Local Crime

The coroner has identified a 19-year-old Waukegan man who died after he was shot multiple times during a large house party in Wadsworth Saturday morning. An autopsy performed Monday showed that Sotero Sanchez Jr., 19, of Waukegan, died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek. Read more...

CHICAGO — An Evanston man is charged after a 69-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the city’s Little India neighborhood on May 12. According to police, 33-year old Brandon Sanders is facing three felony charges of first-degree murder, residential burglary and forcible murder. Read more...

A McHenry County sheriff’s canine tracked down a wanted home invasion suspect who allegedly fled on foot from police on Interstate 90 near Huntley. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 10:25 p.m. on June 19 to Interstate 90 at mile marker 43.5, which is east of Route 20. Read more...

Police are investigating after a gunman fired over a dozen rounds from possibly an AR-15 rifle in front of a subdivision in Antioch late Tuesday evening. The Antioch Police Department responded around 11:50 p.m. Tuesday to the area of the Trevor Creek subdivision near Trevor Road and Kennedy Drive for a call of shots fired. [...]

A judge ordered a convicted felon held on a $10 million bond after he allegedly fired shots at law enforcement officers while they were trying to carry out a search warrant in Waukegan. Alvaro Grijalva, 29, of Waukegan, was the subject of a long-term investigation being conducted by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations [...]

Authorities say a Wauconda man armed himself with a loaded gun and threatened a pedestrian during a confrontation in the parking lot of a strip mall in Vernon Hills. Zlatko Hromic, 58, of Wauconda, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct. Read more...

A Chicago man allegedly broke into the Metra train station in Fox River Grove and then attacked two police officers who tried to arrest him, court records show. Moshae Chambliss, 30, of Chicago, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery of a peace officer and one count of criminal damage to government-supported property. Read [...]

A Waukegan man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly opened fire on two ATF agents, nearly striking them, in Waukegan Tuesday morning. Alvaro Grijalva, 29, of Waukegan, was the subject of a long-term investigation being conducted by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), according to Lake County Sheriff’s Office [...]

A man was captured after he allegedly fled on foot with an AR-15 rifle after a police chase that resulted in a car hitting two buildings in Waukegan, prosecutors said. Travondae K. Hood, 29, of North Chicago, was charged with felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of enhanced aggravated unlawful use of a [...]

A child was safely recovered after prosecutors say the father abducted the child in Round Lake Beach and threatened to kill both the child and the child’s mother. Donell A. Howard, 28, of Waukegan, was charged with child abduction by parent, a Class 4 felony. Read more...