Local Crime

Authorities say suspects in Libertyville burglarized and stole multiple vehicles, one of which was a Lamborghini that fled from officers before being recovered in Gurnee. The Libertyville Police Department said they investigated a series of crimes that included stolen vehicles and criminal trespass to vehicles early Wednesday morning. Read more...

An officer fired a shot at a suspect who pointed a high-powered crossbow at officers following a high-speed chase from Waukegan that ended in a standoff in Antioch. The Waukegan Police Department initiated a police pursuit around 10:30 p.m. Sunday that began heading toward Antioch. Read more...

Police are investigating after two suspects entered a house and robbed the residents of cannabis after threatening them in McHenry Sunday evening, officials said. The McHenry Police Department responded around 6 p.m. Sunday to the 5200 block of West Shore Drive in McHenry for a report of a robbery. Read more...

ANTIOCH, Ill. — A Waukegan police officer shot at a 25-year-old accused of leading police on a high-speed chase that ended after they pointed a crossbow at officers several times Sunday night. The Antioch Police Department reported that officers were notified of a high-speed pursuit with an armed subject starting in Waukegan that was heading [...]

An Algonquin man has been charged with murder after prosecutors say he shot another man multiple times, killing him, during an argument along Metra tracks in Kane County. Brian Hurtado, 20, of Algonquin, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a firearm by a street [...]

The FBI is investigating after officers responding to a panic alarm discovered a bank had been robbed by a man who implied he had a gun in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday to Fifth Third Bank, 702 North Green Bay Road in Waukegan. Read more...

Police are investigating two separate burglaries where offenders forced entry into residences and stole cash in the span of five days in Libertyville. The Libertyville Police Department received a report of a residential burglary that occurred in the evening hours of November 15. Read more...

Prosecutors say a man walked into a bakery shop in Waukegan while armed with a gun and pointed it unprovoked at a person’s head before ordering them to the ground. Salvador Garibay-Sanchez, 29, of Waukegan, was charged with three counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and one count of aggravated assault with a [...]

Police have captured a suspect who attacked and carjacked a woman at a gas station in Long Grove before crashing the hijacked vehicle in Hawthorn Woods and fleeing from police. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said a 58-year-old Long Grove woman was pumping gas at a gas station in the 200 block [...]

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after prosecutors say he touched a child inappropriately and then tried to kidnap a woman who was walking on a sidewalk in North Chicago. Ivan C. Hernandez, 32, of North Chicago, was charged with attempted kidnapping, aggravated battery and battery. Read more...