Former nurse sentenced to probation for neglecting nursing home residents in Crystal Lake by working while intoxicated


by Lake and McHenry County Scanner

Lake and McHenry County Scanner— A former nurse who pleaded guilty to neglecting residents of a nursing home in Crystal Lake for working while intoxicated has been sentenced to probation. Angela S. Hutchison, 48, of McHenry, was charged in July with one count of criminal neglect of a facility resident, a Class 4 felony. She was later indicted on a […]

Lake and McHenry County Scanner—No injuries reported after fire leaves residents displaced at Lake in the Hills home. No injuries were reported but residents were left displaced from their home after a fire broke out in Lake in the Hills Sunday evening, fire officials said. The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District and Lake in the Hills Police Department responded around 7 p.m. Sunday to the 100 block of Woody Way in […]

WKBN.com—Former PA healthcare worker sentenced for hate crimes targeting disabled residents. Tyler Smith, 34, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania and Zachary Dinell, 29, pleaded guilty to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act by repeatedly assaulting 13 residents of a New Brighton in-patient healthcare facility between June 2016 and September 2017.

Lake and McHenry County Scanner—No injuries reported after fire damages 2 homes, leaves 1 uninhabitable in Crystal Lake. A pet and a resident were able to escape after a fire broke out at a home, leaving it uninhabitable and damaging a second home in Crystal Lake Monday evening. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded around 5:14 p.m. Monday to the 1400 block of Blue Heron Drive for a report of a structure […]