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 […]
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3 police officers injured trying to rescue trapped teen from house fire in Grayslake
Three police officers and teenage boy were hospitalized Tuesday morning after the officers rescued the boy from his burning home in Grayslake. Firefighters and police responded at around 12:35 a.m. to a report of a house fire with someone trapped inside in the 300 block of Normandy Lane in Grayslake. Police officers arrived on the […]
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Speeding motorcyclist dies after losing control, crashing into parked cars in Waukegan
Police said that a speeding motorcyclist was killed after losing control and crashing into parked cars in Waukegan early Saturday morning. At 1:30 a.m. Waukegan police and fire departments responded to the area of Berwick Avenue and Grand Avenue in Waukegan for a report of a vehicle crash. When police officers arrived they located a […]
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Chicago teen charged with stealing from vehicles in Buffalo Grove
A Chicago teenager has been charged with stealing from vehicles on Tuesday in Buffalo Grove, police said. At around 4:00 a.m. the Buffalo Grove Police Department received an anonymous call reporting that four juveniles were breaking into vehicles in the Cherbourg subdivision, which is located along Route 83 between Buffalo Grove Road and Lake Cook […]
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Man charged with ruse burglaries in Lake County
A Chicago man has been charged with multiple felonies in connection with two ruse burglaries in Lake County. Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Christopher Covelli said that an arrest warrant was issued and on Thursday the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Team along with the U.S. Marshals Service, North Regional Major Crimes Task Force […]