Lee Filas
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Man held on $50,000 bail for Fox Lake bank theft WednesdayOct 23, 2014 1:01 am - A Fox Lake man is held in Lake County jail on $50,000 bail for entering a Grand Avenue bank, tossing a plastic bag at the teller and telling the victim to "fill it up." ...
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Villa Park police look for man accused of indecent exposureOct 23, 2014 1:01 am - Villa Park police are asking for help to find a man who has asked women for directions before exposing himself, authorities said. The first exposure was reported about ...
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Firefighters battling Downers Grove apartment blazeOct 22, 2014 1:00 am - Firefighters continue to battle a blaze in the 2000 block of Prentiss Drive in Downers Grove. Authorities said the fire originated on the second floor of the multiunit c...
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Dawn Patrol: Quinn, Rauner in feisty debate; how deputies' lives savedOct 21, 2014 5:01 am - Quinn, Rauner conclude debates with nonstop attacks Gov. Pat Quinn and challenger Bruce Rauner concluded a trio of televised debates last night in a feisty fashion....
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More time needed in latest Lake County DNA caseOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - Attorneys continue to wait on DNA test results to determine if a Chicago man was wrongly convicted in a grisly January 2000 attack on a North Chicago man. During a brief...
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Zion teen sentenced to 23 years for killing infant sonOct 20, 2014 1:01 am - A Zion teen was sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing his 5-month-old son when the child wouldn't stop crying. Victor Salinas-Corona, 18, must serve 100 percent o...
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Antioch man apologizes, pleads guilty to killing wife, motherOct 20, 2014 1:00 am - An Antioch man apologized Monday for savagely killing his wife with a machete and suffocating his mother in their garden apartment nearly one year ago. Billy Varner, 55,...
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Dawn Patrol: 2 McHenry deputies shot, manhunt ends; OD drug's successOct 17, 2014 5:00 am - Shooting suspect caught after passers-by spotted him Scott B. Peters — the Holiday Hills man suspected of shooting two McHenry County sheriff's deputies who were re...
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Dawn Patrol: Mundelein firm selling Ebola gear; O'Hare screenings todayOct 16, 2014 5:30 am - Demand up for Mundelein company's Ebola fighting gear Medline officials say they're fielding hundreds of calls a day from hospitals around the United States interes...
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Patt taps former jail chief Firman as potential undersheriffOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - Lake County sheriff candidate Jason Patt has tapped a former county chief of corrections as his undersheriff, should he win election Nov. 4. Patt, a 36-year-old Democra...