Five suspects, including one who was out on bond for attempted murder, have been charged with burglarizing gas stations in Lake County and leading police on a pursuit into Chicago. The Riverwoods Police Department received a call of a burglar alarm around 3:06 a.m. Tuesday at the Mobil gas station, located at Deerfield Road and […]
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5 suspects in custody after gas station burglaries overnight in Lincolnshire, Riverwoods
Police arrested five suspects who fled to Chicago after burglarizing gas stations in Lincolnshire and Riverwoods early Tuesday morning. The Riverwoods Police Department received a call of a burglar alarm around 3:06 a.m. Tuesday at the Mobil gas station, located at Deerfield Road and Saunders Road. Riverwoods Police Chief Bruce Dayno said officers arrived and […]
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Police believe there are dozens of identity theft victims after arresting man in gas station scheme near Gurnee
Police believe there could be dozens of identity fraud victims after they arrested a Chicago man involved in a Gurnee area gas station scheme where he used other people’s credit card information. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11:30 a.m. Thursday to the Shell gas station, 36725 North Route 41 in unincorporated Gurnee, for […]
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Man gets 8 years in prison for robbery of elderly gas station clerk in Crystal Lake
A Harvard man who robbed an elderly female clerk at a Crystal Lake gas station, fled in a stolen car and ran from police last year was sentenced to eight years in prison. Joseph D. Hunter, 34, of the 700 block of University Street in Harvard, was charged with aggravated robbery, theft, two counts of […]
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Fundraiser started for father of 5 kids and gas station clerk who was shot during robbery in Marengo
The wife of a gas station clerk who was shot during a robbery in Marengo has started a fundraiser to help support their family of five kids while the father recovers from his injuries. Melissa Pemble, a Capron resident, started the GoFundMe, which has raised $7,400 as of Friday. Pemble said that her husband Brian […]
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Employee shot after two suspects rob gas station at gunpoint in Marengo
An employee was flown to the hospital after being shot during an armed robbery at a gas station in Marengo early Wednesday morning. The Marengo Police Department and Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts responded around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday to the Circle K Shell gas station, 600 North State Street, for a report of a shooting […]
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UPDATE: Zion man arrested in gas station murder
The Zion Police Department and the Lake County Major Crime Task Force have made an arrest in the murder of Nathaniel Lang at a gas station in Zion Monday evening. The murder took place at the Mobil Gas Station, 2500 Sheridan Road, at 6:17 pm on Monday. Bernardino Giustino, 21 years old from Zion, has been […]