Wauconda Crime
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Police: Man recaptured after wiggling out of handcuffs, escaping sheriff's squad carJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - A Romeoville man is held on $50,000 bail after briefly escaping police in Third Lake by wiggling out of handcuffs and squeezing through a small window in a police car Pl...
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170 cited for underage drinking at Country Thunder, authorities saidJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - Kenosha County authorities said 170 people were cited on charges of underage drinking at last week's four-day Country Thunder music festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. T...
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Two charged with murder of Lake Villa manJul 23, 2018 1:00 am - Two Lake Villa Township men have been charged in the death of a Lake Villa man during a robbery in an alley near his home Saturday night, authorities said. Jordan L. To...
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Report: Gurnee officers who shot woman in May acted appropriatelyJul 20, 2018 1:00 am - The two Gurnee Police officers who shot and killed a woman who pointed a rifle at them in May acted reasonably and appropriately, according to an investigation by the La...
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Waukegan man pleads not guilty to attacking womanJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - A Waukegan man accused of violently attacking a woman who rejected his romantic advances last month pleaded not guilty Thursday, authorities said. Varghese Philip, 51, ...
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Man suffering overdose saved by Lake County sergeantJul 15, 2018 1:00 am - A Lake County Sheriff's sergeant saved a 20-year-old man suffering from an apparent opioid overdose Friday night in Warren Township, authorities said Sunday. Sgt. Robb B...
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Attorney says woman who hit people with car was attacked first, feared for her lifeJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - A Chicago woman accused of running over a 15-month-old child and his grandmother remains jailed on $250,000 bond, a Lake County judge ruled Thursday. Attorneys for Zari...
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California man gets 6 years but already freed after threatening to 'light up' courthouseJul 10, 2018 1:00 am - A California man who threatened to "light up" the Lake County courthouse and Gurnee police station in 2014 was sentenced to six years in prison. Daniel Pederson, 36, of...
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Lake County jail inmate charged for falsely accusing officer of sex assaultJul 10, 2018 1:00 am - An inmate at Lake County jail was charged with felony disorderly conduct after falsely claiming a female correctional officer inappropriately touched her during a pat do...
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Authorities: Man stole money, punched police dog while fleeing officerJul 09, 2018 1:00 am - A Warren Township man faces criminal charges after he stole money from a Mundelein man, then punched a Lake County police dog while trying to run away, authorities said ...