A gang member who threatened a woman at her Lake Villa home was tased and arrested after running from a responding Lake County sheriff’s deputy in Antioch. Stephen T. Hood, 26, of the 2900 block of Emmaus Avenue in Zion, was charged with attempting to flee and elude, obstructing a peace officer and driving while […]
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Two juveniles arrested after car is stolen from Round Lake Park home
Two juveniles were taken into custody early Wednesday morning after a running car was stolen from the driveway of a Round Lake Park home, police said. The Round Lake Park Police Department was called around 3 a.m. Wednesday to the 100 block of Forest Glenn Drive for a report of a stolen 2005 Ford Taurus. […]
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Motorcyclist dies after crash involving car in Fox River Grove, family says
The 56-year-old motorcyclist who was critically injured Tuesday after a crash in Fox River Grove has died in the hospital, according to a family member and the coroner. The Fox River Grove Police Department and Fox River Grove Fire Department responded around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday to Route 22 and Route 14 for a motorcycle crash. […]
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Teen arrested for driving 120 mph in construction zone, fleeing police in Lake Forest
A 19-year-old was arrested after officers clocked the teen driving 120 miles per hour in a construction zone in Lake Forest, just hours after he had been stopped by Illinois State Police for speeding. Axel Santiago-Zepeda, 19, of the 300 block of Ferndale Drive in Round Lake Beach, was charged with aggravated speeding in a […]
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Lakemoor man sentenced to 6 years for soliciting porn from 14-year-old girl
A Lakemoor man has been sentenced to six years in prison following a plea deal after he was found guilty of soliciting child pornography from a 14-year-old girl. Thomas Zurawski, 27, of the 500 block of Santa Barbara Road in Lakemoor, was found guilty of solicitation of child pornography, a Class 1 felony, following a […]
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Motorcyclist critically injured after crash in Fox River Grove
A motorcyclist suffered critical injuries and was flown to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a crash involving a car in Fox River Grove, police said. The Fox River Grove Police Department and Fox River Grove Fire Department responded around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday to Route 22 and Route 14 for a motorcycle crash. The crash, which […]
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Former school therapist ID’d as body found in Gurnee parking lot
A woman, who worked as a therapist for Round Lake Area School District 116 last year, was identified as the body found in a vehicle last week in the Jewel-Osco parking lot in Gurnee. Tiffany Diamond, 30, of Grayslake, was found dead June 10 in a vehicle in the parking lot of Jewel-Osco, 6509 West […]
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Police say ‘no criminal intent’ after girl offered ride by stranger in Huntley
Huntley police said that they determined there had been no ‘malicious or criminal intent’ after a person in a box truck offered a ride to a 14-year-old girl Monday morning. The Huntley Police Department said that between 9 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Monday a 14-year-old girl was approached by a white box truck. The incident […]
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3 women charged with prostitution after undercover stings at Crystal Lake spas
Three women were charged with prostitution after they tried to perform sexual acts on undercover police officers during a sting at three Crystal Lake spas. Changjuan He, 53, of San Gabriel, California, Qianyu Warren, 32, of Woodstock, and Soon D. Kim, 60, Flushing, New York, were each charged with one count of prostitution, a Class […]