Lake County Crime
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Judge: Accused Highland Park shooter gets some phone privileges restoredApr 24, 2024 12:10 pm - The Highwood man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more during Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade appeared briefly in a Lake County courtroom ...
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Police investigating attempted robbery of runner on Libertyville pathApr 23, 2024 10:09 am - Police are investigating the attempted robbery Sunday morning of a runner on the Libertyville Nature Preserve Trail. According to police, a man was running northbound on ...
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Pair charged with arson of closed Round Lake Beach theaterApr 22, 2024 4:07 pm - Two Lake Villa men face arson charges in connection with a fire Saturday night that caused significant damage to the interior of the former Regal Cinemas in Round Lake Be...
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Carpentersville man charged with groping co-worker in Lake ZurichApr 22, 2024 4:01 pm - A Carpentersville man faces a pair of felony charges alleging he groped a female co-worker without her consent last week in Lake Zurich. Everado Cardenas, 53, of the 100 ...
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Woman charged with theft, forgery related to boat rental businessApr 19, 2024 4:22 pm - A 36-year-old woman is facing a string of new charges, including theft and forgery, following an investigation into her boat rental business. Kristen Wooden, of the 41000...
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‘Lives are at stake’: Suburban lawmaker targets protesters blocking trafficApr 19, 2024 5:15 am - If you were among the hundreds delayed, detoured or just plain disturbed by the protests Monday that blocked the expressway entrance to O’Hare International Airport, you’...
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How police, fire departments help first responders cope in the wake of tragediesApr 16, 2024 5:24 pm - Fifteen years ago today, Shelly Engelhardt, her daughter Amanda and son Jeff experienced an unimaginable tragedy when Amanda’s then-boyfriend - in a jealousy-fueled attack - stabbed to death three Engelhardt family members in their Hoffman Estates home. They weren’t the only ones traumatized. The heinous attack also affected first responders, including Kasia Cawley, one of the Hoffman Estates police detectives assigned to the case. “It always stays with you,” said Cawley, now Hoffman Estates chief of police. “You’re never going to forget it.”
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Officials: Felon fled McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy, crashed his vehicle, then ranApr 15, 2024 8:12 pm - Authorities say a Hampshire man drove 90 mph in a 55 mph zone, disobeyed a McHenry County sheriff’s deputy’s signals to pull over, crashed his vehicle and then ran from t...
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Lake County sheriff’s deputy escapes injury as passing car strikes squadApr 15, 2024 8:02 pm - A Lake County sheriff’s deputy escaped injury Sunday night when a passing car struck the deputy’s stopped patrol vehicle, and nearly the deputy, in Deer Park, authorities...
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Arguing heard in phone call before Wheeling murder-suicide, police sayApr 15, 2024 3:54 pm - The last time anyone heard from a Wheeling couple who were found dead last week in an apparent murder-suicide was the night before their bodies were discovered — and they...