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POLICE RECEIVE TRESPASSING CALL
2 teens charged in Crystal Lake break-in
Residents seek stricter restrictions in UDO By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com
H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com
A McHenry County sheriff’s deputy searches the property near the 7300 block of Oakwood Lane in Crystal Lake after one person was found shot.
Homeowner shoots one of the would-be intruders By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
and EMILY COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Two teenagers have been charged with a break-in that resulted in a Crystal Lake woman shooting one of the would-be intruders in the stomach. Nicholas Porcayo, 18, and Brandon Mendez, 19, both have been charged with intimidation, a Class 3 felony, and criminal trespass to a residence, a Class 4 felony, McHenry County Undersheriff Andrew Zinke said. Both men were in custody Tuesday evening. Mendez was taken to an undis-
closed hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, the woman called police to report that two people were attempting to break into her home in 7300 block of Oakwood Lane. When police arrived on the scene they found two subjects, one with a gunshot wound. Initial reports indicate the woman fired a .25 caliber gun and struck one of the men, Zinke said. It is unclear how many times the woman fired the weapon. She had been asleep when a ruckus and people shouting woke her up, Zinke said. Her teenage children had locked two men out of the house, but they kicked
the door down. The two men were unarmed. The woman warned them and asked them to leave, Zinke said. She shot one when they ignored her and kept advancing on her. “The mother deserves a lot of credit,” Zinke said. “She was dealing with a violent situation. She was protecting her home and her children with the only means she had. She was incredibly brave and likely prevented any of her children from getting hurt.” There were no other injuries to the woman or her teenage children.
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WOODSTOCK – A number of residents implored the McHenry County Board to put tougher restrictions on adult establishments in the proposed Unified Development Ordinance. Concerned citizens over a 45-minute span asked the County Board on Tuesday morning to delay the scheduled Sept. 16 vote on the ordinance so members can include more limitations discouraging adult bookstores, strip clubs and other sexually-themed entertainment in unincorporated areas. Many of the speakers said such establishments, besides having negative effects on the community, are “breeding grounds” for the sexual trafficking of women and girls. “McHenry County isn’t the place for trafficking, for pornography, for any of that,” McHenry resident Anita Parrot told board members. The fact that the proposed UDO does contain new restrictions on such establishments did not dissuade residents’ concerns. But both of their wishes may be granted – County Board members seemed amenable to further restrictions, and it appears increasingly likely that the number of proposed amendments to the 300-page, 20-chapter ordinance will require pushing back the vote again. This is the second meeting in as many weeks in which residents came out in force to oppose a provision in the UDO. Both cases – adult businesses and restrictions on residential storage of recreational vehicles – were the work of County Board member John Hammerand, R-Wonder Lake, who urged residents to attend and make their feelings known. The UDO, which is nearing its final vote after more than three years of work and open debate, combines and updates all of the county’s development-related ordinances. The ordinance only applies to unincorporated areas and will not supersede municipal zoning and land-use ordinances. County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill, R-Woodstock, took the unusual step at the start of the meeting to give the floor during her chairman’s
See UDO, page A4
Video purports to show beheading of American journalist By ZEINA KARAM The Associated Press BEIRUT – Islamic State extremists released a video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warning President Barack Obama that as long as U.S. airstrikes against the militant group continue, “our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.” The footage – depicting what the U.S. called a sickening act of brutality – was posted two weeks after the release of video showing the killing of James Foley and just days after Sotloff’s mother pleaded for his life. Barak Barfi, a spokesman for the family, said the Sotloffs had seen the video but that authorities have not
established its authenticity. “The family knows of this horrific tragedy and is grieving privately. There will be no public comment from the family during this difficult time,” Barfi said. Sotloff, a 31-year-old Miami-area native who freelanced for Time and Foreign Policy magazines, vanished in Syria in August 2013 and was not seen again until he appeared in a video released last month that showed Foley’s beheading. Dressed in an orange jumpsuit against an arid Syrian landscape, Sotloff was threatened in that video with death unless the U.S. stopped airstrikes on the Islamic State. In the video distributed Tuesday and titled “A Second Message to America,” Sotloff appears in a simi-
lar jumpsuit before he is apparently beheaded by a fighter with the Islamic State, the extremist group that has conquered wide swaths of territory across Syria and Iraq and declared itself a caliphate. In the video, the organization threatens to kill another hostage, this one identified as a British citizen, David Cawthorne Haines. It was not immediately clear who Haines was. Britain and France called the killing “barbaric.” British Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement that he would chair an emergency response meeting with his Cabinet early Wednesday to review the latest developments.
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A police officer stands outside the home of the family of journalist Steven Sotloff on Tuesday in Pinecrest, Fla. A video posted online Tuesday purported to show the beheading by the Islamic State group of Sotloff, who went missing in Syria last year.
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