Lake County Crime
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Cary man charged with intentionally setting house near Round Lake ablazeSep 16, 2025 8:13 am - A Cary man is facing arson charges after Lake County authorities said he intentionally set a home near Round Lake on fire Monday afternoon, destroying one house and causing damage to three other neighboring homes.
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Wheeling man charged after police say Vernon Hills resident scammed out of $27,000Sep 12, 2025 1:57 pm - Vernon Hills police arrested a 54-year-old Wheeling man after a resident was scammed out of $27,000.
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ICE officer shoots, kills suspect who dragged officer with car near Chicago, says Homeland SecuritySep 12, 2025 12:40 pm - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest Friday in Franklin Park by driving his car at officers and dragging one of them, officials said.
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‘Senseless violence’: Charlie Kirk remembered by suburban leadersSep 11, 2025 9:16 pm - Charlie Kirk, a Wheeling High graduate, had been involved in politics from a young age, volunteering for campaigns and founding Turning Point in 2012 while a teenager.
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‘One of a kind’: Young suburbanites remember Charlie Kirk as mentor, friendSep 11, 2025 5:01 pm - Suburbanites with ties to the Turning Point USA organization are mourning Charlie Kirk the day after his assassination.
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Man charged with organized retail crime, connected to ring that conducted 115 burglariesSep 09, 2025 4:21 pm - A Chicago man is accused of being part of a crime ring tied to115 burglaries throughout the suburbs.
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Wauconda man pleads guilty to having 11 pounds of pot on bus in LITH; gets 6 yearsSep 09, 2025 1:37 pm - A Wauconda man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing 11 pounds of marijuana, which was found by police in a suitcase on a bus parked in a Lake in the Hills industrial park.
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Who is Katie Abraham, the suburban native at the center of the latest deportation campaign?Sep 09, 2025 11:02 am - The Department of Homeland Security is dedicating a Chicago deportation “blitz” to Katie Abraham, one of two women killed in an Urbana drunken driving crash earlier this year by a Guatemalan man who lacked legal status and fled the scene.
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Addison ice cream shop owner accused of secretly recording employee undressing is being suedSep 09, 2025 10:57 am - A lawsuit has been filed against a Buffalo Grove man charged with secretly recording nude footage of a teenage employee using using hidden cameras at his home and his Addison ice cream.
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3 charged with stealing $500K-plus from video gambling machinesSep 08, 2025 7:55 pm - Three Chicago-area men have been charged with stealing more than $500,000 from video gambling machines at businesses throughout the suburbs.