Waukegan Crime
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Police investigating fatal hit-and-run in downtown WaukganOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Waukegan police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left one person dead in downtown Waukegan Friday morning, authorities said. Officers were called to the inter...
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Psych exam of Gurnee woman killed by ex-husband to be admitted at trialOct 11, 2018 1:00 am - Attorneys say man killed her in self-defense
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Former Lake County Bar Association exec admits to stealing nearly $250,000 from groupOct 09, 2018 1:00 am - A former executive director of the Lake County Bar Association received two years of probation after admitting Tuesday to stealing nearly $250,000 from the organization ...
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22 taken into custody during Lake County warrants operationOct 05, 2018 1:00 am - Officials said 22 people in Lake County were taken into custody Wednesday during a warrant sweep called "Operation Safe Communities." The operation, which focused on lo...
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Algonquin man accused of trying to arrange illicit meeting with teen in Warren Twp.Oct 05, 2018 1:00 am - An Algonquin man is charged with trying to meet someone he thought was a 14-year-old boy on social media to engage in a sex act and smoke marijuana, authorities said. T...
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No bail for Deerfield man charged in wife's slayingSep 26, 2018 11:00 pm - A Lake County judge ordered a Deerfield man accused of handcuffing, assaulting and fatally stabbing his wife to remain behind bars with no bail. Judge Paul Novak was du...
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Prosecutors to refile charges against teen in Great America attackSep 25, 2018 1:00 am - Criminal charges will be refiled against a Waukegan man accused of starting a fight that injured a family at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. Lake County State's Atto...
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Authorities: Man charged in wife's slaying held her hostage, stabbed her 15 timesSep 25, 2018 1:00 am - A Lake County judge ordered a Deerfield man temporarily held without bond after being accused of stabbing his wife more than 15 times while she was handcuffed and held h...
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Two years later, murder of Barrington Hills construction magnate remains a mysterySep 21, 2018 5:30 am - It's been almost two years since the badly beaten body of a Barrington Hills construction magnate was found dead in a torched vehicle abandoned in Chicago's Pilsen neigh...
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Man gunned down in Waukegan identifiedSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - The Lake County Coroner's Office Friday identified Terrance Shelton, 51, of Waukegan as the man found shot to death outside of his home on North Jackson Street at 12:11 ...