Local Crime

A North Chicago father was arrested following a police standoff and found with a stolen gun after he abducted a 2-year-old child in North Chicago, prosecutors said. Allen Jefferson, 23, of North Chicago, was charged with child abduction and unlawful possession of a firearm. Read more...

A video captured suspects hanging out of stolen cars while armed with guns before they fired shots at vehicles near a middle school in Waukegan Friday morning. Multiple people called 911 around 7:45 a.m. Friday to report occupants of a red Kia Soul and a blue Kia Soul pointing guns at people in Waukegan. Read [...]

A 25-year-old man, who is a convicted felon, was ordered detained pre-trial after he allegedly sold drugs multiple times and a gun to an undercover informant in Lake County. Jason M. Chisum Jr., 25, of Zion, was charged with armed violence, felon in possession of a firearm and three counts of manufacturing or delivery of [...]

Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed another man in the neck with a kitchen knife during an argument outside of a gas station in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday to Thorntons gas station, 3233 Grand Avenue in Waukegan, for a report of a person stabbed. [...]

State police announced that a Marengo man and two other men have been charged with murdering a Boone County man who was missing for weeks before his body was found in a river in 2020. The Illinois State Police began investigating the case after responding to the Calumet-Sag Channel in Blue Island around 8 p.m. [...]

The sheriff says an Uber driver was beaten with an unknown object while he was being attacked by three suspects who robbed him and tried to steal his vehicle in Beach Park. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 2:05 a.m. Saturday to the 10100 block of West Talmadge Avenue in Beach Park for a [...]

A man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he was found with a ghost gun, dynamite and commercial-grade fireworks after he stopped to film officers who were on a traffic stop in Zion. Christopher Cox, 33, of Waukegan, was charged in July with three counts of felon in possession of a firearm, [...]

Prosecutors say a Grayslake man, who was just released from prison for armed robbery, participated with his son in beating and robbing an elderly man in North Chicago. Donald O. Palmer, 47, of Grayslake, was charged with aggravated battery of an elderly person and two counts of resisting a peace officer. Read more...

Police arrested a 17-year-old boy who was found with a loaded gun when officers stopped a speeding car full of teens in Zion, authorities said. Zion Police Department officers were on patrol around 11:59 p.m. on September 16. Read more...

A third suspect, who was the alleged getaway driver, has been charged with the murder of a woman who was fatally shot in North Chicago by a hitman hired by the victim’s former husband. The North Chicago Police Department responded around 6:05 a.m. Friday to the 1000 block of Victoria Avenue in North Chicago for [...]