Local Crime

A Waukegan woman was released from custody after prosecutors say she stabbed her boyfriend while he was driving a car in Waukegan and fled the scene. Alexis Benjamin, 31, of Waukegan, was charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and two counts of domestic battery [...]

A Chicago woman has been charged with fatally hitting a Waukegan man, who was a U.S. Army veteran, with her car and fleeing the scene in North Chicago. The North Chicago Fire Department and North Chicago Police Department responded around 8:45 p.m. on November 10, 2022, to Lewis Avenue and 17th Street. Read more...

Prosecutors say a Waukegan man, who was covered in cocaine and found with a gun and other drugs, tried running from officers after they conducted a traffic stop on an Uber in Zion. Santos L. Martinez, 25, of Waukegan, was charged with manufacturing or delivery of cocaine, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, felon in [...]

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. — A sheriff’s deputy in Lake County is recovering on Sunday afternoon after she was allegedly attacked by a man while performing a well-being check in unincorporated Lake Zurich. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s office, the alleged attack unfolded just before 9 a.m. when deputies were called to a home in [...]

A gunman walked out of a residence and fired shots at employees of a repossession company attempting to repossess a Tesla in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 3:10 a.m. on December 28 to the 1100 block of Judge Avenue in Waukegan for a report of shots fired. Read more...

A man arrested in Fox River Grove for attacking a police officer, which is a non-detainable offense under the SAFE-T Act, was sentenced to jail for contempt following vulgar comments in court just before his release. Randy E. Kinney, 64, of Palatine, was charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer, criminal damage to property [...]

A man has been charged with drug-induced homicide for allegedly selling fentanyl pills that caused a 33-year-old man’s death in Volo, sheriff’s officials said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Fox Lake Fire Protection District responded on August 11 to a residence in the 2700 block of West Hartigan Road in Volo for a report [...]

The coroner has released the identity of a 20-year-old man who died after he was shot multiple times outside an apartment building in Zion Wednesday evening. An autopsy performed Thursday showed Willie Wright Jr., 20, of North Chicago, died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek. Read more...

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a phone scam where an offender impersonates a sheriff’s deputy or sergeant and asks them for gift cards to satisfy fake warrants or civil paperwork. The sheriff’s office announced they are investigating several of the cases in which the offender calls county residents and falsely identifies [...]

SWAT teams executed search warrants in Winthrop Harbor Thursday evening in connection to the Wednesday homicide of a 20-year-old man in Zion. The Northern Illinois Police Alarm System (NIPAS) Emergency Services Team, along with the Zion Police Department and Lake County Major Crime Task Force, executed the warrants at multiple locations in the 600 block [...]