Lake in the Hills News Archives

A 22-year-old Lake in the Hills man whose neighbor found him under her bed when she returned from walking her dogs faces up to 15 years in prison for residential burglary.

ROCKFORD Court proceedings have been delayed at least a month for a Lake in the Hills man accused of having more than 60 vials of a lethal toxin.

Walgreens is located just north of Sun City. HUNTLEY Golf carts often mingle with sedans and sport utility vehicles in the drive-through lane at Dunkin' Donuts near Route 47 and Kreutzer Road.

WOODSTOCK A 60-year-old Lake in the Hills man accused of having and distributing child pornography is arguing that police overstepped their bounds in searching his computer.

ALGONQUIN A construction worker's minor leg injury led to a major rescue effort Monday morning at the Riverside Square development near Routes 31 and 62.

ALGONQUIN Parking always is a problem at Algonquin's Founders' Days, but this year the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Rotary Club will offer free shuttles Friday and Saturday nights.

Lauren M. Anderson - landerson@nwherald.com Eddie Renta, a returning soldier from Iraq, is greeted by his neighbors at his home in Lake in the Hills on July 21, 2008.

ALGONQUIN A construction worker's minor leg injury led to a major rescue effort Monday morning at the Riverside Square development near Routes 31 and 62.

McHENRY Emergency medical technicians and paramedics in McHenry were ready to handle any heat-related incidents during Sunday's Fiesta Days parade, but they were called out only once.

Many of us are not quite sure where Lake in the Hills begins and ends as we race up and down Randall Road.

A house fire Thursday night in Algonquin was apparently ignited by a resident who fell asleep while smoking, officials said.

ALGONQUIN A man fell asleep while smoking Thursday night and awoke to his pant leg on fire, fire officials said.

Husband accused of soliciting a hit man and perhaps poisoning wife, but 'she wants to believe in him' July 11, 2008 He secretly took out a $5 million insurance policy on her life.

A suburban music promoter accused of fondling a teenage boy he met online admitted guilt to a reduced charge today as part of a plea bargain that allows him to avoid a potential prison stay.

A woman charged with two bank robberies in Lake in the Hills pleaded guilty in both cases Friday in U.S. district court in Rockford.

The ground at Lake in the Hills' Sunset Park was still soggy from the intense storm that ripped through the area Friday night, but waterlogged fields and windy conditions did not dampen attendance at the third ...

A former Lake in the Hills woman accused of killing her newborn pleaded guilty Friday to the armed robbery of two banks last year, federal authorities said.

A Lake in the Hills woman is standing by her husband who is accused of having a deadly toxin.

The Lake in the Hills man accused of possessing a deadly toxin and plotting to hire a hit man to kill a 32 year old woman was in a Rockford court today.

The wife of a Lake in the Hills man charged in a bizarre toxin case was unaware that FBI agents interviewed her husband in 2006 for allegedly soliciting a hit man to kill her, her husband's lawyer said ...

Complete title too long for the form. Here's the total title: Lake in the Hills man charged with pufferfish toxin purchase had a $5 million life insurance policy on his wife, authorities say Federal prosecutors ...

A northern Illinois man accused of possessing an illegal toxin cultivated from puffer fish is slated to appear in court in Rockford.

The FBI arrested a McHenry County man Monday on a felony charge of possessing tetrodotoxin -- a deadly poison found in puffer fish.

FBI agents have found needles, syringes, six empty vials of deadly puffer fish toxin and a book about poisoning people in the home of a man who allegedly posed as a doctor to get the legal substance.

A Chicago-area businessman was being held without bond Tuesday on charges of possessing a deadly poison found in puffer fish.

Edward F. Bachner IV, the Lake In The Hills man charged with buying Tetrodotoxin, a deadly neurotoxin, and having it delivered to a UPS store in Algonquin, appeared in U.S. Federal Court in Rockford Wednesday.

A man charged with possessing a deadly toxin appears in Federal Court in Rockford Wednesday.

LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. A suburban Chicago man is in federal custody, accused of possessing a poison that the government says is 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide.

A Lake in the Hills man charged with obtaining a deadly toxin will remain locked up until at least Monday after a federal magistrate this morning postponed a hearing to determine whether it is safe to allow him ...

With the emerald ash borer beetle confirmed a dozen miles away near Hampshire, it was probably only a matter of time before the deadly insect was found in Algonquin or Lake in the Hills.

STNG/WBBM report : 'A northwest suburban man is expected to face charges for illegal possession of a toxin following an FBI search of a Lake in the Hills home on Monday afternoon in McHenry County ' Members of ...

A man who is accused of possessing a deadly toxin found in puffer fish was previously suspected in a murder-for-hire plot, a federal affidavit said.

A Close Up of the Crime Scene and FBI Tent Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Around 11:00 AM Central Time on Monday June 30 2008 a house in Suburban Chicago Town, Lake in the Hills , The FBI, Police, Hazmat Team, Bomb ...

Federal authorities on Monday charged a Lake in the Hills man with possession of a pufferfish toxin in an amount that one expert said could kill almost 100 people.