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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Family calls 911 after being awoken to man dousing home, cars in gasoline during attempted arson in Waukegan
A family woke up and called 911 after finding one of their family members had doused their home and cars in gasoline during an attempted arson in Waukegan, prosecutors said. The incident happened just after 10 p.m. on July 7 at an apartment building in the 1000 block of Judge Avenue in Waukegan. Lake County […]
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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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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 […]
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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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Investigators deem death of two men and early morning fire in Highland Park as ‘suspicious’
Investigators have deemed the death of two males found dead outside a home on fire in Highland Park as suspicious and under investigation. Lake County Major Crimes Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said the two adult male victims who are believed to be related were discovered deceased from suspicious injuries outside of a home on […]
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Pre-trial release denied for 2 suspects accused of committing arson fire that severely damaged Regal Cinema in Round Lake Beach
A judge denied pre-trial release for two suspects, who are both on probation in a hate crime case, for allegedly lighting fires that engulfed two theaters and the lobby of the former Regal Cinema in Round Lake Beach. Anthony P. Shields, 20, of Lake Villa, and David M. Dolan, 19, of Lake Villa, were both […]
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Police say ‘zero tolerance’ for trespassers after vacant Regal Cinema in Round Lake Beach damaged by arson fire
Police are warning the public that they will have “zero tolerance” for trespassers and are closely watching the former Regal Cinema in Round Lake Beach after two suspects committed an arson fire. The Round Lake Beach Police Department initially responded at 8:24 p.m. Saturday to the former Regal Cinema, 550 East Rollins Road in Round […]