Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
A Zion man and a North Chicago woman have been arrested and charged after Zion police officers found a gun and cocaine during a search warrant Friday, officials said. On Friday, the Zion Police Department conducted a search warrant at…
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A 12-year-old child was shot while riding his bicycle in Zion Friday evening in what police said was “not a random or accidental shooting”. The Zion Police Department said in a statement that police officers responded to multiple reports of…
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Round Lake Park police have recovered $3 million worth of marijuana in a drug bust that they say is linked to a Mexican drug cartel. On Saturday October 7 at around 4:15 p.m., Jose Avila-Zumadio, 32, of Guadalajara, Mexico, was…
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A man was injured after a house fire that was caused by a lightning strike Saturday in Hawthorn Woods, officials said. At 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, the Lake Zurich Fire Department responded to a reported house fire at 3 Newhaven Drive…
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Three teenagers were arrested and charged after police found over 1,000 grams in total of marijuana during warrant searches in McHenry County. On Thursday, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force, which includes Task Force Officers from Lake in…
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The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is still actively searching for the 26-year-old Hebron man who fled on foot after raping a child on Friday. At around 6:45 a.m. Friday, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a…
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A wanted sex offender and gang member was caught after he tried running from police during an arrest warrant in Waukegan. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Team and the U.S. Marshals Service – Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force…
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