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Sergio Velasquez Fuentes, charged with First Degree Murder (SOURCE: Palatine Police Department)

Murder Suspect Convicted and Sentenced After Shooting and Killing Victim in House on Hicks Rd, Palatine

Wed Jan 21, 2026 06:50 pm Cardinal News

The Palatine Police Department on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 announced a final update in a homicide investigation ongoing since the shooting death of a woman at a house on Hicks Road between Dundee Road and […]

Isaiah Fields, pled guilty to the offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault after DNA match with impregnated resident with a severe or profound intellectual disability at Marklund Home in Geneva (SOURCE: Kane County State's Attorney's Office)

DNA-Matched Employee of Facility, Where Resident with Intellectual Disability Was Impregnated, Sentenced 25 Years for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault

Sat Mar 15, 2025 05:54 am Cardinal News

St. Charles, Ill. – Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announces that Judge John Barsanti has sentenced Isaiah Fields to 25 years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Isaiah Fields, on January […]

Odessian T. Torres, pled guilty of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm at Police Officers (SOURCE: Kane County State's Attorney's Office)

Homeless Elgin Inhabitant Sentenced 15 Years IDOC in Exchange for Guilty Plea After Shooting at Elgin Police

Fri Feb 28, 2025 04:14 am Cardinal News

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announced on Friday, February 21, 2025 that Odessian T. Torres has agreed to a sentence of 15 years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections in exchange […]

Andrew Alexander, entered a negotiated “guilty” plea on one count of 2nd degree murder, a special class 1 felony, and was sentenced to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (SOURCE: Lake County State's Attorney's Office)

Andrew Alexander Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for the Murder of Isidro Juarez in Grayslake

Thu Feb 1, 2024 12:01 pm Cardinal News

Defendant Andrew Alexander, 18, entered a negotiated “guilty” plea on one count of 2nd degree murder, a special class 1 felony, on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison with […]

Jason E. Karels, suspected killer of his three children by drowning in Round Lake Beach (SOURCE: Round Lake Police Department)

Round Lake Father Enters “Guilty” Plea for Drowning, Killing His Three Children

Fri Dec 15, 2023 02:41 pm Cardinal News

Today, Friday, December 15, 2023, Jason Karels, age 36, entered a “guilty but mentally ill” plea to three counts of first-degree murder for the June 13, 2022, killing of his three children who were ages […]

Fernando Andino, sentenced to 26 years in prison connected homicide of Stefan Filipovic (SOURCE: Lake County State's Attorney's Office)

Fernando Andino Sentenced to 26 Years, Connected to Murder of Stefan Filipovic in Waukegan

Wed Oct 4, 2023 06:40 pm Cardinal News

A Lake County Judge sentenced Fernando Andino to 26 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 for his involvement in a May 2022 shooting of two Waukegan men that left […]

Gary Kamen (SOURCE: Lake County State's Attorney's Office)

Deerfield Resident Gary Kamen Sentenced to 65 Years for Killing His Wife

Thu Jul 14, 2022 02:46 pm Cardinal News

(Lake County, IL) Deerfield resident Gary Kamen was sentenced to 65 years in prison on Thursday, July 14, 2022 for fatally stabbing his wife. Gary Kamen, 59, pleaded guilty on June 1, 2022 to one […]

Deerfield Resident Gary Kamen Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder of His Wife

Thu Jun 2, 2022 12:57 am Cardinal News

Gary Kamen, a Deerfield resident pled guilty to one count of First-Degree Murder — accused of killing his wife, Karyn Kamen in a brutal and heinous manner — on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. On Friday, […]

Melodie Gliniewicz (SOURCE Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Melodie Gliniewicz Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge of Deceptive Practices

Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:45 pm Cardinal News

(Lake County, IL) – Melodie Gliniewicz pleaded guilty Friday morning to the felony charge of deceptive practices in a Lake County courtroom. The guilty plea ends six years of court proceedings and renders next week’s […]

Chicago Resident Pleads Guilty to Federal Rioting Charge from August 2020 Crime

Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:17 am Cardinal News

A Chicago man that faced federal charges linked to inciting last summer’s riots in the city has pleaded guilty to inciting rioting. YouTube Tips ⓘ CHICAGO — A Chicago resident has pleaded guilty to a […]

Stuart Nitzkin of Deerfield Sentenced Time in Federal Prison; Misappropriated Funds for Physically and Psychologically Challenged Children

Fri Oct 15, 2021 08:48 pm Cardinal News

A Deerfield resident has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for fraudulently misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit organization for physically and psychologically challenged children. From 2011 […]

Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault (SOURCE: Lake County State's Attorney's Office)

Special Kind of Depravity: Special Education Worker Gets 24 Years in Prison After Guilty Plea to Sexual Assault of Student

Wed Sep 15, 2021 01:45 pm Cardinal News

(Lake County, IL) – A Mundelein area man was sentenced late Tuesday afternoon to 24 years in prison for sexually assaulting a special needs student while he was employed at the Special Education District of […]

Stuart Nitzkin Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Misappropriating $550K from Charity; Prosecutors Intend to Prove $831K

Wed May 12, 2021 10:45 pm Cardinal News

Stuart Nitzkin admitted in federal court today, Wednesday May 12, 2021, that he fraudulently misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit organization for physically and psychologically challenged children. Stuart Nitzkin, 45, of Deerfield, […]

Caren B. Irsuto pleaded guilty to theft of over $600,000 from Arlington Heights dental office

Bookkeeper Caren Irsuto Pleads Guilty to Theft of Over $600,000 from Dental Office; Sentenced to 6 Years

Wed Dec 4, 2019 12:08 pm Cardinal News

A female suspect who worked as a bookkeeper and receptionist at a dental office in Arlington Heights pleaded guilty Tuesday December 3, 2019 to embezzling more than $600,000 from a dental office over six years. […]

Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Bank Robberies in Northern Illinois, Including Arlington Heights Robbery at the TCF Bank/Jewel December 2017

Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:58 pm Cardinal News

A husband and wife robbery team from Crystal Lake have pleaded guilty in federal court to multiple bank robberies in Northern Illinois. Daniel Plushkis, 27, pleaded guilty today to three counts of bank robbery, and […]

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