Local Crime

A former employee is charged with threatening to shoot up a Taco Bell in Waukegan and shoot a co-worker after she was fired and became upset, prosecutors said. Shawnell C. Edwards, 23, of North Chicago, was charged with one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Read more...

Police tracked down and arrested a woman who allegedly implied she had a gun while robbing a bank of approximately $20,000 Monday morning in Kildeer. The Kildeer Police Department responded around 10:03 a.m. Monday to the Bank of America, 20263 North Rand Road in Kildeer, for a report of an armed robbery in progress. Read [...]

Officers responding to a call of suspicious subjects chased down two teenagers, who were armed with guns, on the same block where a shooting occurred the day prior in Zion. The Zion Police Department responded around 2:53 p.m. Saturday and again at 3:40 p.m. Saturday for separate 911 calls of gunfire in the 2100 block [...]

A Waukegan man allegedly resisted arrest, leaving a deputy injured, and was found with a large quantity of methamphetamine, fentanyl and other drugs in McHenry County. William E. Gilbert, 41, of Waukegan, was charged with manufacturing or delivery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, manufacturing or delivery of heroin, possession of heroin, manufacturing or delivery of [...]

A man was injured after he crashed into parked cars when numerous shots were fired on a residential street in Waukegan Tuesday evening. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday to the 1600 block of 11th Street in Waukegan for a shooting. Read more...

Police say an Uber driver was robbed by four suspects who fired shots and then hours later forcefully carjacked another Uber driver of her car and belongings in Zion. The Zion Police Department received a gunshot detection alert around 1:46 a.m. Tuesday in the area of the 2400 block of Hebron Avenue and 2400 block [...]

A man who was found shot at a gas station in Waukegan claimed he was shot by suspects who were impersonating the police and had pulled him over in Park City Saturday morning. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 3:38 a.m. Saturday to the BP gas station, 2930 Belvidere Road in [...]

A second man has been charged in the armed robbery and fatal shooting of a North Chicago man that led the victim to crash into a building in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 4:45 a.m. on June 13, 2021, to the 1600 block of 11th Street for a 911 [...]

Officials say two men were seriously injured and one of them had to be flown to the hospital after they were stabbed at a rodeo near Woodstock Saturday evening. The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 8:55 p.m. Saturday to the 1300 block of Lamb Road in unincorporated Woodstock. Read more...

Bystanders intervened after a man, who is on probation for armed robbery in Libertyville, tried carjacking a mother and child in Mundelein, prosecutors said. Kendale Brown, 20, of Mundelein, was charged with one count of attempted vehicular hijacking. Read more...