A man was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night in Buffalo Grove while trying to buy an iPhone from someone who he contacted on Craigslist, police said. The Buffalo Grove Police Department said that at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday they responded to a report of an armed robbery in the parking lot of the Buffalo Grove […]
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Park City man identified as victim shot to death in Walmart parking lot in Waukegan
The identity of the man who was found shot to death in a Walmart parking lot in Waukegan on Monday night has been released by police. The Waukegan Police Department was called around 6 p.m. to a report of a traffic crash and shots fired call in the Walmart parking lot at 3900 Fountain Square […]
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Teen sentenced to three years for death of man dragged by car while trying to sell his phone in Round Lake Beach
A Fox Lake teen was sentenced to three years in prison for her role during a cell phone robbery that turned deadly this past spring in Round Lake Beach. 43-year-old North Chicago man Trinidad Javier Bueno Sanchez was killed on April 24 when he was dragged by a car driven by a 17-year-old girl in the […]
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Fox River Grove man charged with hate crime, battery, after throwing beer can at clerk
A 26-year-old Fox River Grove man was arrested after he allegedly threw a beer can at a gas station clerk and told him to get out of the country, police said. Jason P. Bachler, of the 100 block of Beachway Drive in Fox River Grove, was arrested on October 30 and charged with committing a […]
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Man shot to death in Walmart parking lot in Waukegan
A man was found shot to death at a Walmart in Waukegan on Monday night, police said. The Waukegan Police Department was called around 6 p.m. to a report of a traffic crash and shots fired call in the Walmart parking lot at 3900 Fountain Square Place. According to police radio traffic, the victim was […]
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Medical examiner rules death of 17-year-old Grayslake boy shot in the head before house fire a homicide
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office officially ruled on Monday that the death of the 17-year-old Grayslake boy, who was shot in the head before being trapped in a house fire in August, was a homicide. On August 22, Grayslake police officers arrived on the scene of a house fire in the 400 block of […]
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TCF Bank robbed in Huntley; FBI offering $1,000 reward for info
The FBI is searching for a man who robbed a TCF Bank in Huntley on Sunday. According to FBI Special Agent Garrett Croon, the robbery happened at 3:45 p.m. on Sunday at the TCF Bank branch inside the Jewel-Osco grocery store at 13200 Village Green Drive in Huntley. The suspect got away with an undisclosed […]
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Man critically injured, charged with DUI in crash near Lake Villa
A Waukegan man has been charged with DUI after he was seriously injured in a crash near Avon Township early Monday morning. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was called at 3:20 a.m. on Monday to a report of a car crash with injuries on Rollins Road west of Route 45 in Avon Township. Sheriff’s deputies […]
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Chicago man charged with sexual abuse of a child younger than 13 in Island Lake
A Chicago man is being held at the McHenry County Jail after he was arrested last Monday for allegedly sexually abusing a child under the age of 13 in August. Dominic J. Chess, 33, of Chicago, was arrested on December 4 on charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a family member under the age […]