Lakemoor Crime
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How police, fire departments help first responders cope in the wake of tragediesApr 16, 2024 5:24 pm - Fifteen years ago today, Shelly Engelhardt, her daughter Amanda and son Jeff experienced an unimaginable tragedy when Amanda’s then-boyfriend - in a jealousy-fueled attack - stabbed to death three Engelhardt family members in their Hoffman Estates home. They weren’t the only ones traumatized. The heinous attack also affected first responders, including Kasia Cawley, one of the Hoffman Estates police detectives assigned to the case. “It always stays with you,” said Cawley, now Hoffman Estates chief of police. “You’re never going to forget it.”
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Officials: Felon fled McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy, crashed his vehicle, then ranApr 15, 2024 8:03 pm - Authorities say a Hampshire man drove 90 mph in a 55 mph zone, disobeyed a McHenry County sheriff’s deputy’s signals to pull over, crashed his vehicle and then ran from t...
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Lake County sheriff’s deputy escapes injury as passing car strikes squadApr 15, 2024 7:53 pm - A Lake County sheriff’s deputy escaped injury Sunday night when a passing car struck the deputy’s stopped patrol vehicle, and nearly the deputy, in Deer Park, authorities...
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Lake County sheriff’s office, community mourn the loss of K9 DaxApr 12, 2024 8:11 pm - Dax, the decorated nationally known crime-fighting police dog, has died just two days after a public celebration of his illustrious career with the Lake County Sheriff’s ...
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Sheriff: Reported drive-by shooting victim accidentally shot himselfApr 07, 2024 8:03 pm - A Mundelein-area teen who initially claimed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting actually shot himself in the leg by accident, authorities said Sunday. According to t...
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Infant recovered after intervention in domestic battery along Buckley RoadApr 06, 2024 3:46 pm - Libertyville police are investigating a case of domestic battery in which they say a woman was beaten by the father of her infant child and abandoned near a busy intersec...
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Huntley man charged in large drug bust pleads guilty to lesser charge of possessing LSD, gets probationApr 05, 2024 7:08 pm - A Huntley man charged after an investigation into a drug and money-laundering scheme pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing LSD and was sentenced to two years probation. M...
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‘A true hero’: Injuries force police dog Dax to retire after storied 9-year careerApr 04, 2024 4:26 pm - A month after suffering serious injuries while tracking down a suspected car thief, renowned Lake County sheriff’s police dog Dax is turning in his badge. “There is no wa...
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Serious injuries force police dog Dax to retire after storied 9-year careerApr 04, 2024 3:35 pm - A month after suffering serious injuries while tracking down a suspected car thief, renowned Lake County sheriff’s police dog Dax is turning in his badge. “There is no wa...
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Officials: Bus driver on Wauconda school trip didn’t have CDLMar 29, 2024 8:24 pm - A Milwaukee man driving a bus with 50 students headed for Wauconda Middle School after a school trip early Thursday was issued several citations including not having a va...
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