Crime & Safety

Autopsy Was Monday For Boating Accident Victim

Michael Cherbak of Algonquin was found dead early Sunday morning near an overturned boat in Barrington Hills.

According to a press release from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, crews arrived at 10350 N. River Road at 4:20 a.m. and found Cherbak lying 10 feet from a 21-foot Cutty Cabin boat.

The Daily Herald article stated that Illinois Department of Conservation police Sgt. Brett Scroggins said that the boat most likely flipped after hitting a pier while traveling along the river.

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