Local Crime

A 72-year-old man in Illinois who stands accused of sexually abusing a wheelchair-bound child has been released pending his trial. The suspect is identified as John G. Finch of Antioch, the Lake and McHenry County Scanner reported Tuesday. The outlet noted an appeals court overturned a judge’s initial decision in the case and ordered the [...]

Authorities are searching for a man, who they say is their “most wanted” and has multiple warrants, after he led officers on a pursuit in a U-Haul and escaped on foot in Zion. The Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin Police Department initiated a vehicle pursuit around 5 p.m. on January 8. Read more...

A 22-year-old man was arrested following a 17-mile police pursuit after he allegedly burglarized a home in Waukegan where he stole belongings and a resident’s car. Henry M. Yates, 22, of North Chicago, was charged with residential burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle, theft over $500 and two counts of aggravated fleeing to elude. Read [...]

A Lake County sheriff’s canine successfully helped officers capture a man wanted after allegedly committing a residential burglary in Libertyville Monday evening. The Libertyville Police Department responded to a report of a burglary in progress in the 800 block of Paddock Lane in Libertyville. Read more...

State police are investigating after shots were fired at a vehicle during a road rage incident on Route 53 near Long Grove Wednesday evening. The Illinois State Police (ISP) responded around 5:35 p.m. Wednesday to the area of Route 53 and Lake Cook Road, which is located on the border of Long Grove and Palatine, [...]

Officers found a 16-year-old boy shot in North Chicago last Saturday, just four days after a new police substation opened nearby. The North Chicago Police Department responded around 8:10 p.m. on January 6 to the 1000 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago for shots fired detected by ShotSpotter. Read more...

An 18-year-old man was charged in connection to the homicide of a 20-year-old man during a gun exchange outside a Zion apartment building on Wednesday. Brian Rodriguez, 18, of Winthrop Harbor, was charged with three counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony. Read more...

A judge denied pre-trial release for a convicted felon accused of unlawfully possessing a loaded gun, cocaine and fentanyl inside his McHenry home with multiple children inside. Kenneth Price, 31, of McHenry, was charged with two counts of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, armed habitual criminal, two counts of possession of a controlled [...]

Police are investigating after a man who went to meet up with a woman at a hotel in Waukegan was robbed at gunpoint by another man and the woman. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 6:56 a.m. on December 30 to the Red Roof Inn, 3031 Belvidere Road in Waukegan, for a report of an [...]

A Lake County sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized after a suspect attacked her unprovokedly by jumping on her and punching in the face while she was providing a family with resources near Lake Zurich. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 8:55 a.m. Sunday to the 23800 block of North High Ridge Drive in unincorporated Lake [...]