Lake County Crime
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Authorities: Father and son beat up private investigator while he was working
Jan 21, 2021 5:52 PM - A man and his adult son face felony charges after they beat a private investigator while he was conducting surveillance in his parked car on a street in Antioch Township, Lake County sheriff's police said in a news release Thursday. -
Local authorities keep plans for pre-inauguration security close to the vest
Jan 15, 2021 1:15 PM - While they decline to provide specifics, local authorities say they will be prepared for possible armed protests leading up to next week's presidential inauguration. -
Tragedy and turmoil marked suburban crime news in 2020
Jan 4, 2021 11:54 AM - The sentencing of AJ Freund's parents, the reversal of a cold case murder conviction, looting in the wake of civil rights protests against police shootings, an explosion of gunfire at a short-term rental in Roselle and a deadly Arlington Heights home invasion were among 2020's top suburban crime stories. -
Lake County boy abducted from Christmas party reunited with grandmother
Dec 28, 2020 5:28 PM - The child authorities say was abducted by his biological parents from a Christmas Day party near Mundelein is back with his legal guardian, Lake County officials said Monday. -
Police: Man, woman found shot in Beach Park garage were murdered
Dec 10, 2020 3:22 PM - Lake County sheriff's police believe the man and woman found shot dead inside a Beach Park garage late Tuesday were murdered and are investigating the case as a double homicide. -
Daughter of Park City mayor begins alternative prosecution program
Dec 9, 2020 6:47 PM - Amy Sutton, the longtime Park City employee and daughter of Mayor Steve Pannell who pleaded guilty in February to one of three counts levied against her in connection with the theft of around $24,000 from Park City, was entered into the court's alternative prosecution program last week, according to court records. -
Police dog Dax finds stabbing suspect, crime victim on consecutive nights
Nov 27, 2020 8:25 PM - Dax the German Sheperd, one of the celebrated police dogs employed by the Lake County sheriff's office, helped police find a woman who was evading police in Round Lake after stabbing someone early Wednesday morning, the office said. In a separate incident 24 hours earlier, the dog found a man who'd been beaten in Beach Park. -
Second man arrested in Gurnee-area murder
Nov 25, 2020 4:22 PM - A second person has been charged in connection with the May 29 murder of a 21-year old man in unincorporated Gurnee. -
Ingleside man, registered sex offender, charged with child pornography
Nov 21, 2020 7:44 PM - An Ingleside man who is a registered sex offender has been charged with child pornography after using an online relationship to obtain nude photos from a 12-year-old Edwardsville girl, Lake County sheriff's police said in a news release. -
'I feel I had to protect myself': Rittenhouse offers no regrets in first public comments
Nov 20, 2020 5:00 AM - In his first public comments since his arrest, Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teen accused of killing two men and wounding another during violent demonstrations this summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, told the Washington Post he has no regrets.
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