The coroner has identified the 27-year-old man who was killed after a motorcycle crash in Fox Lake on Tuesday. McHenry County Coroner Dr. Anne L. Majewski identified the man as Samual J. Wiesbrock, 26, of Spring Grove. Fox Lake police and firefighters responded to a report of a car that hit a motorcycle at around 4:30 […]
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Man in hospital gown who fled hospital arrested after stealing sweater, pants in Libertyville
A Round Lake Beach man who was wanted on a warrant ran from a hospital but was arrested after he stole a pair of pants and a sweater from a vehicle nearby, police said. Police said that last week Matthew D. Brechel, 36, of Round Lake Beach, had been transported to Advocate Condell Hospital in […]
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Minor injuries after car hits Round Lake Park police station
An elderly female sustained minor injuries after crashing her car into the Round Lake Park police station Wednesday morning. Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko said that at around 10:15 a.m. a 2008 Chevy Equinox driven by an 81-year-old female jumped a curb stop and crashed into the front of the police station building […]
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Motorcyclist dies after driving in opposite lanes of traffic, hitting a car in Fox Lake
A 27-year-old man who was critically injured after a motorcycle crash in Fox Lake on Tuesday has died, police said. Fox Lake police and firefighters responded to a report of a car that hit a motorcycle at around 4:30 p.m. on State Park Road just south of Grass Lake Road near Kohl Avenue in Fox […]
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Woodstock man found dead on abandoned property in Harvard
A 29-year-old Woodstock man was found dead Sunday on an abandoned property in Harvard after he went missing, officials said. The McHenry County Coroner’s Office said that Jeffrey T. Carlton, 29, of Woodstock, left his home on Friday evening and never returned. Police searched on Saturday for him but they were unsuccessful in finding Carlton. On […]
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Gurnee police ask for help identifying vape shop burglar
Gurnee police are asking the public’s help with identifying a burglar who broke into Zee Vapor in Gurnee. Police said they were called at around 4:07 a.m. on August 2 for a report of a burglar alarm at Zee Vapor, 4949 Route 132 in Gurnee. When officers arrived they found a glass front door that […]
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Domestic incident in Gurnee was murder-suicide
Two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide after a domestic incident at a home last week in Gurnee. At about 5:30 p.m. last Thursday the Gurnee Police Department was called to the 4200 block of Harper Ave in Gurnee for a reported domestic situation. Gurnee police said that officers located two males who were […]
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Police charge man with theft after taking money from Family Video in Antioch
A Spring Grove man has been arrested and charged with theft after police said that he told a clerk to put money from the cash register in a bag at the Family Video store in Antioch earlier this month. At around 7:00 p.m. on August 9 a man entered the Family Video store at 504 […]
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Two men charged for shooting two people during robbery in Zion
Two men have been charged after shooting two other men during a robbery in Zion last Wednesday morning. Police and firefighters/paramedics were called at around 11:30 a.m. to the rear of the Zion Police Department at 2101 Salem Boulevard for two people who were shot. It was learned that the victims, 18-years-old and 25-years-old, drove […]