Local Crime

A man out on bond for crashing into a house, critically injuring a resident in Crystal Lake, has now been charged with committing an arson fire at his home in Lakewood over the weekend. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded around 5:54 a.m. Saturday to the 9300 block of Firth Court in Lakewood for [...]

Police say a 22-year-old man is in custody after he randomly fired shots at a home in Round Lake while residents were sleeping inside early Monday morning. The Round Lake Police Department responded around 1 a.m. Monday to the 400 block of Savoy Drive in Round Lake for shots fired. Round Lake Police Chief David [...]

FOX LAKE, Ill. — An argument between two brothers reportedly turned deadly following a shooting inside a restaurant kitchen in Fox Lake Tuesday afternoon. According to the Fox Lake Police Department, officers responded to the Dockers Restaurant & Lounge on the 20 block of West Grand Avenue just after 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more...

A Lake Villa man has been found fit to stand trial after prosecutors say he fired shots at responding police cars, a mail carrier and a house in McHenry after he was rejected by a woman at a party. McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorney Hunter Jones said Nicholas C. Lopardo, 25, of Lake Villa, attended [...]

A 16-year-old boy is in custody after he and a second suspect burglarized a gun store in Marengo and stole a firearm before fleeing from officers on foot Saturday morning. The Marengo Police Department was alerted around 4:25 a.m. Saturday for a suspicious persons call at Marengo Guns, 20014 East Grant Highway in Marengo. Read [...]

A Round Lake Beach woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for committing an attempted robbery that led to a fatal shootout in the parking lot of Walmart in Waukegan. Desteny Rodriguez, 21, of Round Lake Beach, was charged in February 2022 with four counts of armed robbery with a firearm, aggravated battery [...]

Two men charged in an attempted residential burglary in Lakewood and car break-ins in Crystal Lake have now been charged in multiple additional car burglaries in the county. Victor A. Diaz, 21, of Crystal Lake, was initially charged in late March with attempted residential burglary, criminal trespass to land, burglary, theft, two counts of possession [...]

Prosecutors say a man committed a home invasion in Fox Lake while armed with a knife and threatened to kill a resident, who was inside the home, with the knife. Andrew J. Bultema, 42, of Waukegan, was charged with home invasion while armed with a dangerous weapon and criminal trespass to residence with a person [...]

Police are seeking help in identifying a wanted suspect who burglarized a gun store in Marengo with a 16-year-old boy and stole a firearm before fleeing from officers Saturday. The Marengo Police Department was alerted around 4:25 a.m. Saturday for a suspicious persons call at Marengo Guns, 20014 East Grant Highway in Marengo. Read more...

A man on parole for burglary was arrested after he burglarized one of the same locations that he was previously convicted of burglarizing in Zion, prosecutors said. Robert L. Hollins, 33, of Zion, was charged with burglary and enhanced theft. Read more...