Lake County Crime
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Algonquin teen charged with DUI, reckless homicide in deadly Barrington Hills crashAug 11, 2022 1:00 am - An Algonquin teenager has been charged in a juvenile petition with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence more than two months after a two-car wrec...
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Ex-Lake County prosecutor who bought teen alcohol in Woodstock sent to jailAug 11, 2022 1:00 am - A former Lake County prosecutor was fined and sentenced to jail time on Wednesday for buying liquor for a teenager he was with in a Woodstock motel in 2020. Javaron D. B...
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Sheriff: Long Grove man fired gun after teens pulled into wrong drivewayAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - A 55-year-old Long Grove man fired two shots Tuesday night after a pair of teenagers accidentally pulled into his driveway, mistaking it for a friend's, Lake County auth...
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Police searching for group behind smash-and-grab burglaries in Vernon HillsAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - Vernon Hills police are investigating at least six smash-and-grab store burglaries that happened early Monday morning at three shopping centers in the village. Investiga...
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Hainesville man fatally shot in Waukegan identifiedAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Lake County officials on Tuesday released the name of the 18-year-old Hainesville man fatally shot Saturday at a Waukegan apartment complex. Michael Reed Jr. died Sunday...
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18-year-old Hainesville man fatally shot in WaukeganAug 08, 2022 1:00 am - Waukegan police are investigating the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Hainesville man over the weekend. Police said officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in ...
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DuPage County judge denies bail for Lake Zurich manAug 05, 2022 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge on Friday denied bail for a Lake Zurich man facing weapon and drug charges in a Willowbrook case. Lamarcus Washington, 38, of the 23500 block of N...
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Libertyville approves purchase of body cameras for policeAug 04, 2022 5:20 am - Libertyville police will be outfitting officers with body-worn cameras about two years in advance of a state requirement to do so. "Our goal would be to roll this out in...
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50 years later: How the De Mau Mau murders changed Barrington HillsAug 04, 2022 5:00 am - Fritz Gohl remembers growing up in Barrington Hills during the 1950s and 1960s when nobody locked their doors. That changed on Aug. 5, 1972, after residents of the afflu...
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Former worker in assessor's office admits to schemeAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - A former longtime Cook County assessor's office employee agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors Thursday as he admitted helping lower taxes on certain Cook County ...