A woman was sentenced to electronic home monitoring after pleading guilty to arson for intentionally setting a vehicle on fire, causing a house to be damaged, in Round Lake Beach. The Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District and Round Lake Beach Police Department responded around 12:21 a.m. on June 22 to the 1600 block of […]
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Man charged with committing arson fire that damaged home in Mundelein after domestic incident
Officials say a man attacked his husband and later intentionally started a fire that damaged the victim’s belongings and their house in Mundelein. Delwin L. Johnson, 39, of Mundelein, was charged with residential arson, domestic battery enhanced, criminal damage to property and domestic battery causing bodily harm. A Mundelein police officer was on patrol on […]
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Pre-trial release denied for man accused of destroying Buffalo Grove home in arson fire just over year after prior arson fire
A judge denied pre-trial release to a Buffalo Grove man accused of setting fire to his family’s home, causing $360,000 in damage on Saturday, just a year after a prior arson fire at the same home. The Buffalo Grove Police Department and Buffalo Grove Fire Department responded around 7:15 p.m. last Thursday to the 900 […]
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Buffalo Grove man facing arson charges for role in fire that caused $360,000 damages to home
A Buffalo Grove man is charged with aggravated arson after setting fire to a home that resulted in $360,000 in damages, authorities confirmed Saturday. Evan Rude, 24, of Buffalo Grove, was taken into custody at 9 p.m. Friday and charged with Class X felony aggravated arson with known people present, residential arson, a Class 1 […]
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Police arrest woman accused of committing arson fire at grocery store in Buffalo Grove
Police arrested a woman after she allegedly committed a small arson fire at a grocery store in Buffalo Grove while dozens of customers were inside shopping Wednesday evening. The Buffalo Grove Police Department responded around 10:37 p.m. Wednesday to the Woodman’s Food Market, 1550 Deerfield Parkway in Buffalo Grove, for a report of a criminal […]
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Woman in custody after truck intentionally lit on fire, blaze damages home in Round Lake Beach
A woman was taken into custody after authorities say she intentionally set a pickup truck on fire, resulting in a house being damaged by the blaze in Round Lake Beach Saturday morning. The Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District and Round Lake Beach Police Department responded around 12:21 a.m. Saturday to the 1600 block of […]
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Judge denies pre-trial release for man accused killing his 2 brothers before setting house on fire in Highland Park
A judge denied pre-trial release for a man accused of fatally shooting his two brothers before setting his deceased mother’s Highland Park home ablaze and fleeing the state. Jeffrey Austwick, 54, of Highland Park, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Austwick made his first Lake County court appearance Tuesday morning on the charges, […]
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GoFundMe account established for family of victim gunned down during double murder in Highland Park
A GoFundMe account has been established for the family of a man gunned down by his brother in the middle of the night in Highland Park. The GoFundMe account for John Austwick, 60, of Mundelein, was created to assist his wife, Laura, and two daughters, Samantha, 26, and Kelsey, 24, the account reads. “John lit […]
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Police identify man who allegedly fatally shot his 2 brothers and then set house on fire in Highland Park
Police have identified the man who allegedly shot both of his brothers to death and then set a house on fire in Highland Park before fleeing the scene earlier this week. Jeffrey S. Austwick, 54, of the 1700 block of Park Avenue West in Highland Park, was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri after police issued […]