Lake County Crime
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Fugitive fatally shot by police in Beach ParkJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - A fugitive wanted for murder was fatally shot by police Tuesday after he opened fire on officers in North suburban Beach Park, authorities said. The 24-year-old man's id...
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Sheriff's office dog helps track two people in one nightJun 15, 2020 1:00 am - Dax, the Lake County sheriff's top dog, had a busy weekend, helping locate an Island Lake man who went missing after injuring himself as well as an Antioch-area woman ac...
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Arrest made in May 29 Gurnee-area murder, but gunman, another at largeJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - An arrest has been made in the May 29 shooting death of a Gurnee-area man during a drug-related robbery near his home - but two accomplices, including the gunman, remain...
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Police pursuing 'person of interest' in deadly Mundelein shootingJun 08, 2020 1:00 am - Police on Monday said they're pursuing a "person of interest" in the May 28 shooting death of a teenager in Mundelein but didn't release any information about the suspec...
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Waukegan police searching for vehicle involved in fatal hit-and-runJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - Waukegan police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that killed a man riding a bicycle late Thursday night in Waukegan. Waukegan police Cmdr. Joe Florip said offic...
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Knee on neck never appropriate, local leader of police chiefs group saysJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - Placing a knee on a suspect's neck is an inappropriate use of force, the president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police said Friday as the Minneapolis Po...
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Waukegan police identify 15 arrested during civil unrest, lootingJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - Waukegan police on Wednesday released the identities of 15 people arrested in connection with the looting of about 50 businesses late Sunday and early Monday. All of th...
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Police: Man walked through Buffalo Grove neighborhood with pellet rifleJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove police arrested a man on a disorderly conduct charge early Tuesday morning after they say officers found him and a second man walking through a village nei...
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Lake County police to continue heavy presence to deter lootingJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - Following a quiet Monday night, Lake County police departments are continuing with greater police presence this week to deter the kind of looting committed Sunday in Wau...
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Authorities: Elgin man severely beat woman with caneJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - A 72-year-old Elgin man has been arrested and charged with using a cane to severely beating a woman in her 30s who was living in his apartment, according to police and c...