Vernon Hills Crime
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Round Lake day care owner sentenced to 4 years in prisonAug 19, 2022 1:00 am - The owner of an at-home day care business in Round Lake where a 3-month-old child died in 2019 was sentenced to four years in prison by a Lake County judge this week. Ja...
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Second suspect arrested in Gurnee shootingAug 19, 2022 1:00 am - A second man has been charged in a November fatal shooting in Gurnee. Gurnee police said Joey Gonzalez, 25, of Vernon Hills was arrested Friday in Woodridge for the slay...
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Canine Tera(byte) to help Lake County Sheriff 's Office combat human trafficking, child exploitationAug 15, 2022 1:00 am - The newest crime fighter for the Lake County sheriff's office is a 1½-year-old Labrador retriever specially trained to find electronic devices. Tera(byte), an electronic...
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Second man charged with murder in May shooting of North Chicago teenAug 13, 2022 1:00 am - An 18-year-old Calumet City man became the second person charged with murder for the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy killed at a North Chicago gas station in May. Al...
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Ex-Lake County prosecutor who bought teen alcohol in Woodstock sent to jailAug 11, 2022 1:00 am - A former Lake County prosecutor was fined and sentenced to jail time on Wednesday for buying liquor for a teenager he was with in a Woodstock motel in 2020. Javaron D. B...
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Police searching for group behind smash-and-grab burglaries in Vernon HillsAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - Vernon Hills police are investigating at least six smash-and-grab store burglaries that happened early Monday morning at three shopping centers in the village. Investiga...
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Grand jury adds 110 criminal charges against Highland Park mass shooting suspectJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County grand jury today indicted the 21-year-old Highwood man accused of carrying out a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade on 110 additional...
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Ingleside business raided, owner charged with trafficking cocaineJul 26, 2022 1:00 am - A 36-year-old Northbrook man was charged with drug trafficking and other crimes after Lake County sheriff's office detectives uncovered nearly 1,000 grams of cocaine fro...
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Lake County jury convicts 55-year-old man on 17 counts of sexual assaultJul 22, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County jury found a 55-year-old man guilty on 17 counts of criminal sexual assault Thursday. Michael Main of Libertyville faces a mandatory minimum prison sentenc...
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Families fight at Six Flags; Chicago man charged with resisting arrestJul 19, 2022 1:00 am - A 32-year-old Chicago man faces a litany of charges stemming from a fight between two families Saturday evening at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. Kenneth D. Tabor is...