Wauconda Crime
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Man faces charges after 8-hour standoff in Round Lake BeachDec 05, 2025 11:28 am - A 35-year-old Round Lake Beach man was charged with domestic battery early Friday following an eight-hour standoff in what was described as an isolated situation.
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How a wrong turn led to a possible safe haven for abuse survivorsDec 04, 2025 4:49 pm - What started with a wrong turn could become just the right refuge for hundreds of domestic violence and human trafficking survivors from the north suburbs.
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Search warrant leads to child pornography charges in WaucondaNov 25, 2025 10:29 pm - A 61-year-old Wauconda man was arrested Thursday after Wauconda police executed a search warrant prompted by multiple tips from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, officials said.
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Driver seriously injured in single-vehicle crash Friday night in WaucondaNov 25, 2025 12:52 pm - Wauconda police are just now releasing details about a single-vehicle crash Friday night that left the driver with life-threatening injuries.
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‘Broadview Six’ plead not guilty to charges of ‘impeding’ agents outside ICE facilityNov 12, 2025 10:06 pm - Six Chicago-area progressive candidates, officeholders and activists pleaded not guilty Wednesday on charges alleging they “impeded” a federal agent during a September protest outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in suburban Broadview.
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Police seek help finding missing man whose disappearance may involve foul playNov 12, 2025 12:10 pm - Police are seeking the public’s help to find a Mundelein-area man who hasn’t been seen in more than a week and whose disappearance may involve foul play.
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2 arrested in Lake County murder-for-hire plotNov 08, 2025 11:25 am - Two men have been arrested in connection with a murder-for-hire plot that involved a shooting in Beach Park on Nov. 5, Lake County sheriff’s police said.
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Prosecutors: Lake County man accused of posting online death threats targeting TrumpNov 03, 2025 4:56 pm - A 57-year-old Winthrop Harbor man was arrested Monday after posting online threats to kill President Donald Trump last month, court records show.
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Abughazaleh, candidate for 9th District seat, indicted over ICE protestOct 29, 2025 12:59 pm - A prominent Democratic candidate for a largely suburban Congressional seat now faces a criminal charge stemming from ongoing protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.
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Man accused of hiding Antioch woman’s body held in Lake County jail days after being ordered deportedOct 23, 2025 3:26 pm - The same week a judge ordered Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez deported, the man charged with hiding the body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman in a garbage container was ordered held in the Lake County jail instead.