Local Crime

Prosecutors say a man committed a home invasion near Libertyville and tried to rape a woman inside the home who was on her phone in a Zoom court hearing. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 10:10 a.m. on November 30 to a residence in the 16000 block of West Arlington Drive in unincorporated Libertyville [...]

Police are warning motorists after two cars were stolen from the same gas station in Libertyville just hours apart late Wednesday into early Thursday morning. The Libertyville Police Department responded around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday to the Shell gas station, 1207 West Park Avenue, for a report of a stolen motor vehicle. Read more...

AURORA, Ill. — A 32-year-old man died following a double shooting in Aurora Wednesday night. At around 6:45 p.m., officers arrived to the 700 block of Kane Street on the report of shots fired. Read more...

JOLIET, Ill. — A 40-year-old woman was shot and killed after a man broke into her home in Joliet. According to police, officers reponded to a house in the 1100 block of Westshire Drive around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, after a 911 call was received from a woman reporting that a man forcefully attempted to enter her home. [...]

One of the three suspects has been arrested after prosecutors say three masked men entered a man’s home in Waukegan, “jumped” him and shot him in the back. Deavon Fonder, 23, of Zion, was charged with one count of aggravated battery with a firearm, a Class X felony. Read more...

An office in Lincolnshire was closed for the entire week after an upset employee made a threat to harm others but police have released few details. The Lincolnshire Police Department on Monday received a report of a threat made to Wipfli, located at 100 Tri-State Drive in Lincolnshire. Read more...

Prosecutors say a man playing with a gun fired it into a neighboring residence in North Chicago and the bullet nearly struck a man lying on a mattress — in the same room where a baby was. Uriel E. Aguilar, 35, of North Chicago, was charged with one count of unlawful use of a weapon [...]

The FBI has released high-quality surveillance photos of a man wanted after he robbed a bank in Waukegan Saturday while implying he had a gun. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 1:34 p.m. Saturday to Bank of America, 920 South Waukegan Road in Waukegan, for a bank robbery. Read more...

A SWAT team arrested a 32-year-old man after they found him illegally possessing a shotgun while conducting a search warrant Friday at a residence in Wonder Lake. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office sent out an alert around 10:30 a.m. Friday regarding the incident. Read more...

Armed robbery proceeds from McHenry County were recovered after an 18-year-old man, who was found with a loaded gun, was arrested for fleeing from police in Zion. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Mary Vukovich said a vehicle registered to Joseph Pressley Jr., 18, of Gurnee, was spotted disobeying a stop sign on November 25 in [...]