the 7.5 percent the fund predicted, according to John Samuels, spokesman for ISAC. Additionally, tuition for a year at a state university has increased by an average of 12.5 percent annually over the past decade, outpacing any gains on investments, said Samuels.

The program stopped taking new contracts last year after media reports about risky investments by the program and the size of the unfunded liability. Samuels said College Illinois! could start selling plans again as early as this fall. New plans could bring in more money, but only if parents are willing to invest in a program that’s had a rough few years.

You can read Andrew's full report at: http://illinois.statehousenewsonline.com/8899/prepaid-tuition-program-loses-money-due-to-tuition-increases/

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
June 29
0128 HRS OAKLEAF RD. & ALGONQUIN RD. AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. RUTHERFORD, GORDON H., M/W 39 YEARS OF AGE, 216 INDIAN TRAIL, LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol with a Blood  Alcohol Content Greater Than .08, Driving While License Suspended, and Driving Off of Roadway. TURNED OVER TO MCHENRY COUNTY JAIL.
0340 HRS 220 N. RANDALL RD. (MORETTIS) BATTERY. SAMPLES, BILLY S., M/W 34 YEARS OF AGE, 407 S. OAK ST., NORMAL. CHARGES: Battery. RELEASED ON BOND.
1939 HRS 4300 BLOCK OF BARHARBOR DR. DOMESTIC BATTERY. JUVENILE, M/W 16 YEARS OF AGE, LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Two Counts of Domestic Battery and Aggravated Battery to a Peace Officer. TURNED OVER TO KANE COUNTY JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER.
1301 HRS 00 BLOCK OF HAWTHORNE RD. THEFT. Power washing hose taken from residence. FAIL TO FILE.
1307 HRS GREENSHIRE CIRCLE & GREENSHIRE CIRCLE. ACCIDENT Vehicle vs. Light pole. Property damage only.
1415 HRS 2300 BLOCK OF CLAREMONT LN. DOMESTIC. Brother vs. Brother. Two priors.
1631 HRS 2265 W. ALGONQUIN RD. (THORNTON’S GAS) ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.

Heat, Drought Bring Local Fireworks, Watering Warnings

Temps topped 100 locally Thursday bringing a warning about fireworks safety in Lake in the Hills and an appeal to conserve water in Huntley.

Thermometers hit 103 degrees based on a consensus of area bank signs and car readouts Thursday.  Official National Weather Service readings only hit 100 degrees at both O'Hare and Rockford meteorological stations.  At DuPage Airport the mercury only made it to 98 degrees.

Thursday's blast-furnace temperatures sucked still more moisture from lawns and plant areas already sere from lack of rain for the last six weeks.  That prompted LITH Village President Ed Plaza to appeal to local media (FEN being the only such present) to ask residents not to fool around with Fourth of July fireworks for fear of brushfires.  "We need to quell that," said Plaza.  "With the drought, the lawns and fields are so dry that we just need to refrain."

Huntley Mayor Chuck Sass had a different appeal.  With water use at 5 million gallons per day in Huntley Thursday, Sass asked residents to quit watering their lawns.  "The grass isn't dead," said Sass. "It'll come back once we get a little rain."

That may be a while yet.  Forecasters predict a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms this afternoon rising to 40 percent tonight. That chance applies to a storm occurring somewhere in northern Illinois, not just the immediate area, however.  Today's expected to be cooler than Thursday but, even so, the high's expected to be a sulty 92 degrees.

In the pic:  Not only was Thursday hot, it was hot for a long time.  This was the reading at 6 pm in Algonquin.

Ex-Jacobs Track Star Wins Olympic Slot

A 23 year-old Jacobs High School grad will represent the U.S. in London next month after winning an Olympic berth at the U.S. Track and Field Qualifier in Eugene, OR, Thursday.  Evan Jager, son of Joel and Cathy Jager, Algonquin, won the men's 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:17.40, less than 2 seconds off the qualifying record set eight years ago.

A Golden Eagles track star, Jager went on to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2007, to competing under coach Jerry Schumacher. The next year, though, he signed a professional contract with Nike and moved to Portland to continue training with Schumacher who'd taken over the shoe company's Oregon Track Club. Some tough breaks followed, however, last year literally, for instance, when Jager broke a bone in his foot.

"The last two years have definitely been a struggle," Jager said after Thursday's win.  "It was definitely worth it," he added.

In the pic:  Evan Jager topping the final hurdle at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Qualifier in Eugene, OR, Thursday.

Downtown Algonquin Committee Mulls History Versus Development

A meeting Thursday of Algonquin's Downtown Planning Study Steering Committee seemed headed for some shoals as one member complained the study area wasn't big enough and another urged revision of the Village's overlaying Historic District boundaries.

The study, financed by a $90,000 grant from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning was originally conceived to focus on Algonquin's Main Street/Route 31 businesses but Landvision, St. Charles, consultant Ron Lanz said the area should be larger including four sub-areas "that have developed themselves organically."  Centered on the Route 31/Algonquin Road intersection they'd extend north to the top of the bluff, south to Jayne St., west to the new Algonquin Bypass and east to the river.

Committee Member Ed Wolowiec from Port Edwards Restaurant complained the south boundary still was short of where Algonquin business ended.  Lanz replied there had to be some sort of limit somewhere but planners wouldn't treat the study area "like an island" divorced from the rest of the village.

Even with generous new boundaries, however, discussion quickly focused on the high profile area near its centerpoint, the Main/Algonquin intesection. That currently features a gas station, an ex used car lot, a long defunct dry cleaner, another empty storefront and a psychic reading establishment.  Riverside Plaza developer John Breugelmans complained those and a number of other buildings now in the Historic District ought to be removed since "there is nothing historic there."

Realtor Tony Bellino agreed the area had potential for new construction.  "I'm making the assumption they're going to be 'cutesy'," he said, "but they're going to bring foot traffic to the area."

Breuglemans argued development shouldn't be hampered by "historic" limitations.  He said his own project didn't really look historic. "I wish it did," he said but said architectural and financial constraints these days don't favor furbelows.

Lanz agreed, "development opportunities aren't what they used to be" but urged the committee to look for something that wouldn't "destroy the Downtown character" while still providing allure to development.

The Steering Committee plans a public workshop for citizen input on Downtown plans July 19.

In the pic:  The latest Algonquin Downtown planning area includes a lot more of Algonquin than just Main Street.

Quinn Calls For Medicaid Expansion After Supreme's Decision

By Jamey Dunn, Illinois Issues
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of the key pieces of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Thursday but left the door open for states to opt out of the law's massive expansion of the Medicaid program. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn said after the decision he wants the state to adopt the expansion. “This is fully funded by the federal government beginning in 2014 and ultimately 90 percent funded," Quinn said.

The court upheld the provision known as the personal mandate — geared at getting everyone in the country who can afford health insurance to buy it. The ruling said the mandate is constitutionally protected because the penalty for not complying with the law is actually a tax. In its main argument for the law, the Obama administration had put forth that the law is protected under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, but the court rejected that contention.

Under the Affordable Care Act, states are required to expand Medicaid coverage to all people under age 65 with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty line in 2014. Currently, states are only required to cover certain populations, such as children, parents, the elderly and the disabled. The federal government would cover 100 percent of expansion costs for two years and then gradually step down some of its support.

Illinois House Minority Leader Tom Cross, who pushed back against efforts to implement the law on the state level, said in a written statement: “We have made tremendous efforts this year in Illinois to reduce our state-run health care program because we could no longer afford to provide the services that were once promised."

You can read Jamey's full report at: http://illinoisissuesblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/us-supreme-court-ruling-on-health-care.html

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
June 28
1615 HRS VIRGINIA RD. & TRINITY DR. NO VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE. TRUJILLO, HUGO, M/W 27 YEARS OF AGE, 3716 DOTY RD., WOODSTOCK. CHARGES: No Valid Driver’s License and Disobeying a Traffic Control Device. RELEASED ON BOND.
2146 HRS LAKEWOOD RD. & BORDEAUX DR. DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. CLARK, MICHAEL W., M/W 21 YEARS OF AGE, 5390 SULLIVAN PASS, LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Driving While License Suspended, Expired Registration, Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle, and Improper Use of Registration. RELEASED ON BOND.
1644 HRS ALGONQUIN RD. & HILLTOP DR. INJURY ACCIDENT. Vehicle vs. Pole. Female driver transported to Sherman Hospital.
Algonquin
June 27
16:11pm Binetti, Kaitlin M., DOB: 12/10/91, of 3N976 Longfellow Place, St. Charles, and Ravenna, Angelica F., DOB: 11/15/91, of 38W109 Henricks Road, St. Charles, were both charged with Retail Theft.  Both were taken into custody at Kohl’s, 734 S. Randall Road.  Both were released on a Personal Recognizance Bond with a court date of 08/01/12 in McHenry County.

"Dangerous Heat" Forecast Today

National Weather Service forecasters  slid the worst of today's forecast heat--100 to 105 degrees--a little to the south overnight.  The consensus among national forecasters now is the mercury will only reach almost 100 in the area.  However, with increasing humidity it'll feel more like 105 to 110.  At 8 am this morning it was already 80 degrees at DuPage Airport.

The current forecast high is 100 degrees for Chicago-O'Hare and 99 degrees for Rockford. In a hazardous weather advisory weathermen called it "dangerous heat".  The Illinois EPA in a weather-related move called an "Air Pollution Action Day" today warning of increased levels of ozone and particulates.  There's also a 20 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms later today as a (comparative) cold front moves in from the west.

Experts' advice on extreme heat is to try to keep cool, avoid strenuous exercise and drink lots of water. Emphasis on LOTS.  The Centers For Disease Control's heat recommendations are here:

http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/heat_guide.asp

The villages of Algonquin and Huntley will both have cooling centers available if residents' AC blows or if they don't have any to blow in the first place.  Algonquin Village Hall will be available as a cooling center during normal business hours, 8 am to 5 pm.  Huntley officials reported the Board Room in Village Hall there will be available for cooling if necessary, too.  LITH officials weren't planning on having a cooling center but said residents should call LITH PD for a well-being check if they can't contact a disabled or elderly person.

Algonquin officials suggested cooling off at the Village's Snapper Field/Lions Armstrong Memorial Pool and splashpad.  The pool and pad at Huntley Park District's Stingray Bay and LITH Parks & Rec's Splashpad in Sunset Park are also expected to be popular destinations today.

Hot weather, although not as bad as today's, is expected to continue Friday and Saturday with highs in the 90's for most of northern Illinois.

Crane Delivery To Delay Traffic At Huntley Interchange

Contractors building Huntley's Route 47 full interchange with I-90 are scheduled to bring a crane to the jobsite this morning at 10 am. Delivery's expected to slow traffic on wesbound I-90 a lot and it might have some effect on 47, too.

Meanwhile, Illinois Tollway officials have been trying to remind motorists that a 45 mph speed limit is in effect 24/7 in all construction zones, whether or not workers are present. "Illinois State Police have zero tolerance for drivers speeding in work zones," read a release. The minimum penalty for speeding in a work zone is $375. Posted signs advise motorists of a $10,000 fine and 14-year jail sentence for hitting a roadway worker.

Algonquin Garden Club Sets Self-Tour Of Member Gardens

Advance tickets for the Algonquin Garden Club's upcoming Garden Walk are on sale at The Barn Nursery on Route 31 north Algonquin and Countryside Flower & Nursery, Crystal Lake.  The self-guided tour will explore cool, tranquil shade gardens at four locations in Algonquin and two in Lake in the Hills July 7 from 10 am to 1 pm.

Advance tickets are $12.  Tickets on Tour Day will be $15 available from 10 am to 1 pm at Algonquin's Riverfront Park bandshell.

In the pic:  Mary Christiansen's garden on Algonquin's River Road is one of six on the Algonquin Garden Club Garden Walk next week.

Smith Attorney Says Discipline Process Not "Fair"

By Jayette Bolinski, Illinois Statehouse News
House lawmakers and the attorney for indicted Rep. Derrick Smith disagreed Wednesday on how quickly a committee should move in determining whether Smith should be disciplined by his colleagues.

Members of the House of Representatives’ bipartisan Select Committee on Discipline said they can be ready as early as Friday. Smith's attorney, Victor Henderson, said moving forward that quickly would undermine the “fair” and “deliberate” manner in which the committee vowed to proceed. " If there is an attempt to expedite the process prior to the time of the November elections, then that undermines any attempt to present the proceeding as being one that is being fair and deliberate,” he said.

Smith was indicted in April on a federal bribery charge, after authorities recorded him allegedly accepting a $7,000 bribe. The case is pending in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois.  Smith, a Chicago Democrat, was not at Wednesday’s hearing.

“You acknowledge the representative has a constitutional right to remain silent," said Henderson. "So to suggest or imply that by exercising his constitutional rights – that are guaranteed to all of us – and his failure to discuss with this body thus far means he has not taken advantage of an opportunity to speak is not completely accurate. If that’s the case, the right the Constitution guarantees all of us is meaningless.”

You can read Jayette's full report at: http://illinois.statehousenewsonline.com/8942/smith-attorney-says-house-discipline-process-not-fair-and-deliberate/

In the pic: Derrick Smith

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
June 27
1551 HRS RANDALL RD. & POLARIS DR. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
2146 HRS RANDALL RD. & MILLER RD. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.

Fines, Suspensions For Algonquin Underage Liquor Sales

The Algonquin Village Board sitting as the Liquor Commission Tuesday approved a liquor license for an new restaurant, then slammed three current license holders for selling alcohol to minors.

Shan Hao Zhao will open Jiang's Mongolian Grill in Algonquin Commons soon where drinks will be offered.  "We take the rules about selling alcohol to underage buyers very seriously," Village President John Schmitt told the restauranteur through a translator.  "If you stick around you may find out," he said referring to the  disciplinary hearings about to follow for alleged violators caught in compliance checks May 24.

Meijer gas station pleaded guilty to selling a six-pack of beer to an underage patron, receiving a $1,000 fine.  Algonquin Food and Liquor pleaded guilty to the same thing, receiving a $2,000 fine for the underage sale and another one for $1,000 because the counterman hadn't taken a required liquor sales training course. The store's license was also suspended for four days during which it will be unable to sell liquor.  Algonquin's Butera market likewise pleaded guilty to selling beer to a minor.  Its fine was $2,000 and it, too, earned a four-day suspension.  All three stores were also ordered to retaje liquor sales training courses, and all three shared the expenses of Tuesdays hearings.

In the pic:  Algonquin PD's May liquor compliance check required sellers to really be on their toes; the buyer sent in was almost 21.

Algonquin To Annex Parts Of Algonquin (!), Add Truancy Measure

The Algonquin Board gave initial approval Tuesday to annex four homes and a strip mall everybody thought were already part of the Village.  They also gave a first OK for a new truancy ordinance.

The annexations were an exercise to make legal paperwork conform to what everyone including the property owners thought was reality. At least they did until McHenry County GIS mappers' software reported several  Algonquin locations were really unincorporated.  Even though the scattered homes and the mall on South Main have been paying Algonquin taxes and receiving Village services for years, no one could find a record they'd ever been legally taken into the Village.  "Maybe they were never annexed," said Community Develepment Director Russ Farnum, "or maybe they were annexed and nobody ever recorded it; we just don't know"

The truant ordinance came from a recent meeting with District 300's Leadership Council.  "They've had great success using it at Dundee-Crown in Carpentersville," said Police Chief Russ Laine.  The ordinance will allow D300 administrators to ask Jacob's High School's resident Algonquin PD School Resource Officer to issue a citation for truancy carrying a student fine for the first violation,  a bigger fine for both the student and his parents for the second.

"What happens for a third violation?" asked Trustee John Spella.  Laine said there wouldn't be a third one.  "It's really a last-dtich effort to change the behavior of the student," said Laine.

The pro-forma annexations and the truancy ordinance are expected to win final approval at Algonquin's next full Board meeting.

In the pic:  It took a computer program to discover the Algonquin strip mall on South Main Street technically isn't in Algonquin yet.

LITH Board To Cut Public Works, Business Development Expenses

The Lake in the Hills Village Board moved Tuesday to have its Public Works Department costs and save some more money by abolishing its Business Relations Committee.

LITH's Contract Inspector and a crew leader departed recently and Public Works Director Fred Mullard told the Board that, with the addition of a couple of summer workers, he could shuffle duties and responsibilities around among his remaining staff to still get everything done but save almost $100,000 at the bottom line.  "Sounds good to me," was Trustee Paul Mulcahy's representative reaction.

The Board gave also gave initial approval to eliminating its seven-person Business Relations Committee to promote, recruit and retain commercial enterprises in the village.  LITH President Ed Plaza said the Business Relations Committee's functions had mostly been superceeded.  "There's not a lot to do that isn't done by Staff," said Plaza.  The BRC wasn't an expensive endeavor Plaza said but, "At $50 a (meeting) times 7 members--it adds up," he said.

First Algonquin 2012 Summer Concert Scheduled Thursday

The Village of Algonquin's free eight-part Summer Concert Series kicks off at 7:30 pm Thursday evening at Riverfront Park with a performance by six-piece Chicago Swing band Bopology.

Other concerts will follow every Thursday night at 7:30 at the park through August 16.  Here's the rest of the lineup:

July 5: R-Gang (Motown/R&B)
July 12: Weekend Drive (Classic Rock)
July 19: Liberty’s Teeth (Pop)
July 26: Pirates Over 40 (Caribbean)
August 2: HiFi Superstars (‘80s-’90s Cover)
August 9: Billy Croft & the 5 Alarm (Country)
August 16: Tropixplosion (Calypso/Reggae)

One note: Even though it's technically part of the Summer Concert Series, the Pirates Over 40 appearance will be at Towne Park with all the other groups performing during Founders’ Days.

In the pic:  The audience liked Swing band Bopology when the group appeared as part of LITH's Summer Concert Series last year.

Cary Woman Sentenced For Algonquin Embezzlement

McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather finished sentencing a Cary woman Tuesday to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for embezzlement from an Algonquin company.  The sentencing began last week but had to be continued after 40 year-old Clarissa Schauer reportedly fainted at the prospect of a long prison term.   

Prosecutors charged that between 2005 and 2009 Schauer siphoned off almost $186,000 from Main Street freight broker World Trans International.  The State's Attorney's Office said Schauer took the money by writing checks to herself but booking them to vendors.

Besides the prison sentence, Prather also ordered Schauer to return all the money she was convicted of taking.

However Court Rules, Healthcare Cost Expected To Rise

By Andrew Thomason, Illinois Statehouse News
Listening to experts and advocates of all political stripes, it seems that health care costs are going to go up, no matter how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the national health-care law. The court is expected Thursday to present its ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Experts on constitutional law have generally narrowed how the court will rule to three outcomes.
The first is that the whole law will be rejected In that case, look for monthly health insurance bills to go up, Jim Duffett, executive director of the Campaign for Better Health Care, which advocates for more accessible, cheaper health care, said. “Your premiums will go up, and the reason they’re going up is that you can only squeeze so much blood out of a turnip,” Duffett said. Duffett said that those uninsured will continue to seek treatment in hospital emergency rooms, where the cost of their care is passed onto the hospitals and insurance policy holders.

A second outcome is the whole law will be upheld. Jonathan Ingram  a health care policy analyst at the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative think-tank says in that event look for either federal income taxes to go up or for the federal government to start deficit spending to pay for the program. The plan to create subsidized health insurance for the people without coverage, either through tax credits or expanded Medicaid rolls, would be a huge drain on the federal government’s cash flow, Ingram said.

The third outcome would be for part of the law to be struck down, part upheld. The most likely part to be overturned is thought to be the one requiring everyone to  buy health insurance.
Robert Slayton, president of the Illinois State Association of Health Underwriters, which lobbies for health insurers said this would be the worst of any outcome for insurers and their clients. Without people paying premiums when they are healthy, insurance companies will be forced to raise prices to cover their costs. “It’ll definitely cause the cost of health insurance to go up dramatically because you don’t have the pooling of risks,” Slayton said.

You can read Andrew's full report at: http://illinois.statehousenewsonline.com/8924/no-matter-scotus-ruling-health-care-cost-going-up/

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
June 26
1631 HRS VIRGINIA RD. & ROUTE 31. NO VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE. DE LOS ANGELES, MARIE, F/W 29 YEARS OF AGE, 140 W. WOODSTOCK ST., CRYSTAL LAKE. CHARGES: No Valid Driver’s License and Disregarding a Traffic Control Device. RELEASED ON BOND.
1725 HRS 61 OAKLEAF RD. (JAYCEE PARK) TRESPASS. SORICH, MATTHEW A., M/W 19 YEARS OF AGE, 3 SALFORD CT., ALGONQUIN. CHARGES: Criminal Trespass to Land and Resisting a Peace Officer. RELEASED ON BOND.
1155 HRS 2600 BLOCK OF CADBURY CIRCLE. DEATH. Male, 61 years of age, found unresponsive. INVESTIGATION TURNED OVER TO THE MCHENRY COUNTY CORONER.
1643 HRS 343 N. RANDALL RD. (STARBUCKS) THEFT. Complainant’s IPhone was stolen. Entered into Evidence. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS.
2213 HRS 00 BLOCK OF BARTON CREEK CT. DOMESTIC. Husband vs. Wife. Verbal only. No priors.
2301 HRS 4000 BLOCK OF PRINCETON LN. CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Mailbox damaged. FAIL TO FILE.

Two Legislative Shoe-Ins Become Races For November

Two third-party candidates will challenge candidates in what had been previously uncontested races in area districts.  Monday was the final day to submit petitions for listing on the November ballot.

As expected, Dee Beaubien of Barrington Hills filed to run as an Independent against GOP candidate Dave McSweeney for the 52nd Illinois House seat formerly held by her late husband, Mark.  The district will include the eastern parts of Lake in the Hills and Algonquin in November.

Not so expected was Monday's filing by Carpentersville Trustee Doug Marks to run as a Libertarian against GOP 33rd Senate District hopeful Karen McConnaughay.  Marks said he was going to do it back in March but then everybody forgot about it. The 33rd will include western Algonquin, western LITH and Huntley in November.

Beaubien said in a release she'd gathered more than 3,500 signatures to get on the ballot, over double the necessary number. That might be because McSweeney challenged the petitions of his opponents in the Primary.  A McSweeney spokesman didn't return a call Monday to see if he intended to do it again.

Beaubien still has no discoverable campaign website or even a Facebook page to articulate her candidacy.  In the Primary she supported incumbent State Rep. Kent Gaffney but now Gaffney's endorsed McSweeney.

Marks does have a website and a Facebook page, too. He probably has some level of Tea Party support in his run against McConnaughay, as well.

In the pic:  Doug Marks, now Libertarian.

D300 Board Holds Fast Session

The District 300 Board of Education met briefly Monday to award a new contract for taxi service for special education or homeless students attending private placements for the coming year.  Since there are only three taxi companies in the Chicago area certified to provide the service it wasn't a very tough call.  Trustees picked a Mount Prospect company whose bid will probably cost about the same as last year, $300,000.

Some of the cost's reimbursed, however. Special Education student costs are covered at 80 percent while homeless students are covered at 30 percent by the State, according to Transportation Director Donna Borden.

Separately, after the meeting Board President Anne Miller said with the start of the new school year only seven weeks away, classes might have to begin without a new teachers' contract in place.  She said negotiations with the teachers' union were still underway adding, "we're certainly not at an impasse."  The latest version of the District's budget for the coming year assumes no overall salary increase but about two percent more expense for added seniority and credentials.

Algonquin Adds Garden For Local Food Pantry

Volunteers from a Palatine electric company planted tomatoes, zucchini and four kinds of squash at Algonquin's Wastewater Treatment Facility Monday to raise produce for the Algonquin Lake in the Hills Food Pantry.

The original Public Works plan had been to plant decorative vines at the plant but Trustee Jim Steigert who designed the Pantry's new facility on Pyott Road suggested veggies might be more helpful to some residents.  About 20 employees at the Schneider Electric which gives its workers a day to do community service agreed to plant the garden.

Algonquin Water and Utilities chief Andy Warmus said village workers would tend the garden.  "A lot of them volunteered to take care of it on their lunch hours," said Warmus.  He said they'll sprinkle the garden with water from the village's potable supply, not water from the discharge side.

Deputies Shut Down Intended Music Festival

It still wasn't clear Monday what catastrophe, if any, was prevented over the weekend when McHenry County authorities shut down a would-be reprise near Harvard of 1968's Woodstock Festival.

The event by a Rockford promoter, a month in the making, was apparently conceived as a musical flashmob featuring over 60 acts and DJ's at a northern Illinois location to be disclosed Friday morning.  When it turned out to be near Harvard McHenry County deputies went there. All they found was a few people trying to nail together a stage.  Deputies told them they lacked permits for anything, so they left.

Semi-incoherent postings on Facebook (?) over the weekend indicate a few people finally assembled, apparently, at a horse barn somewhere near Freeport Friday night.  Then Saturday everybody wandered to a farm south of Earlville where most had a good time except for a kid who said somebody stole his wallet and a woman who claimed promoters owed her some money and her family was mad at her.

Bummer.

Quinn Reinstates Prison 'Good-Time' Releases

By Jamey Dunn, Illinois Issues
Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill that will allow Illinois prisoners to earn time off their sentences for good behavior. While Quinn says he is satisfied that the new law contains necessary reforms, some are concerned that the state lacks the manpower to monitor prisoners once they are let out. By the latest count Illinois houses more than 48,000 inmates in a prison system designed for about 34,000.

"This law gives [the] DOC the important discretion that it did not have before and, in turn, creates a secure system to incentivize good behavior,” Stacey Solano, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections, said in a written statement. The department still needs to adopt rules, however, she said.

“If they don’t hire more parole officers, there’s no way they could keep up with this,” said Gerald Raines, acting president of the Fraternal Order of Police Illinois Department of Corrections Lodge #263 based in Joliet.

Quinn had suspended the Meritorious Good Time program after the Associated Press revealed that inmates, some of them violent offenders, were being released under the program after serving only a few weeks of their sentences. Quinn pulled together a group of staff members and experts who released a report in 2010 suggesting reforms that should take place before early release was reinstated. However, Quinn dropped the issue and the program remained suspended until now.

You can read Jamey's full report at: http://illinoisissuesblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/quinn-signs-law-reinstating-prison-good.html

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
June 25
1909 HRS 2100 BLOCK OF DAYBREAK DR. FOLLOW UP ARREST: ILLEGAL CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. JUVENILE, F/W 15 YEARS OF AGE, HUNTLEY.  CHARGE: Illegal Consumption of Alcohol. RELEASED TO PARENT.
0820 HRS 101 PYOTT RD. (BUCKY’S) ACCIDENT. Gasoline nozzle left in vehicle. Property damage only.
0958 HRS 800 BLOCK OF NOELLE BEND. INFORMATION FOR POLICE. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER
1115 HRS 1300 BLOCK OF CUNAT CT. CHECK FOR WELL BEING. Male, 43 years of age, made statements of hurting himself. Transported to Woodstock Centegra Hospital.
1735 HRS 3600 BLOCK OF SONOMA CIRCLE. IDENTITY THEFT. Credit card fraud.
1809 HRS ALGONQUIN RD & HARVEST GATE. INJURY ACCIDENT. Three vehicles. No transport.
2017 HRS 100 N. RANDALL RD. (WALGREENS) HIT & RUN ACCIDENT. Complainant’s vehicle was hit by a red vehicle that left. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.
2016 HRS 3300 BLOCK OF SONOMA CIRCLE. INFORMATION FOR POLICE. Threatening telephone calls. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.

LITH Airport Breakfast Turns Into Impromptu Fly-In

Parking marshalls lost count at around the 70 mark Sunday as a squadrons of small aircraft descended on  Lake in the Hills Airport for the local Experimental Aircraft Association's experimental (first, anyway) Pancake Breakfast there.

The event wasn't planned as a fly-in, said Elton Eisle, President of the Barrington-based fliers' group.  All it was supposed to be was a chance for local residents to get to know the airport.  "If you don't own a plane then there's not much reason to come to the airport to see what's here," he said.  The event was a hit from that standpoint, too, with families out the hangar doors and into the parking lot in a half-hour holding pattern  for a stack of flapjacks and a chance to peer at EAA planes ranging from true homebuilts to antique warbirds.

The Village of Lake in the Hills is casting about for ways to increase airport usage as general aviation struggles to pull out of a nosedive.  Nationwide, non-commercial flights hit a 20-year low last year, according to FAA statistics.  Statewide, general aviation flights in 2011 were less than half the number in 2000.  Only two weeks ago the Village Board was forced to drop monthly hangar rentals after some pilots griped they thought they were being gouged and might take their planes elsewhere. 

LITH Airport's lacked a signature event since the Lake in the Hills Airshow went on "hiatus" five years ago in the face of dwindling airspace, not to mention dwindling Village funds to support it.  An annual fly-in might be a low-cost replacement if EAA 790 can stand the organizational strain.  "This is phenomenal," laughed member Jeff Kempfer before buzzing off in a "follow me" cart to guide another plane to the parking area.

Over 300 In HealthBridge RoadRunners Huntley 5K

Lake in the Hills runner Steve Bland who took third in the Lake in the Hills Triathlon two weeks ago was first across the line Sunday at the Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center RoadRunners Running Club 5k race in Huntley. 

The 45 year-old Bland's 17:28.58 bested the 18:06.04 time of second-place finisher Lateef Oaunjobi of Woodstock, 20 years his junior.  Just behind Oaunjobi was 14 year-old Algonquin runner Seth Conroy.  He clocked an 18:36:74 time for the race.  Crystal Lake runner Erin Wagner snagged first place among women runners but 14 year-old Algonquin runner Kate Michell was close behind in the number two spot for females, 20th overall.  Over 300 runners signed up for Sunday's 5k.

Sunday's race results created a possible problem in the family of Dr. William Cox, an independent sports medicine specialist at Centegra.  Daughter Kaitlyn, 12, beat brother, Matthew, 16,  by more than 20 places in Sunday's race.  "There'd already been some taunting before the race," said Cox.

Full results for the Health Bridge RoadRunners 5k are here: http://www.drkomputing.com/results/2012/chbrr12.htm

In the pic:  Fourteen year-old Seth Conroy of Algonquin flying along Huntley's Faiths Way to a third-place finish at Sunday's Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center RoadRunners Running Club 5K.  

Huntley Mosquito Spraying Begins

The Village of Huntley's abatement contractor will begin spraying for mosquitoes today.  Clark Mosquito Management spokesmen said residents can help get rid of the little blood suckers, too, by eliminating breeding sites.  The Illinois Department of Public Health has some tips here: http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/wnv_house/wnv_house.htm . Questions regarding Huntley's Mosquito Abatement Program should be directed to the Clarke Mosquito Hotline at 1-800-942-2555.

Aside from being itchy nuisances mosquitoes can be a vector for West Nile virus.  IDPH hasn't reported any human cases yet but they've found the virus in birds and mosquito traps in both Cook and DuPage counties this year. “With hot weather forecasted for this week, we anticipate increased West Nile virus activity across the state," said Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck. "Typically when temperatures increases, so do mosquito activity and the risk of West Nile disease.”

In the pic:  A culex mosquito, the kind that carries West Nile virus.

State Public Retiree Debt $203 Billion, Reports New Study

By Andrew Thomason, Illinois Statehouse News
Illinoisan residents are on the hook for $203 billion in public-sector retiree debt, about a third of the state’s gross domestic product in 2011, according to a new report released last week. “Politicians keep talking about the state pension problem,” said Ted Dabrowski, vice president of policy for the Illinois Policy Institute, a libertarian think tank, said. “Really our problems are much, much larger than that.”

Illinois’ public pension system owes current and future retirees $83 billion more than it has in assets, but that is less than half the problem, according to the institute's report released Wednesday. Public sector retiree health care and pension systems also are facing:

    $15.5 billion in state pension obligation bonds;
    $54 billion in unfunded state retiree health-care liability;
    $38.2 billion in unfunded local government pension liability;
    $10.7 billion in unfunded local government retiree health-care liability;
    $1.9 billion in local government pension and benefit bonds.

However, local governments have $10.7 billion in unfunded retiree health-care liability, according to the report. “It hasn’t been nearly as well documented as the underfunding of pensions,” Dabrowski said. “These liabilities are growing.”

You can read Andrew's full report at: http://illinois.statehousenewsonline.com/8867/il-public-retiree-debt-at-203b-new-study-shows/

Obituaries

Ronald E. Frank, 58, of Huntley, died peacefully Saturday at his  home. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4 to 8 pm at DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral Home, Huntley.  A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 am Thursday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Huntley.

Frank was born July 15, 1954, in Chicago, the son of Clarence and Phyllis (Gloriso) Frank.  He married Laura A. DiVita on December 5, 2007. He is survived by his wife; his children, William (Sarah) Frank, Rodney Frank and Krystal Frank, and by his grandchildren, Mia Frank, Lily O’Connor, Sadie Sandy and Alex and Bree Dowling. He was preceded in death by his parents.

In lieu of flowers,  memorials may be directed to the Ronald E. Frank Memorial Fund.

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
June 24
0059 HRS LAKEWOOD RD & ALGONQUIN RD. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL/ACCIDENT. TROHA, JOSEPH F., M/W 30 YEARS OF AGE,  1324 DOL VISTA, CRYSTAL LAKE. CHARGES: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Improper Lane Usage and No Insurance. RELEASED ON BOND.
1513 HRS 4581 PRINCETON LN. (PARK N SHOP) POSSESSION OF CANNABIS. WEBB, ARCENIO D., M/B 21 YEARS OF AGE, 400 WRIGHT DR., LAKE IN THE HILLS.  CHARGES: Possession of Cannabis Less Then 2.5 grams. RELEASED ON BOND.
1910 HRS 2100 BLOCK OF DAYBREAK DR. POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL BY A MINOR. JUVENILE, M/W 15 YEARS OF AGE, LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGE: Possession of Alcohol by a Minor and Hosting an Underage Drinking Party. RELEASED TO PARENT.
0735 HRS WOODLAND RD. & CRYSTAL LAKE RD. FOUND ARTICLE.  A bicycle.
0919 HRS 300 BLOCK OF TECUMSEH TRAIL. BURGLARY TO MOTOR VEHICLE. Miscellaneous items taken from unlocked truck overnight. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS.
1213 HRS 1100 BLOCK OF HEARTLAND GATE. CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. Four tires were damaged on a vehicle. TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATIONS.
1536 HRS 900 BLOCK OF VIEWPOINT DR. DOMESTIC. Boyfriend vs. Girlfriend. Verbal only. One prior. Female, 42 years of age intoxicated. Transported to Woodstock Memorial Hospital.
1817 HRS 2601 VILLAGE HALL DR. (RESIDENCE) ACCIDENT. One vehicle accident. Property damage only.
Algonquin
June 23
04:20am Kramer, Joseph M., DOB: 10/23/91, of 400 Leah Lane #1C, Woodstock, was charged with Unlawful Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor and Zero Tolerance.  He was taken into custody at Randall Road and Algonquin Road.  He was released on a Personal Recognizance Bond with a court date of 07/10/12 in McHenry County.
12:53pm Rodriguez, Elvis A., DOB: 06/27/93, of 1425 Greenridge Avenue, Algonquin, was charged with Aggravated Domestic Battery, Aggravated Assault and three counts of Domestic Battery.  He was taken into custody on the bike trail.  He was transported to Kane County Jail to await a bond hearing.
21:33pm Valdez, Jose R., DOB: 09/15/86, of 421 Tulsa Avenue, Carpentersville, was charged with Failure to Give Information After Striking an Unattended Vehicle and No Valid Driver’s License.  He was taken into custody at  421 Tulsa Avenue.  He was released after posting $150 with a court date of 08/01/12, in McHenry County.
June 24
07:17am Sharlog, Stephen S., DOB: 09/04/91, of 16 Quail Run, Lake in the Hills, was Wanted on a Warrant out of Lake County for Failure to Appear on an Attempt to File a False Police Report.  He was taken into custody at 175 S. Randall Road.  He was transported to McHenry County Jail to await pickup by Lake County.
20:28pm Brandt, Michael A., DOB: 04/28/76, of 1060 Meghan Avenue, Algonquin was Wanted on a Warrant out of Cook County for Failure to Appear on a Bond Forfeiture Warrant for No Valid Driver’s License.  He was taken into custody at 1060 Meghan Avenue.  He was released after posting $300 with a court date of 08/02/12 in Cook County.

Mobile Food Pantry Visit At Huntley Brings More Seeking Help

It only took about an hour for more than 150 area families to the Northern Illinois Food Banks' Mobile Food Pantry at Springbrook Community Church, Huntley, Saturday.  It was the second visit by the Mobile Food Pantry this year sponsored by the Lake in the Hills Rotary Club and the Algonquin Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry. The crush of area families looking for help putting food on the table suggested doubling of Illinois Food Stamp recipients in the past three years to 1.8 million families may paint a rosier picture than really exists.

For instance, the number of Illinois families receiving food stamps has roughly doubled in the past three years to 1.8 million.  But a Carpentersville couple living on Social Security Disability said they receive Food Stamp assistance, all right, but it only amounts to $16 each month.

How did the Food Stamp program decide on sixteen dollars?

"It probably has something to do with the State, I guess," said the man.

A Huntley mom named Maria said she was going to look into Food Stamps.  She said she's got a full-time job. That places her among the 92 percent of workers who constitute the employed part of the McHenry County workforce.  "It's not a good-paying job," she said, though.  In fact, she said, her phone sales job doesn't pay enough for her family to make ends meet. "I've got to look for something better," she said.

In the pic:  Saturday's food distribution from the Mobile Food Pantry saw more people appear earlier than a similar one at Springbrook church only two months ago.

Dry Spring Hampers Produce At Huntley Farmer's Market

Veggie vendors at the Huntley Farmers' Market Saturday were hoping from some rain soon.  The National Drought Monitor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln classifies all of northern Illinois (and parts of Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin) as "abnormally dry", particularly so far this month.

"I would say things are at least a month behind," said Wayne Workowski of Wayne's Home Grown Fruits & Vegetables, Harvard.  Workwoski runs the rain off the roof of his barn into a 500-gallon tank to water his crops, he said.  "A good 3/4-inch rain will fill it," said Workowski.  "Only we haven't had a good 3/4-inch rain."

Elaine Book at Providence Farm, Belvidere, said she's had the same problem only she has an ace in the hole.  "We just pump from the creek," she said.  "It's a lot more work, of course," she added.

Next Saturday's Huntley Farmers' Market will include a live cooking demonstration and offer some tips about picnicking.  July 7 will be All American Family Fun Day at the Farmers Market with produce, pastries, pierogi and pickles (to name a few edibles), as well as a craft fair, a moon walk,  kids' games and the annual parade around the park for children.

Huntley's Farmers' Market is held from 8 am to 1 pm each Saturday on Coral Street between Church and Woodstock streets.

In the pic:  Warm temps haven't helped area vegetable gardens much, according to grower Wayne Workowski.  "Without rain it's like trying to live without blood," he said.

Sound Bites Concert Fills LITH Village Hall Amphitheatre

Lake in the Hills' Sound Bites Summer Concert series started out Saturday with a huge crowd turned out to hear Chicago party band The Incognitos reprising hit songs from the 50's through the 90's.  There will still room available at LITH Village Hall's amphitheater but not an awful lot.

Last year's "Little Ravinia" theme continued with sandwiches, drinks and popcorn available for purchase by some concertgoers.  As at "Big Ravinia" other folks brought along their own comestibles and quaffables.

Two more Summer Concerts are scheduled in the series.  July 21 will feature Tropixplosion, a Carribean show band from Chicago, and August 11 will see the appearance of Jin & Tonic, a 7-piece country band whose "Nashville Office" phone sports an 847 area code.

Struggling School District Asking $29.9 Million Bailout

By Andrew Thomason, Illinois Statehouse News
The Illinois State Board of Education, before voting to disband the East St. Louis School board Thursday, approved a $29.9 million bailout for the district. The move comes after years of poor academic performances for the school district and alleged nepotism and mismanagement of contracts by the former school board.

East St. Louis School District 189 — and a financial oversight panel that has been working with the school district — must now ask the Illinois Finance Authority for the $29.9 million emergency loan at the finance authority’s July meeting. The money would be used for day-to-day expenses, according to state Superintendent Chris Koch.

It’s the first time a school district has applied to the authority for an emergency financial assistance loan. The ousted school board wasn't happy about it, though.  The Board filed suit against the State for its removal Friday according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

You can read Andrew's full report at:  http://illinois.statehousenewsonline.com/8891/il-struggling-school-district-asking-for-29-9-million-bailout/

McHenry County Indictments

A McHenry County Grand Jury returned indictments this week against the following individuals:
The charges against these defendants are merely allegations against them.  The defendants are presumed innocent of any crime until proven guilty in court.

JULIO E. PEREZ, DOB:  09/14/1987, 106 EDGEWOOD DRIVE, STREAMWOOD. RETAIL THEFT.--Algonquin PD
  
JAMONTAE L. BURL, DOB:  07/22/1991, 1366 GRANDVIEW COURT, ALGONQUIN. ATTEMPT RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY.--Algonquin PD

JASON F. HALLEY, DOB:  10/07/1970, 648 DOVER STREET, PINGREE GROVE. HOME REPAIR THEFT, THEFT.--Lake in the Hills PD
  
CHASE J. DE ALMEIDA, DOB:  05/06/1995, 11654 BARBERRY LANE, HUNTLEY. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE(3CTS), UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.--Huntley PD

KARA L. IBSH, DOB: 06/22/87, 228 ½ SOUTH STATE STREET, MARENGO. AGGRAVATED BATTERY, RESISTING PEACE OFFICER (TWO COUNTS).--Marengo, PD

BRIAN L. BOYLAND, DOB: 04/09/79, 930 LAKE AVENUE, WOODSTOCK. OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE.--Woodstock PD
  
MICHAEL T. BURLEY, DOB: 03/21/70, 104 SOUTH STREET. SPRING GROVE. AGGRAVATED DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM, (TWO COUNTS), CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, (OVER $300), POSSESSION OF FIREARM WITHOUT REQUISITE FIREARM OWNER’S I.D. CARD, POSSESSION OF FIREARM AMMUNITION WITHOUT REQUISITE FIREARM OWNER’S I.D. CARD.--McHenry County Sheriff's Office
  
SCOTT W. ROBINSON, DOB: 02/04/92, 703 W. METZEN STREET, HARVARD. POSSESSION OF STOLEN OR FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED CHECKS (FIVE COUNTS).--Harvard PD

THOMAS R BROKHOF, DOB:  02/18/1955, 4817 WILDWOOD DRIVE, MCHENRY. CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL SEXUAL ABUSE.--McHenry County Sheriff's Office

COREY L. WEED, DOB:  04/27/1963, 7723 BROOK DRIVE, WONDER LAKE. BURGLARY, THEFT, CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.--McHenry County Sheriff's Office

JEFFREY J. SACHS, DOB:  12/18/1992, 6209 SANDS ROAD, CRYSTAL LAKE. GENE ROCKHILL, DOB:  02/25/1992, 404 ST. JOHNS ROAD  #F, WOODSTOCK, BURGLARY (FIVE COUNTS), THEFT (FIVE COUNTS).--Woodstock PD

Police Blotters

The filing of charges is not proof of guilt. A defendant charged is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Lake in the Hills
June 23
0021 HRS 4800 BLOCK OF BORDEAUX DR. DOMESTIC BATTERY. PEREZ, ANTHONY M., M/W 33 YEARS OF AGE, 4801 BORDEAUX DR., LAKE IN THE HILLS. CHARGES: Two Counts of Domestic Battery. TURNED OVER TO MCHENRY COUNTY JAIL.
1913 HRS 4500 W. ALGONQUIN RD. (7 ELEVEN) WANTED ON WARRANT. STANTON, CODY L., M/W 18 YEARS OF AGE, 4453 WILCOX AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO. CHARGE: Wanted on Warrant, McHenry County Sherriff’s Office for Making False Police Report, Bond $10,000 at 10%. RELEASED ON BOND.
0028 HRS 500 BLOCK OF E. OAK ST. BATTERY Male vs. Female. FAIL TO FILE.
0409 HRS 220 N. RANDALL RD. (MORETTI’S) BATTERY Male vs. Male. FAIL TO FILE.
1102 HRS ALGONQUIN RD. & PYOTT RD. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
1136 HRS ALGONQUIN RD. & HILLTOP DR. INJURY ACCIDENT. Three vehicles. No transport.
1255 HRS MILLER RD. & RANDALL RD. ACCIDENT. Two vehicles. Property damage only.
1513 HRS 100 N. RANDALL RD. (WALGREEN’S) FRAUD. Prescription fraud. PENDING INVESTIGATION BY REPORTING OFFICER.