Local Crime

A male victim was found unresponsive and critically injured after being shot multiple times at an apartment complex in Waukegan Friday evening. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 11:45 p.m. Friday to the 1600 block of Kayla Lane for a report of a shooting. Read more...

Sheriff’s deputy responding to a 911 call arrested a Crystal Lake man who they witnessed attacking a woman after he also allegedly endangered the life of a child in Port Barrington. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 open line around 11:15 p.m. last Saturday where it sounded like a struggle was occurring, according [...]

Armed juvenile suspects crashed into three police squads, including one head-on, and then fled on foot, sparking a large police search in Lake Bluff early Tuesday morning. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday near Green Bay Road and Thorn Valley Road in Lake Bluff. Read more...

A suspect who was driving a stolen vehicle, which broke down, was given a ride by an officer to a gas station in Riverwoods where the man then stole from the business and fled. The Riverwoods Police Department responded around 7:49 p.m. last Wednesday to the Mobil gas station, 2201 Deerfield Road in Riverwoods, for [...]

Police say suspects stole a vehicle in Harvard and used it in a smash-and-grab burglary where they crashed the car into a cannabis dispensary in Winnebago County. The South Beloit Police Department said a smash-and-grab burglary occurred at 5:24 a.m. on August 2 at Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary, 7000 First Ranger Drive in South Beloit. Read [...]

Bond was set at $5 million for a juvenile who allegedly fatally shot a 16-year-old boy in Highland Park and prosecutors say the victim identified the suspect to a witness just before he was killed. Estiven Sarminento, 16, of Highland Park, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Read more...

Judges found two Lake County men a danger to the community before ordering them held without bond after they allegedly attacked a teenager and robbed him at gunpoint in Wonder Lake. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5:30 p.m. on July 23 to the 3400 block of Thompson Road in Wonder Lake for a [...]

Authorities say an active investigation is underway after a gunman shot a person and fled on a bicycle in Highland Park Sunday morning. The Highland Park Police Department and Highland Park Fire Department responded around 11:30 a.m. Sunday to the 2300 block of Green Bay Road for a report of a shooting. Read more...

A Wisconsin man, who had a child in his vehicle, has been charged with intentionally ramming another car, leaving his ex-girlfriend and another man injured in Richmond. Mark W. Glosson, 46, of Genoa City, Wisconsin, was charged with failure to report an accident involving injury, two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, two [...]

Police say a 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot, believed to be accidentally, by another teenager who had a “ghost gun” near Gurnee Sunday evening. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 6 p.m. Sunday to the 36700 block of North Grandwood Drive in unincorporated Gurnee for [...]