Local Crime

Police and fire officials are investigating “highly suspicious” fires that engulfed two different abandoned houses in Lake Villa just an hour apart Friday evening. The Lake Villa Police Department and Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded around 9:45 p.m. Friday to the area of Monaville Road and Cedar Lake Road. Read more...

Police are investigating after a man was reportedly shot in the parking lot of a liquor store in Waukegan and drove himself to the hospital Saturday morning. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 1:18 a.m. Saturday to R&D Food and Liquor, 1026 10th Street in Waukegan, for a report of a shooting. Read more...

Police say a woman kicked and resisted officers after they tried stopping her from interfering with an ambulance crew transporting a patient in Harvard. The Harvard Police Department responded around 12:50 a.m. on September 4 to the 1300 block of Northfield Court in Harvard for a report of a disturbance. Read more...

A man has pleaded not guilty to charges after prosecutors say he endangered another man when he accidentally shot himself in Grayslake. Jesus Caballero-Carrera, 33, of Round Lake Beach, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, a Class 4 felony. Read more...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — A homicide investigation is underway after a couple, their two children and three dogs were found dead inside a home in Romeoville. Police conducted a well-being check around 8:40 p.m. Sunday on the 500 block of Concord Avenuein Romeoville, after a member of the household did not show up to work and [...]

A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of a library in Libertyville Tuesday evening on the same day numerous other libraries in the Chicagoland area received bomb threats. The Libertyville Police Department and Libertyville Fire Department responded around 5 p.m. Tuesday to Cook Memorial Library, 413 North Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville. Read more...

A man was ordered out of his car at gunpoint and kidnapped in a minivan by suspects who also stole the victim’s car in Waukegan Sunday morning. The incident happened around 6:50 a.m. Sunday in the area of Dugdale Road and 10th Street in Waukegan. Read more...

A teenager was hospitalized after being shot during a shootout between two groups at a gas station in Harvard and a SWAT team has captured one of the suspects. The Harvard Police Department responded around 10:22 p.m. Sunday to the 1300 block of North Division Street in Harvard for a call of shots fired. Read [...]

Three juveniles were arrested after detectives heard shots fired while conducting an investigation in Waukegan and chased down the suspects, who were armed with guns. Detectives were conducting a death investigation around 3 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of Helmholz Avenue in Waukegan. Read more...

Police incorrectly ruled a 59-year-old man died from an accidental fall in Waukegan Wednesday until it was later discovered by the funeral home he had actually been shot in the head. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday to the 300 block of Helmholz Avenue in Waukegan for a [...]