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Police seize 7.6 pounds of heroin from Crystal Lake apartment

McHenry County Sheriff 's sergeant Mike Muraski with some of the 7.6 pounds of heroin worth $692,000 on Thursday, May 4, 2017 in Woodstock. Roman Castro, 47, of the 600 block of Virginia Road, Crystal Lake was arrested Tuesday by members of the McHenry County Sheriff 's Police Narcotics Task Force and charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class X felony and unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony." class="automarg" src="http://www.nwherald.com/_internal/cimg!0/c73dbm2bdsx79vv78ivcsmufhop7xkg" /> H. Rick Bamman Caption H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com McHenry County Sheriff 's sergeant Mike Muraski with some of the 7.6 pounds of heroin worth $692,000 on Thursday, May 4, 2017 in Woodstock. Roman Castro, 47, of the 600 block of Virginia Road, Crystal Lake was arrested Tuesday by members of the McHenry County Sheriff 's Police Narcotics Task Force and charged with unlawful delivery of a con...

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In March of 2016, having recently been let go from the Cleveland Browns due in part to truancy and public drug use, Johnny Manziel applied to live in an apartment. The property manager who processed his application was at first delighted that she would have the opportunity to rent to the Heisman Trophy recipient from Texas A&M. But she was quickly disheartened when she realized that, due to a criminal background screening policy that she had helped create which immediately disqualified applicants who had been arrested for or charged with a crime, she could not rent to Johnny Football. His criminal background check revealed that he had been arrested for domestic violence three months prior. But since she was a fan, and because it was her personal opinion that he was innocent, she successfully lobbied her building’s ownership to restructure their screening policy to disregard arrests, and only screen for convictions (using the logic that arrests are not proof of wrongdoing). ...

Woman Killed Love Rival and Stole Her Identity Online

A Nebraska woman convicted of killing a woman who was dating the same man — and then posing as the victim on social media to cover her tracks — was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, PEOPLE confirms. On Tuesday, a Nebraska judge sentenced Shanna Golyar , 42, of Omaha, to life in prison without parole for the November 2012 murder of Cari Farver, 37. In a bizarre case that took years to unravel, authorities believe Golyar fatally stabbed Farver in November 2012 after she left the apartment of a man Golyar was dating at the same time, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. After the murder, Golyar assumed Farver ’s identity by using her phone to send fake emails and texts to the dead woman’s family and friends in an attempt to make it appear that her former love rival was still alive, court records show . Golyar also created a fake Facebook account posing as Farver and posted messages trying to convince the dead woman’s loved ones that she had left her life in Nebraska be...

Cops: Group broke into home, killed man in front of daughter

Updated 4:09 pm, Tuesday, August 15, 2017 ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A masked group broke into an apartment and forced a man to open his safe, then told his young daughter to turn around before shooting him five times, authorities said. One arrest has been made, and three other people are being sought. The home invasion happened early Sunday at Jermaine Taylor's apartment in Allentown. His roommate and his brother called 911 when they returned home and found the 39-year-old Taylor dead. Isaac Navarro, 29, was charged in Lehigh County with homicide, robbery and conspiracy in connection. Investigators said he was shot in the leg during the home invasion. The county public defender 's office said no defense attorney had yet been assigned to him. Authorities are still looking for three other assailants, who have been named in court filings as John Doe 1, John Doe 2 and Jane Doe. The group was spotted on surveillance images walking from the scene. Taylor's neighbor Fannie Holden ...