Lake County Crime
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Demonstrators seek to keep AJ's memory alive as case against parents proceedsJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - When Richard and Mary Becker think of their grandchildren, they also think of AJ Freund, the 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy who authorities say was fatally beaten by his pa...
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Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in Fox River Grove crashJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - A 56-year-old man had to be airlifted to a hospital Tuesday after a crash on Route 22 in Fox River Grove that shut down traffic for hours. Fox River Grove Police Chief E...
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Appeals court upholds prison sentence in brutal attack on Vernon Hills womanJun 17, 2019 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man who brutally stabbed a female co-worker outside a Deer Park movie theater in 2015 will continue serving a 27-year sentence for the crime, an Illinois a...
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Round Lake Beach man testifies he only tried to scare romantic rival, then gun went offJun 17, 2019 1:00 am - Kenneth Seplak testified Monday he accidentally shot and killed a Libertyville man who he said was chasing him on Milwaukee Avenue after a parking lot confrontation. But...
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Gurnee honors six officers for enforcing traffic lawsJun 17, 2019 1:00 am - The village of Gurnee honored six officers Monday night who were exceptionally skilled and devoted to enforcing traffic violations, including pulling over drivers who ar...
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Arlington Heights man reported beaten, robbed in Busse WoodsJun 16, 2019 1:00 am - Authorities are investigating the reported assault and robbery of a man Saturday morning in the Busse Woods forest preserve near Elk Grove Village. Cook County Forest Pr...
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Slain Arlington Heights couple remembered for selfless, generous livesJun 15, 2019 1:00 am - At their funeral Mass Saturday morning, a retired Arlington Heights couple whom authorities believe were murdered by their daughter a week earlier, were remembered for t...
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Why police are swapping first-aid kits for 'trauma bags,' and what's the differenceJun 14, 2019 5:00 am - Not so long ago, the typical first-aid kit found in a police squad car wasn't much different from what you could pick up for $20 at a sporting goods store - a handful of...
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Waukegan woman pleads guilty to driving drunk when causing crash that killed twoJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - A 39-year-old woman pleaded guilty Thursday to being drunk and causing a crash that killed two people sitting at a stop light in Waukegan. Letisia C. Delgadillo, of Wau...
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Gunshot residue and forensic science take over Libertyville murder trialJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - An evidence technician testified Thursday that gunshot residue was found on a driver's-side window well and on the left cuff of a shirt police believe Kenneth Seplak wor...