A reward is being offered as police search for the suspects who spray-painted homophobic slurs onto a Barrington home. The Barrington Police Department said that the incident occurred sometime between 10 p.m. October 17 and 8 a.m. October 18. According to CBS Chicago, the vandalism happened at a home in the Fox Point neighborhood. Barrington […]
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Mobile COVID-19 testing sites coming to Crystal Lake, Barrington
Health officials in Lake and McHenry counties have announced that a mobile COVID-19 testing unit is coming to Crystal Lake this week and then Barrington this weekend. The McHenry County Department of Health and Lake County Health Department said on Tuesday that the testing will be free and available to everyone. The mobile unit will […]
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16-year-old girl, 19-year-old woman both die following Route 12 crash in Wauconda
Two Barrington teens, a 16-year-old girl and 19-year-old woman, are both dead following a crash between a dump truck and BMW in Wauconda last week, the coroner said. An autopsy showed that Aria N. Albertelli, 19, of Barrington, died of injuries due to blunt force trauma from a vehicle crash, according to Lake County Coroner […]
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Lake County sheriff K-9 locates endangered man who fled Good Shepherd Hospital near Barrington
A 26-year-old man experiencing a mental crisis was located by a Lake County sheriff’s canine unit after the man ran away from Good Shepherd Hospital near Barrington. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office asked the public for their assistance around 9:55 p.m. Friday in locating a 26-year-old man named Tyler who was missing and endangered. Officials […]
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Lake County Sheriff K-9 Dax helps find suspect, loaded gun in separate incidents over the weekend
Lake County Sheriff’s Canine Dax helped recover a gun in Barrington and find a man wanted for stealing a car in Mundelein during separate incidents over the weekend. Dax and his handler Deputy John Forlenza were called around 10:20 p.m. Saturday to the area of Metra train station in Barrington. A belligerent man exited a […]
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Lake Zurich man charged with child porn, sexual abuse of a child
A Lake Zurich man has been charged with possessing child pornography and having sex with a teen, police said. Gary A. Zimmer, 51, of the 1-99 block of Lakeview Place in Lake Zurich, was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Lake Zurich Police […]
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Woman fatally struck by freight train in Barrington
A woman was fatally struck by a freight train in Barrington Thursday afternoon causing heavy traffic in the village, officials said. The Barrington Police Department and Barrington Fire Department responded around 3:20 p.m. Thursday to Lake Zurich Road and Elm Road for a report of a train accident with injuries. Village of Barrington officials said […]
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Lawsuit alleges former special ed student was sexually abused by Barrington Middle School teacher
A lawsuit is seeking $25 million in damages and alleges that a former Barrington Middle School teacher sexually abused a special education student on over 30 occasions in the early 2000s. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Cook County court by the Blake Horwitz Law Firm, said that the plaintiff, John Doe, was born in 1990 […]
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Barrington man breaks handcuffs, attempts to escape from sheriff’s deputy at Lake County Jail
A Barrington man arrested for DUI broke free from his handcuffs and tried to escape from a sheriff’s deputy as they arrived at the Lake County Jail Wednesday evening. Shane B. Zillman, 27, of the 28500 block of Chamberlain Drive in unincorporated Barrington, was charged with escape, criminal damage to state support property, driving under […]