City officials say they are working with police and the FBI after flyers containing “repugnant” anti-Semitic hate speech were found littered in Highland Park on Yom HaShoah, a Holocaust remembrance day. The City of Highland Park said in a statement that members of the community, along with other communities throughout the North Shore, discovered the […]
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Police investigating hate crime after anti-Semitic, racist graffiti found on wall of synagogue in Highland Park
Police officials say they are investigating anti-Semitic and racist graffiti found on a Highland Park synagogue as a hate crime. The Highland Park Police Department responded around 5:45 p.m. on November 20 to the Central Avenue Synagogue, 874 Central Avenue in Highland Park. Highland Park Deputy Police Chief William Bonaguidi said officers responded after graffiti […]
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Waukegan man charged with hate crime for attack on victim
A Waukegan man was arrested in connection with a November hate crime incident where he allegedly physically attacked another man in Waukegan. Lewis C. Myles, Jr., 38, of the 1200 block of Lorraine Place in Waukegan, was charged with hate crime, a Class 4 felony, and aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony. A criminal complaint […]
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Homophobic slurs spray-painted onto Barrington home, police say
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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Local officials, sheriff respond after swastikas spray-painted on Lake Zurich school
Several local officials and the sheriff have spoken out after swastikas and vulgar words were found spray-painted onto the side of Seth Paine Elementary School in Lake Zurich on the last day of Hanukkah. “I was deeply saddened to learn that an elementary school in one of our Lake County communities was vandalized with swastikas. […]
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Gurnee man charged with hate crime after attacking Hispanic man with ice pick, yelling racial slurs
A Gurnee man has been charged with a hate crime after police say he tried attacking a Hispanic man, who was riding a motorcycle with a Mexican flag, with an ice pick while yelling racial slurs at him. Joseph L Zens, 67, of the 37100 block of North Shirley Drive in unincorporated Gurnee, was charged […]
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Man charged with making threatening phone call to Highland Park synagogue
A Winthrop Harbor man has been charged with a felony hate crime after he allegedly made a threatening phone call to a Highland Park synagogue. The Highland Park Police Department was called at 5:30 p.m. Monday to the Central Avenue Synagogue, 874 Central Avenue in Highland Park. Police said that staff members received a phone […]
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Fox River Grove man charged with hate crime, battery, after throwing beer can at clerk
A 26-year-old Fox River Grove man was arrested after he allegedly threw a beer can at a gas station clerk and told him to get out of the country, police said. Jason P. Bachler, of the 100 block of Beachway Drive in Fox River Grove, was arrested on October 30 and charged with committing a […]
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13-year-old Huntley juvenile arrested for making racist Xbox Live threats and school threats
The Huntley Police Department has charged a 13-year-old Huntley juvenile for making threats towards a middle school and for making racist threats on Xbox Live. The 13-year-old juvenile, who is a Huntley resident, was charged with disorderly conduct for making threats towards Marlowe Middle School (class 4 felony), obstructing a peace officer (class A misdemeanor), […]