Local Crime

Two men have been charged after prosecutors say one of them opened fire at a gas station in Waukegan and then led multiple police agencies on a high-speed 30-minute pursuit through Lake County. The Waukegan Police Department issued a regional radio broadcast to area police departments around 3:50 a.m. Friday.

One of three suspects has been arrested after they surrounded a car and pointed a gun at the occupants during a carjacking at a restaurant in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 8:30 p.m. on June 30, 2020, to a Subway restaurant for a report of a robbery.

Police say an 18-year-old man who was upset about being asked to produce identification to buy tobacco products threatened to shoot an employee at a gas station in Riverwoods. The Riverwoods Police Department responded around 3 a.m. last Sunday to the Thorntons gas station, 1055 North Milwaukee Avenue in Riverwoods, for a report of an [...]

The sheriff’s office says they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a convenience store in Beach Park and resulted in the robber escaping Saturday morning. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11:35 a.m. Saturday to the 37700 block of North Green Bay Road in Beach Park for a report of an armed [...]

Approximately 50 shell casings were recovered after four gunmen exchanged gunfire in a crowded area in downtown Waukegan, leaving the College of Lake County building struck by shots. The Waukegan Police Department was on the scene for an unrelated call when they heard several gunshots in downtown Waukegan around 8:30 p.m. on April 13.

Lake County’s Special Investigations Group seized a record amount of fentanyl in 2023 and also uncovered a human trafficking operation that resulted in the rescue of five victims, authorities said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG) is a High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force.

A police department in McHenry County has issued a warning to the community urging students to not participate in “Senior Assassin” in public after a CCL holder nearly mistook the game for a real threat. Harvard Police Chief Tyson Bauman and Harvard High School Principal Carl Hobbs issued a joint statement to the community Thursday [...]

Police are warning the community after a concealed carry holder at a restaurant in Gurnee nearly mistook masked high schoolers with water guns for an actual threat. The Gurnee Police Department in a community alert Wednesday addressed incidents occurring nationwide and recently in the community associated with a game known as “Senior Assassins.”

A man was found hiding from police inside a random bystander’s vehicle after he allegedly opened fire at a victim following an armed robbery in Gurnee. Gavino Romero Jr., 19, of Chicago, was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury on charges of armed robbery with the discharge of a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm, [...]

Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy shot a dog after multiple aggressive dogs, one of which remains on the loose, attacked people in a neighborhood near McHenry. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded just before 6 p.m. Thursday to the area of West Heumann Drive and Stilling Boulevard in unincorporated McHenry.