Waukegan Crime
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Police: Antioch Township man sent nude photos to undercover cops posing as childrenMar 16, 2021 1:00 am - Undercover detectives, posing as 12-year-old girls from New York and Virginia, helped Lake County officials apprehend a registered child sexual predator from Antioch Tow...
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Authorities say Round Lake Beach man made crack cocaine in Waukegan motelMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man was arrested in a Waukegan motel room he had been using to manufacture crack cocaine, Lake County sheriff's officials said in a news release Monda...
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Lake Co. State's Attorney to focus on violent crime, victim's rightsMar 10, 2021 12:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said his office is changing the way violent crime cases are prosecuted. Rinehart, who is marking his 100th day on the job Wedn...
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Man arrested in Gurnee armed robbery now charged in Beach Park double murderMar 04, 2021 12:00 am - A Waukegan man arrested following an armed robbery in Gurnee Wednesday was charged with two counts of first degree murder after investigators found evidence tying him to...
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Suspect charged in fatal North Chicago shootingMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - A 48-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting Monday of a 47-year-old woman at a North Chicago apartment complex. Montreal Porter, 48, a resident of the compl...
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Constable: Retiring chief went from victim to mall cop to lead investigator on Gliniewicz caseFeb 27, 2021 12:00 am - Born on the West German side of the Iron Curtain to parents who met after their time at Nazi labor camps during World War II, George Filenko honed his police instincts g...
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Ex-Bear lineman acquitted of charges he ran fight ring at youth prison in St. CharlesFeb 26, 2021 4:00 am - A former Chicago Bears offensive lineman who became a guard of a different sort after his pro football career ended was acquitted this week of charges he ran a fight rin...
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Zion man accused of fighting with deputies at crash sceneFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - A Zion man was charged with fighting with Lake County sheriff's deputies who were investigating a crash in Beach Park, authorities said in a news release Friday. Akilra ...
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Lake Zurich trustee chooses bench trial in domestic battery caseFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - The criminal case against Lake Zurich Trustee Jim Beaudoin, who was charged with two counts of domestic violence stemming from a Dec. 12 altercation with his girlfriend,...
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Constable: Retiring chief went from crime victim to mall cop to lead investigator on Gliniewicz caseFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am -
From mall security to major crimes to chief, George Filenko was always a cop