Kenneth E. Martell, 36, who was wanted for a homicide, was identified as the man shot and killed by a Lakemoor police officer Thursday morning. The Lake County Major Crimes Task Force said that a Lakemoor police officer was on routine patrol at around 5 a.m. and came across an occupied SUV on a narrow […]
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Man armed with two guns shot and killed by police in Lakemoor
A Lakemoor police officer who came upon a suspicious vehicle turned into a police involved shooting that left a man dead Thursday morning. The Lake County Major Crimes Task Force said that a Lakemoor police officer was on routine patrol at around 5 a.m. and came across an occupied SUV on a narrow gravel road […]
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Coroner IDs man robbed and beaten to death in Lake Villa
The Lake County Coroner’s Office identified 58-year-old Jerry Griffith as the man robbed and beaten to death by two Lake Villa men on Saturday. Jordan L. Toney, 19, of the 39000 block of North Poplar Street in Lake Villa, and Buddy W. Johnson, 20, of the 21600 block of West Birch Street in Lake Villa, have […]
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Felon arrested after three guns, marijuana found in North Chicago home
A felon was arrested after police conducted a search warrant at his North Chicago home and found three handguns along with almost four pounds of marijuana. The Lake County Sheriff’s Gang Task Force conducted a search warrant on July 19 at a home in the 1700 block of Lincoln Street in North Chicago. The warrant […]
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Handcuffed man escapes from back of police car in Third Lake
A 25-year-old man arrested for fraudulently acquiring a prescription at a CVS was taken into custody again after he escaped in handcuffs from the back of a police car. A Lake County Sheriff’s deputy was called at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday to the CVS pharmacy, 34344 North Route 45 in Third Lake, for a report […]
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Two men charged with murder after Lake Villa man robbed, beaten to death
Two Lake Villa men have been charged with first-degree murder after robbing and beating an ‘innocent man’ to death in Lake Villa Saturday evening. Jordan L. Toney, 19, of the 39000 block of North Poplar Street in Lake Villa, and Buddy W. Johnson, 20, of the 21600 block of West Birch Street in Lake Villa, […]
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Major Crimes Task Force investigating ‘suspicious death’ in Lake Villa
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force is investigating after a man was found dead with ‘suspicious injuries’ in an alley in Lake Villa Saturday evening. The Lake Villa Police Department was called at 10:30 p.m. Saturday to the 300 block of east Grand Avenue in Lake Villa for a report of an injured person […]
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Gurnee police officers cleared in fatal shooting of woman armed with rifle
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has cleared two Gurnee police officers who fatally shot a woman armed with a military-style rifle on Route 41 in late May. Gurnee Police Department Officer Benjamin Bozer and Detective Sgt. Jon Ward both shot Makell Meyerin, 31, of Antioch, on May 23, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office […]
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Lake County Sheriff’s Office to be featured on new Live PD spinoff show
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday that their deputies will return to television on a new Live PD spinoff show called ‘Women on Patrol’. The television show will feature women deputies from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office on the show, which is set to begin filming this month. Lake County Sheriff Sgt. Christopher […]