Local Crime

A man and a woman were seriously injured after a gunman, who police have identified, shot them in the parking lot of a packaging plant in Waukegan late Wednesday evening. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 11:14 p.m. Wednesday to Bolke Miller Company, 1350 Bridge Drive in Waukegan, for a shooting. [...]

A Wisconsin man was arrested after prosecutors say he fired nearly a dozen shots at a cemetery near Lake Villa and admitted to the shooting when deputies questioned him. Brent S. Shepperack, 29, of Racine, Wisconsin, was charged with possession of a firearm with a revoked FOID and reckless discharge of a firearm. ... Deputies [...]

Two Waukegan police detectives were uninjured after gang members, including a juvenile, fired multiple shots at them and fled the scene in North Chicago. The Waukegan Police Department was conducting a proactive sweep detail for violent offenders around 8:30 p.m. Friday. Read more...

Police say a woman has been arrested after she and a man forced their way into John Lewis Middle School in Waukegan before punching a student in the face and attacking staff members. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 7:12 a.m. Tuesday to John Lewis Middle School, 600 South Lewis Avenue, [...]

A police manhunt for a suspect who was reported to have been armed with a hatchet and threatening people in Crystal Lake resulted in the arrest of a 60-year-old man. The Crystal Lake Police Department responded around 7:05 p.m. last Tuesday to the 200 block of Uteg Street in Crystal Lake for a report of [...]

BATAVIA, Ill. — A man is dead after going on a two-day-long crime spree that ended in a shootout with police at a busy intersection in Batavia Near Geneva late Wednesday afternoon, according to Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain. Police said the suspect had been on a 48-hour suburban crime spree when he carjacked a [...]

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — Police have arrested the gunman who shot and wounded an officer in Romeoville after an hours-long manhunt. The shooting happened around 12:15 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of Sierra Trail and Summerfield Drive. Police said officers were investigating a stolen vehicle and approached the suspect, who then fled on foot. Read more...

Police say a Waukegan man was arrested by sheriff’s deputies near Grayslake after he allegedly fled from officers who tried to stop him two separate times in Libertyville. A Libertyville police officer was on patrol around 4:18 a.m. on April 26 when they noticed a vehicle traveling near Butterfield Road and Ridgewood Lane. Read more...

Police are searching for the gunmen who opened fire on two men, killing one of them and injuring the other, outside of an apartment building in North Chicago Saturday evening. The North Chicago Police Department and North Chicago Fire Department responded around 7:35 p.m. Saturday to the 1400 block of Cypress Avenue for a report [...]

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers have advanced a measure that will soon be sent to the governor’s desk that would allow certain immigrants to become police officers in Illinois. Current federal law prohibits a non-U.S. citizen from becoming a police offer throughout the country. House Bill 3751 looks to change that law in Illinois. Read [...]