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 […]
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Person in custody for double murder in Highland Park
A Lake County Major Crimes Task Force spokesman has confirmed one male is in custody and being questioned regarding a double murder in Highland Park early Wednesday morning. Lake County Major Crimes Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said additional details will be released by authorities later Friday, but confirmed one male was taken into custody […]
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Coroner: Brothers found outside burning home in Highland Park died from multiple gunshot wounds
Two brothers found dead outside of a burning house in Highland Park early Wednesday died of multiple gunshot wounds, Lake County Coroner officials said Wednesday evening. Autopsy results showed the two men were 63-year-old Marc Austwick, of Lake Forest, and his brother, 60-year-old John Austwick, of Mundelein, Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said in a […]
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Lincolnshire woman who intentionally set fire to her home with husband sleeping inside in 2021 sentenced to 36 month of home confinement
A Lincolnshire woman who intentionally set her home on fire in 2021 to harm her husband while he was sleeping was sentenced to 36 months of periodic imprisonment in Lake County Court Thursday, court records show. Jisha Kurian, 35, of Lincolnshire, was also sentenced to 48 months of probation, 200 hours of public service and […]
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Pre-trial release denied for man arrested in arson fire that damaged restaurant occupied by patrons in Crystal Lake
A judge denied pre-trial release for a man accused of committing an arson fire that damaged a restaurant while customers were inside the building in Crystal Lake Monday afternoon. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department and Crystal Lake Police Department responded around 1 p.m. Monday to Tommy’s Red Hots, 363 West Virginia Street, for a […]
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Man arrested in arson fire that damaged restaurant occupied by patrons in Crystal Lake
A man has been accused of committing an arson fire that damaged a restaurant while customers were inside the building in Crystal Lake Monday afternoon. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department and Crystal Lake Police Department responded around 1 p.m. Monday to Tommy’s Red Hots, 363 West Virginia Street, for a report of an outside […]
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‘Highly suspicious’: 2 houses fully engulfed in flames, destroyed just an hour apart in Lake Villa
Police and fire officials are investigating “highly suspicious” fires that engulfed two different abandoned houses in Lake Villa just an hour apart Friday evening. The Lake Villa Police Department and Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded around 9:45 p.m. Friday to the area of Monaville Road and Cedar Lake Road. Multiple 911 callers reported the […]
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Man charged after allegedly lighting fire that damaged car parked in garage in Buffalo Grove
A 23-year-old man has been charged after prosecutors say he lit a fire that engulfed a car parked inside the garage at his mother’s home in Buffalo Grove. Evan Rude, 23, of Buffalo Grove, was charged with one count of criminal damage to property between $500 and $10,000, a Class 4 felony. Lake County Assistant […]
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State fire marshal, sheriff investigating possible arson fire after 2 cars, house engulfed in flames near Antioch
Police, the state fire marshal and fire department investigators are investigating a suspected arson fire that left a home and two vehicles heavily damaged near Antioch Wednesday evening. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Antioch Fire Protection District responded around 11:50 p.m. Wednesday to the 26200 block of West Forest Court in unincorporated Antioch for […]