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SUSPECT SURRENDERS n Holiday Hills man allegedly shot, wounded two sheriff’s deputies
n Found near Crystal Lake after near 16-hour search by area law enforcement
n Deputies underwent surgery, county sheriff expects them to recover
By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com
and ALLISON GOODRICH agoodrich@shawmedia.com
H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com
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HOLIDAY HILLS – A near 16-hour manhunt that gripped McHenry County on Thursday for a Holiday Hills man, who allegedly shot and wounded two sheriff’s deputies, ended with the help of residents. Two residents near the area of Smith Road and Terra Cotta Avenue, east of Crystal Lake, called the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office around 5 p.m. to a report a suspicious man, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, walking down Smith Road. Three sheriff deputies moved in and apprehended Scott B. Peters, a 52-yearold Holiday Hills resident, who was found unarmed and surrendered into police custody without incident, said Sheriff Keith Nygren. Peters was not wounded when police arrested him. It capped a whirlwind day in the county that began at 1:16 a.m., when three other sheriff deputies responded to a domestic dispute at Peters’ home along Northeast Shore Drive. As the officers approached, Peters allegedly shot and wounded two unidentified deputies while a third returned fire and provided cover, Nygren said. It was the first time a deputy was shot in McHenry County since the early 1980s, Nygren estimated. “The day ends on a positive note,” Nygren said during a 7 p.m. news conference. “The neighbors who live in Holiday Hills can return to their homes, knowing that this incident is over and their community is safe again.” Nearly 250 officers from Lake and Cook counties, the state, the U.S. Marshals and FBI, along with sheriff deputies and police from local jurisdictions, assisted in the search for Peters, who fled his home after wounding the two deputies, Nygren said. Investigators don’t yet know how Peters evaded the heavy police presence for multiple hours or how he made his way from Holiday Hills to an unincorporated area between Prairie Grove and Crystal Lake. They continued to talk with Peters late Thursday night, Nygren said.
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Members of the Illinois State Police go door to door Thursday during the search for Scott B. Peters of Holiday Hills. Peters is accused of shooting two McHenry County Sheriff’s deputies early Thursday morning, McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren said.
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Two McHenry County Sheriff’s deputies were shot at 1313 W. Northeast Shore Drive in Holiday Hills
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Scott B. Peters is accused of shooting two McHenry County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday. He was arrested later near Crystal Lake.
D-155 ordered to tear down CL South school bleachers Board of trustees waiting on appeal to state Supreme Court regarding city zoning ordinances By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – After more than a year of legal proceedings, McHenry County Judge Michael Chmiel said Thursday the time has come for District 155 to tear down the $1.18 million bleacher expansion at Crystal Lake South High
School. Chmiel’s order surprised District 155 attorney Robert Swain who said he was unaware Tom Burney – attorney for the residents who brought the lawsuit – would request a tear-down order during the hearing. Swain asked Chmiel to delay the order so the district could submit a written
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“The kids shouldn’t have to suffer because of this. But I hope residents realize they need to put in new board members and a new regional superintendent.” Kim Maselbas-Gurba, one of the residents who brought the lawsuit response, but Chmiel said the residents who live next to the expanded bleachers have wait-
ed long enough. Chmiel suggested the bleachers could be torn down
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“as soon as possible,” but Burney suggested a Dec. 1 date, which would allow the rest of the football season to play out unencumbered. “I agree with Mr. Burney from top to bottom,” Chmiel said during the hearing. “The bleachers come down.” The ruling comes after Chmiel had ordered the district
in September to start going through the city zoning process by Oct. 16 after an appellate court upheld Chmiel’s December 2013 ruling that the district needed to go through Crystal Lake’s zoning process before constructing the bleachers.
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