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Authorities say a Round Lake man punched a Lake County sheriff’s deputy in her face twice during a traffic stop after he drove into oncoming traffic in Ingleside. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office received reports of a reckless driver around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said the 911 callers [...]

No one is in custody after two men carjacked a Dodge Charger at gunpoint outside of a Waukegan apartment building Monday evening. The incident occurred around 6:20 p.m. Monday at the Emhurst Lake Apartments in the 1000 block of Lakehurst Drive in Waukegan. Waukegan Deputy Police Chief Joe Florip told Lake and McHenry County Scanner [...]

Police say they found a man armed with a knife after he allegedly attacked and threatened to kill a woman, leaving her with significant injuries in Antioch. The Antioch Police Department responded around 11:50 p.m. Saturday to the 200 block of Joanna Court in Antioch. Officials said a call was made for a domestic disturbance [...]

A North Chicago man, who is a convicted murderer, was arrested after he allegedly almost hit a police car head-on in Gurnee and was found with a loaded gun, prosecutors said. Reginald D. Gordon, 45, of North Chicago, was charged with two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, felon in possession of a [...]

Sheriff’s officials say a resident was released from custody last month and no charges have been filed yet against him after he shot and killed an armed man who entered his home in Beach Park. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Beach Park Fire Department responded around 12:40 a.m. October 6 to the 38100 block [...]

Authorities say a police officer was injured trying to arrest a suspect after officers came upon a burglary in progress at a residence in Libertyville. Kyle C. Kowal, 37, of the 600 block of West Street in Libertyville, was charged with residential burglary, two counts of burglary, aggravated battery to a peace officer, criminal trespass [...]

A jury found a Round Lake man guilty of murdering a 48-year-old mother during a home invasion in Round Lake Beach that prosecutors say stemmed from a dispute over an uncollected debt. Alonzo Campos, Jr., 23, of the 24500 block of West Passavant Avenue in unincorporated Round Lake, was charged in May 2019 with two [...]

A Lake Villa man has been sentenced to periodic imprisonment after pleading guilty in a case where he robbed a man while armed with a gun in Round Lake and attacked the victim. Keenan R. Queen, 22, of the 22300 block of Morton Drive in Lake Villa, was indicted by a grand jury in April [...]

Police officers responding to a call of shots fired found a man shot multiple times and deceased inside a residence in Zion Sunday evening, officials said. The Zion Police Department responded around 5:32 p.m. Sunday to the 2100 block of Bethesda Boulevard for a report of shots fired in a residence. Zion Police Department Lt. [...]

Prosecutors say a woman stole goods from a store, kicked two police officers who tried to arrest her and tried grabbing the officers’ tasers in Wauconda. Krystal M. Head, 37, of Wauconda, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery of a peace officer, two counts of retail theft and one count of aggravated assault [...]