Lake County Crime
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Spat over fat led to workplace killing in Hampshire, police sayAug 25, 2017 5:30 am - What led an employee at a Hampshire meatpacking plant to, according to police, throw a knife into a co-worker's chest earlier this month, killing the man in one of the s...
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Grayslake police say teen fire victim also had gunshot woundAug 25, 2017 1:00 am - The feel-good story about police rescuing a Grayslake teenager from a house fire has taken a bizarre turn that has investigators digging into the details of what happene...
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Teen in critical condition after being shot near Round LakeAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - A 17-year-old boy is hospitalized with critical injuries after being shot Tuesday near Round Lake, authorities said this morning. Lake County Sheriff's deputies were cal...
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Fugitive Lake County shooting suspects capturedAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Lake County authorities said Thursday they've captured two suspects wanted in connection with an Aug. 16 shooting that left two men injured in Zion. Kyle Q. Wright, 22, ...
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Pink handcuffs and butter burgers: Lake County deputies, detectives on 'Live PD'Aug 23, 2017 5:30 am - Pink handcuffs, “Even Flow” and butter burgers. If these terms are strange to you, then you haven't been watching deputies and detectives from the Lake County sheriff's...
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Man guilty of attacking 84-year-old woman at casinoAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - A McHenry man faces prison after being convicted of battering an 84-year-old woman he knew at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin. Steven K. Henshall, 49, of the 3200 blo...
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Waukegan man charged with murder in house party shootingAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - A 48-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Waukegan woman who was shot and killed at a house party June 5. Farid S. Rakin, of Waukegan, is charged with the ...
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Gurnee man killed stepfather, self in murder-suicide FridayAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - A 30-year-old Gurnee man fatally shot his stepfather before turning the gun on himself in their home last week, police said Tuesday after a four-day investigation into t...
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Spring Grove man charged in Antioch Family Video robberyAug 21, 2017 1:00 am - A Spring Grove man was arrested Sunday night and charged in the Aug. 9 robbery of a Family Video store in Antioch. Around 7 p.m. Aug. 9, a man who attempted to disguise ...
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Man charged in Lake County burglariesAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - A Chicago man is facing multiple felony charges in connection with two ruse burglaries that happened in June in Lake County. Sandy Baker, 42, of the 4400 block of Spauld...