Local Crime

A juvenile has been charged with murder and a second suspect is being sought after an 18-year-old man was fatally shot outside an apartment building in Waukegan. An autopsy performed Friday on Kyron Goode, 18, of Waukegan, showed he died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek. ... [...]

An 18-year-old man died after he was wounded in a shooting that resulted in gunfire also hitting an apartment building in Waukegan Thursday afternoon. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 2:33 p.m. Thursday to the 500 block of South Genesee Street for a report of a shooting. The 18-year-old man had [...]

PARK RIDGE, Ill. — Police in Park Ridge responded to an armed robbery Thursday night at a CVS Drug Store. The robbery happened around 9:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the store located in the 2600 block of East Dempster. Read more...

Police say they identified and charged three members of the “South America Theft Group” who allegedly burglarized two high-end houses by force in Lakewood in March. Police officials said two residences in Lakewood were burglarized on March 6. Read more...

Police say a convicted murderer has been arrested after he confronted his estranged wife, who has an order of protection against him, and fired shots at a restaurant in Marengo. The Marengo Police Department responded around 11:07 p.m. Friday to Casa Botanera, 228 South State Street, for a report of a man firing shots into [...]

WHEATON Ill. — A man is facing felony charges after two men in their late 60s were attacked outside a construction site in Naperville Saturday. According to police, 33-year-old Eric Conklin is facing three felonies of aggravated battery, person over 60 and two counts of aggravated battery of persons over 60. ... Conklin allegedly came [...]

Prosecutors say a man slashed the tires of a vehicle, forcibly broke into a home, threw a brick at a woman and started a fire inside the residence in Mundelein. Brandon D. Thompson, 25, of Mundelein, was charged with criminal trespass to residence, two counts of criminal damage to property over $500 and resisting a [...]

A Grayslake man was ordered held on a $250,000 bond after prosecutors say he accidentally shot a two-year-old girl, seriously injuring her, while he was babysitting children in Vernon Hills. Joseph Hatchett, 19, of Grayslake, was charged with one count of reckless conduct causing great bodily harm, a Class 4 felony, and child endangerment, a [...]

A 17-year-old boy was arrested after he was found with a loaded stolen gun when officers stopped a vehicle with passengers hanging out of the windows in Zion. Zion Police Department Lt. Derek Zaloudek said an officer spotted a red Nissan Sentra disobey a stop around 4:05 a.m. on May 27. Read more...

The coroner has identified a 33-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman after the man was fatally shot by police shortly after he allegedly stabbed the woman to death in Harvard Saturday. The Harvard Police Department responded around 11:26 p.m. Saturday to the 700 block of Dewey Street for a report of a domestic disturbance at [...]