A Lake in the Hills man is facing multiple charges after police found a secret marijuana grow operation during a search warrant on Monday. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force arrested Thomas Discher, 47, after conducting a search warrant in the 100 block of Grant Avenue in Lake in the Hills. Police found a […]
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Gurnee man arrested for sexually abusing child under 13-years-old
A Gurnee man is facing multiple felony charges after he allegedly sexually abused a child, who was under the age of 13, in Round Lake Park over a span of several months. Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko said that a warrant was issued for Rodrick R. Linnear 36, of the 3400 block of […]
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Police say that Lake Bluff armed robbery, police chase ended after the suspects ran into the Highland Park police station
Three people are in custody following an armed robbery and a police chase that started in Lake Bluff and ended at the Highland Park Police Department on Friday. At around 4:13 p.m., three Chicago men robbed a Verizon Wireless store at gunpoint at 235 Waukegan Road in Lake Bluff, police said. Two of the three […]
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Harvard man dies while attempting to get in truck bed from driver’s seat
A Harvard man died after trying to get into a truck bed of the vehicle he was driving Saturday evening, authorities said. Harvard Fire and Rescue and Harvard Police were called at 9:35 p.m. Saturday evening to Crowley Road west of Harvard Hills Road in Harvard. When first responders arrived, they located Joshua M. Trepanier, […]
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3 suspects arrested after Lake Bluff armed robbery, police chase
Three people are in custody following an armed robbery and a police chase that started in Lake Bluff and ended in Highland Park on Friday. At around 4:13 p.m., three Chicago men robbed a Verizon Wireless store at gunpoint at 232 South Waukegan Road in Lake Bluff, police said. Two of the three suspects were […]
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Motorcyclist critically injured after driving in opposite lanes of traffic, striking car in Woodstock
A 20-year-old man was listed in critical condition Saturday morning after a motorcycle and car crashed in unincorporated Woodstock. At around 7:26 a.m. on Saturday, a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle, driven by a 20-year-old man from Wonder Lake, was headed eastbound on Route 120 east of Raffel Road. Sheriff’s officials said that the driver of the […]
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1 person found dead in debris after Gurnee house leveled by explosion
One person was found dead following an explosion that leveled a home in Gurnee on Friday, sheriff’s officials said. At around 6:05 p.m. on Friday, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Gurnee Fire Department, along with other fire departments, were dispatched to a house explosion in the 36400 block of Streamwood Drive in unincorporated […]
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Deerfield man charged with impersonating police officer
A Deerfield man has been arrested and charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer after a domestic dispute, authorities said. Sheriff’s deputies responded on Wednesday to a report of a domestic disturbance in the 100 block of Inverrary Lane in unincorporated Deerfield. Ryan W. Chrzanowsky, 35, of Deerfield, told police at the scene that he was […]
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Man arrested for sexual assault of a child in Waukegan
A 40-year-old man has been arrested after he reportedly sexually assaulted a child in 2003 in Waukegan, police said. On Wednesday, members from the Waukegan Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division arrested 40-year-old Cesar Cruz on an arrest warrant for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Police took Cruz into custody without incident after finding […]