The coroner has identified the Tennessee man who died after he was rear-ended by another vehicle in Gurnee Saturday morning. Robert Wiedmann, 66, of Crossville, Tennessee, died as a result of blunt force injuries in a crash, according to an autopsy completed Monday by the Lake County Coroner’s Office. The Gurnee Police Department and Gurnee […]
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Unincorporated Gurnee man charged with possessing child pornography
A 26-year-old man was charged after sheriff’s detectives executed a search warrant at his unincorporated Gurnee home and found numerous videos of child pornography. Anthony Cloe, 26, of the 16000 block of West Jonathan Lane in unincorporated Gurnee, was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography, a Class 2 felony. The Lake County […]
66-year-old Tennessee man killed, 2 others injured after crash in Gurnee
A 66-year-old Tennessee man died at the hospital after his car was rear-ended by another man, who was seriously injured, in Gurnee Saturday morning. The Gurnee Police Department and Gurnee Fire Department responded at 5:39 a.m. Saturday to Stearns School Road and Dilleys Road in Gurnee for a vehicle crash with injuries. Officers arrived and […]
Gurnee police canine helps track down suspect who committed domestic battery in Gurnee
An offender who fled after committing a domestic battery was taken into custody thanks to the help of Gurnee Police Canine Hawk Thursday evening. The Gurnee Police Department responded around 8:20 p.m. Thursday to the 6500 block of Grand Avenue in Gurnee. Authorities said officers responded to a call of a domestic battery. The male […]
Coroner IDs driver killed after crash left truck engulfed in flames on Interstate 94 near Gurnee
The coroner’s office has identified a Wisconsin man who was killed after his box truck became fully engulfed in flames following a crash on Interstate 94 near Gurnee last week. An autopsy performed last Thursday on Lawrence Stone, 66, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, indicated that he died as a result of multiple injuries from a vehicle […]
1 dead after two-vehicle crash left box truck engulfed in flames on Interstate 94 near Gurnee
A driver died and another was injured after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 near Gurnee that left a box truck fully engulfed in flames Wednesday evening, state police said. The Illinois State Police and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 7:39 p.m. Wednesday to Interstate 94 westbound at mile marker 10.3 in Gurnee, which is […]
2 U.S. Military members based in Lake County killed in murder-suicide in Wheeling
Two active-duty U.S. Military members who are based in Lake County, including one who lived in Gurnee, were both killed in a murder-suicide shooting in Wheeling, police said. Wheeling Deputy Police Chief Al Steffen said officers responded around 4:50 a.m. Sunday to a 911 call for a person down in the roadway near Lakeview Drive […]
Lake County Sheriff canines help locate gun that suspect ditched while fleeing crash on I-94 near Gurnee
A man was arrested after he fled the scene of a crash on Interstate 94 near Gurnee and two Lake County Sheriff’s Office canines helped officers recover a gun that he allegedly ditched, officials said. The Illinois State Police said they were called around 12:30 p.m. on Friday to eastbound Interstate 94 at mile marker […]
Judge finds Third Lake man guilty of raping, beating woman at Lake County residence
A Third Lake man faces up to 45 years in prison after a judge on Wednesday found him guilty of beating and sexually assaulting a woman inside a residence in Third Lake. Andres Leyva, 31, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault causing bodily harm and criminal sexual assault by force. The Lake County Sheriff’s […]