Lake County Crime
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Four overdoses in 10 days in Lake CountyJan 14, 2017 12:00 am - A woman died Thursday and a man was revived by sheriff's deputies Friday night, both following overdoses in Lake County, authorities said. Altogether, there have been fo...
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Elgin violent crime up for first half of 2016; drop expected for second halfJan 13, 2017 4:00 am - It was a tale of three cities when it came to the largest suburbs and violent crime in the first half of 2016. According to statistics released by the FBI this week, the...
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Waukegan mother apologizes for fatal abuse of daughterJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - Judge taking the weekend to ponder her sentence for killing girl
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Woman, ex-boyfriend charged in staged home invasion, dog's deathJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - A Maine Township woman and her ex-boyfriend have been charged with staging a home invasion at her residence, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart announced Friday. The woman,...
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Sentencing hearing continued for Waukegan woman who killed daughterJan 12, 2017 12:00 am - Nicholette Lawrence buried her face in her hands and sobbed as a three-year-old cellphone video of her using a belt to repeatedly hit her daughter, Raashanai Coley, play...
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Elgin man accused of sex assaults, abuse in 1990s, 2011Jan 12, 2017 12:00 am - A 76-year-old Elgin man has been charged with repeatedly raping and sexually abusing a girl he knew beginning in the early 1990s and another victim in 2012. William R. A...
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Wanted Round Lake man in custodyJan 11, 2017 12:00 am - A Round Lake man wanted on a warrant for aggravated criminal sexual abuse is in Lake County jail, authorities said Wednesday. The Lake County Sheriff's Warrants Team an...
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Ex-Buffalo Grove teacher gets 13 years for having child pornographyJan 10, 2017 12:00 am - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former Buffalo Grove middle school teacher to 13 years in prison for possessing child pornography and encouraging minors to send s...
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Woman charged in Lake Zurich shootingJan 10, 2017 12:00 am - Charges have been filed against a woman accused of shooting her boyfriend in a Lake Zurich house. Village police said today that Rajean C. Johnson, 43, of the 200 block ...
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Judge won't dismiss charges in Gliniewicz caseJan 09, 2017 12:00 am - A judge denied a motion to dismiss two criminal charges against Melodie Gliniewicz in Lake County court Monday. Judge James Booras ruled prosecutors introduced the requi...