Lake County Crime
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Lake County deputy receives MADD award for making more than 500 DUI arrestsSep 14, 2021 1:00 am - Lake County Sheriff's Deputy Ari Briskman was given an award Sunday night by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for his long career of arresting suspected intoxicated drivers...
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Wonder Lake man pleads not guilty to trying to arrange a rendezvous with girlSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - A Wonder Lake man who was arrested after, authorities said, arranging a meeting for sex with a 14-year-old girl near Grayslake, only to be met by Lake County sheriff's d...
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Man wanted on attempted murder charge escapes capture at jail facility, remains at largeSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - A Zion man wanted on an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting at a McHenry intersection last month remains at large after fleeing Lake County's Community Base...
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Libertyville police planning license plate readers at five locationsSep 08, 2021 5:14 am - This story has been changed from its original version to update the cost of the license plate reader cameras. After being suspended a year due to the COVID-19 pande...
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Round Lake police investigating shooting that injured driverSep 08, 2021 1:00 am - Round Lake police are investigating a Sunday night shooting that injured a man and are seeking help from the public to determine where the shots were fired. Round Lake P...
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Antioch man charged in fatal overdose of Cary residentSep 05, 2021 1:00 am - A 21-year-old Antioch man is accused of providing fentanyl-laced painkillers to a Cary man who later died of an overdose. Jordan Schwamb, of the 200 block of Cedarwood L...
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Police: Wauconda officer injured after using squad to block wrong-way drunken driverSep 05, 2021 1:00 am - A Wauconda police officer suffered minor injuries early Sunday after steering his patrol vehicle into the path of a wrong-way driver to prevent him from hitting other ca...
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Waukegan woman charged with aggravated battery after head-butting sheriff's deputySep 04, 2021 1:00 am - A Waukegan woman has been charged with aggravated battery after head-butting a sheriff's deputy in the early hours of Saturday, Sept. 4, police said. Viviana Mora, 25, o...
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Autopsy results revealed in Waukegan shootingSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Preliminary results from an autopsy confirmed that an 18-year-old Waukegan man died of a gunshot wound to the head, the Lake County coroner said in a news release Friday...
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Jury finds driver guilty in 1995 fatal Lake Forest crashSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - A jury has found Marek Josko, who fled to Poland more than 25 years ago to avoid prosecution, guilty of reckless homicide in the death of a Waukegan man. The sentencing ...