Police are investigating after a gas station in Lindenhurst was robbed by a man with a shotgun Wednesday evening. The Lindenhurst Police Department was called at 11 p.m. Wednesday to Clark Gas Station, 2041 East Grand Avenue in Lindenhurst, for a report of an armed robbery. The employee told police that while closing the business, […]
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Man charged with murder in shooting death of Zion man
A 54-year-old man has been charged in connection with the September 5 shooting death of another Zion man. The Zion Police Department announced on Thursday that the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has approved two counts of first-degree murder charges against Frank G. Farella, 54, of the 2300 block of Jethro Avenue in Zion. Police […]
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Family in shock after 11-year-old McHenry girl kills herself
A McHenry family is in mourning after an 11-year-old girl was found dead after hanging herself last week. Police told the family they believe it was because she was bullied. Lilyana Isis Soto, 11, of McHenry, was found dead by her younger brother in the garage of her family’s home after she hung herself last […]
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McHenry man found guilty of killing wife in botched murder-suicide
Anthony Harrison, the McHenry man who called 911 in 2016 and told the dispatcher that he killed his wife two days before, has been found guilty of first-degree murder. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick D. Kenneally said that Harrison, 33, of McHenry, called 911 on June 6, 2016, after he tried to commit suicide by slitting […]
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Sheriff: Man claimed he was carjacked after crashing into two houses
A drunk driver was arrested after he told Lake County Sheriff’s deputies he was carjacked early Tuesday morning. It turned out he actually crashed into two houses. James R. Hilliard, 28, of the 18000 block of Orchard Lane in Wildwood, was charged with criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct – false report of an offense, […]
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Dog dies, cat seriously injured after Waukegan house fire
A firefighter and cat were hurt and a dog was killed after a fire destroyed a family’s home in Waukegan Tuesday morning. The Waukegan Fire Department was called around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday to the 700 block of Massena Avenue in Waukegan for a structure fire. Firefighters arrived in two minutes and found smoke and […]
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Police arrest man who fled from Lake County Courthouse
Police have arrested a man who fled from a court security officer after a judge increased his bond at the Lake County Courthouse Wednesday morning. Isiah J. Jarrett, 33, of the 5000 block of Graceland Boulevard in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, was at the Lake County Courthouse around 11 a.m. for a hearing on an aggravated […]
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Police say that rumor of attempted kidnapping in Libertyville not accurate
Police said that a social media post circulating about an attempted kidnapping at a Libertyville gas station was actually a woman experiencing a mental crisis, and that no one actually tried to kidnap her. “The Libertyville Police Department has become aware of a widespread Facebook post regarding an incident that occurred in the Village on […]
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Crystal Lake heroin dealer sentenced to prison
A Crystal Lake man was sentenced to four and a half years in prison after police caught him with 36 bags of heroin during a traffic stop last year. Paul Benzinger, 30, of Crystal Lake, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to deliver (1-15 grams), a class 1 felony, on Monday, McHenry County […]