A Mundelein High School staff member, who’s a coach and teacher aid, has been charged with sexual assault of a student, police said. Patrick K. Alexander, 25, of 960 Westmoreland Drive #6 in Vernon Hills, was arrested for three counts of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felony), one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Class […]
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Sheriff’s officers save man who overdosed in Lake County Circuit Court
On Wednesday three Lake County Sheriff’s Correctional Officers saved the life of a man suffering an opioid overdose in a courtroom, sheriff’s officials said. Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Christopher Covelli said that at 10:30 a.m. Lake County Sheriff’s Court Security Officers observed a 24-year-old man slumped over, in the public viewing area of […]
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Three suspects in custody, one still on the loose after double shooting in Zion
Two men were shot in a shooting in Zion Wednesday morning and police say three people are in custody and one other is still on the loose. Police and firefighters/paramedics were called initially at around 11:30 a.m. to the rear of the Zion Police Department at 2101 Salem Boulevard for two people who were shot. […]
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Bicyclist killed after being hit by car in Woodstock
A man riding on a bicycle was killed after being struck by a car in Woodstock Tuesday night. Woodstock Police and Woodstock Fire Rescue were called to the intersection of Route 14 and Route 47 in Woodstock at about 7:30 p.m.. When first responders arrived they found a 25-year-old male bicyclist with critical injuries who […]
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Two people shot in Zion; search underway for suspects
UPDATE: https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2017/08/16/three-suspects-custody-double-shooting-zion/ Two people were reportedly shot in a shooting in Zion Wednesday morning and a search is underway for the suspects. Police and firefighters/paramedics were called initially at around 11:30 a.m. to the rear of the Zion Police Department at 2101 Salem Boulevard for two people who were possibly shot. It was learned that the […]
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Coroner: Woman struck and killed by freight train in Barrington was a suicide
The coroner has ruled that the woman who was killed after being struck by a freight train last Thursday in Barrington was a suicide. Metra officials and police said that a 49-year-old woman was struck by a Canadian National train at 2:38 a.m. on August 10 near the Barrington Metra Station at 201 South Spring […]
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Man in possession of a handgun arrested during traffic stop in Zion
A man was arrested after police found him trying to hide his handgun during a traffic stop in Zion early Monday morning. The Zion Police Department said that a Zion police officer stopped a vehicle for speeding in the 2500 block of Sheridan Road in Zion at 2:13 a.m.. Officials said that as the officer approached […]
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Man charged with battery and kidnapping after attack in Highland Park
A Highland Park man has been arrested after he tried to make sexual advances to a woman and then dragged her from behind towards the street in an attack on Sunday, police said. The Highland Park Police Department said in a statement that Damian Toledo-Comacho, 45, of the 2400 block of Trillium Avenue in Highland Park, […]
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Man arrested after punching, kicking woman during altercation in Woodstock
A man has been arrested after he punched and kicked a woman who was in an altercation with his girlfriend in Woodstock on August 6. On Sunday August 6 at 4:30 p.m. the Woodstock Police Department responded to the 1700 block of Walnut Drive in Woodstock for a report of an aggravated assault complaint, police […]