Local Crime

Police departments throughout Lake County are urging residents to lock their vehicles as thieves continue stealing cars and burglarizing parked vehicles during the night. The Lindenhurst Police Department said they responded on Monday to nine reports of vehicles that had been unlawfully entered overnight. Read more...

The Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee has once again reopened after it was evacuated Tuesday following its at least third bomb threat in less than two weeks. The library abruptly announced around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday that it was closed and all programs were canceled for the day due to an emergency. Read more...

A Crystal Lake man has been charged with stabbing another man, causing him great bodily harm, during an armed robbery in Crystal Lake, court documents show. Jarvoisias J. McCoy, 19, of Crystal Lake, was initially charged in early July with one count of theft, a Class 3 felony. Read more...

A judge ordered a Chicago man held on a $1 million bond after he was charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a man in both of his legs in McHenry. The McHenry Police Department and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 10:30 a.m. on May 16 to the Fawn Ridge Apartments in the [...]

A heavy police and fire department response was sent to Daniel Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire after a bomb threat prompted the evacuation of the school Monday morning. Superintendent of District 103 Schools Scott Warren sent a message to families in the district about the situation. Read more...

Police, the state fire marshal and fire department investigators are investigating a suspected arson fire that left a home and two vehicles heavily damaged near Antioch Wednesday evening. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Antioch Fire Protection District responded around 11:50 p.m. Wednesday to the 26200 block of West Forest Court in unincorporated Antioch for [...]

An Uber driver was hospitalized after he was attacked by four suspects, who he picked up in Zion, when they carjacked him in Beach Park, the sheriff’s office said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 12:10 a.m. Thursday to the 39800 block of Stoneywood Drive in Beach Park for a report of a man [...]

Police are alerting residents after thieves have been seen canvassing neighborhoods in Antioch and stealing cars, including one where they rammed a stolen car into a garage and another vehicle. Antioch Police Chief Geoffrey Guttschow said detectives are investigating instances of car theft crews coming to Antioch in search of unlocked vehicles. Read more...

Two female victims were seriously injured and underwent surgery after they were wounded in a shooting in Waukegan where nearly 60 shots were reportedly fired. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday to the Citgo gas station, 1005 Golf Road, for a report of a shooting. Read more...

Police say two 19-year-old men were arrested after one of them stole a gun and the second one was found possessing the stolen gun in Zion. Officers with the Zion Police Department stopped two men in the 2300 block of 28th Street for pedestrian code violations around 4:21 p.m. Saturday. Read more...