One of the former DCFS workers charged after the murder of Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund was found guilty Friday of child endangerment in the case, while the other was cleared.
Those present in a McHenry County courtroom Thursday heard disturbing recordings a Crystal Lake mother made on her cellphone berating her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund, in the months before she killed him.
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A Lake Villa man accused of firing a gun at McHenry homes and vehicles during the early morning hours of March 31 after being rejected by a woman at a house party remains held without bail in the McHenry County jail.
Rebecca Plascencia gives credit for her surviving a sexual assault to ongoing guidance, legal and mental health counseling and an advocate from the Northwest Coalition Against Sexual Assault, or NWCASA. She now works as deputy director of the agency.