Three suspects were arrested, with one running nearly two miles, after sheriff’s deputies and a canine unit interrupted a burglary in progress at Lambs Farm near Libertyville Sunday evening. The Lake County Sheriff’s 911 Center received a call around 11:20 p.m. Sunday from a person who rented a flatbed trailer to someone who failed to […]
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Suspect accused of punching elderly man in face when he tried intervening in robbery at Waukegan bank
Prosecutors say a suspect robbed a woman of her money and purse and then punched an elderly man who tried coming to her aid inside a bank in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 12:40 p.m. on November 4 to the Consumers Credit Union, 2750 Washington Street in Waukegan, for a report of a […]
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10 years in prison for man who persuaded Johnsburg child to send him explicit image of herself online
A judge sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for soliciting an explicit image from a Johnsburg child he had been talking to online for months while offering drugs and alcohol. Alejandro Vilchis, 24, of Chicago Heights, was charged in April 2023 with child pornography, traveling to meet a minor, grooming, solicitation to meet […]
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Man charged with traveling to meet child, sexually abusing her in Mundelein
A man is being held on a $1 million bond after prosecutors say he communicated with a child online, traveled to meet her in Mundelein and sexually abused her. Alejandro Vilchis, 22, of Chicago Heights, was charged with two counts of child pornography, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, indecent solicitation of a child and traveling to […]
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Man charged with stabbing girlfriend during dispute near Fox River Grove
A Chicago Heights man has been charged with stabbing his girlfriend in the leg and fleeing the scene near Fox River Grove early Sunday morning, police said. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1 a.m. Sunday to the 1000 block of South Road in unincorporated Fox River Grove. McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Byrnes […]