A 47-year-old Zion woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for fatally striking a bicyclist with her SUV in Waukegan and fleeing the scene. Linda J. Ray, 47, of Zion, was charged in July 2020 with leaving the scene of an accident causing death and failure to report an accident involving death. The […]
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Grayslake man charged in hit-and-run crash that killed father of 3 kids in Round Lake Beach
A Grayslake man was charged this week in connection with a hit-and-run that left a father of three kids dead in Round Lake Beach over a year ago. A 911 call was placed in the early morning hours on February 20, 2021, to check on the well-being of a person found lying in a ditch […]
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Jury convicts Zion woman of fatally striking bicyclist with SUV, fleeing scene in Waukegan
A jury found a Zion woman guilty Wednesday on charges that she fatally struck a bicyclist with an SUV in Waukegan and fled the scene, leaving the 37-year-old father to die. Linda J. Ray, 47, of Zion, was charged in July 2020 with leaving the scene of an accident causing death and failure to report […]
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2 charged after man attacked, injured during traffic altercation in Harvard
A man suffered a head injury after a juvenile and another man attacked him following a car crash that led to a traffic altercation in Harvard, police said. The Harvard Police Department responded around 12:11 a.m. February 28 to a call of a disturbance in the 1500 block of 9th Street. Officers located a 20-year-old […]
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Charges filed against driver of Audi SUV wanted in fatal hit-and-run of 22-year-old man near Vernon Hills
Investigators say charges have been filed against a woman that was allegedly driving an SUV that struck and killed a 22-year-old Lake Forest College student near Vernon Hills in October. Lake County Sheriff’s Office traffic crash investigators concluded their investigation into the incident, which took hundreds of investigative hours, Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief […]
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Waukegan man charged with fleeing scene after crashing into parked cars in Wauconda
Police say they have arrested the driver of a vehicle that slammed into multiple parked cars in Wauconda and fled the scene, nearly hitting a truck head-on. Aric Klemp shared a video of the incident with Lake and McHenry County Scanner and said the incident occurred around 5 a.m. on January 9 at John’s Complete […]
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Waukegan woman charged with killing pedestrian in crash in North Chicago, failing to report it
A Waukegan woman was arrested after she allegedly hit and killed a 24-year-old woman with her vehicle in North Chicago on Saturday, authorities said. The North Chicago Police Department and North Chicago Fire Department responded around 2:19 a.m. Saturday to the 1500 block of Lincoln Street. The Lake County Coroner’s Office said first responders received […]
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Surveillance video captures car slamming into parked cars, fleeing the scene in Wauconda
Police are asking the public for help in identifying the driver of a vehicle that slammed into multiple parked cars in Wauconda and then fled the scene, nearly hitting a truck head-on. Aric Klemp shared a video of the incident with Lake and McHenry County Scanner and said the incident occurred around 5 a.m. Sunday […]
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Sheriff says drunk driver caused 3-vehicle injury crash in Wadsworth, nearly hit a train
Police say a drunk driver likely would have struck a train had she not crashed into two stopped vehicles in Wadsworth Sunday evening. The woman fled the scene and later battered a sheriff’s deputy. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11 p.m. Sunday to Wadsworth Road east of Delany Road in Wadsworth for a […]