A federal and multi-state law enforcement investigation has led to eight suspects, who were tied to a Mexican cartel and some of whom were living in Zion, being arrested in a large retail theft ring. The Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Sheriff’s Office’s Drug Operations Group (KDOG) detectives were contacted in March by the Oak Brook, Illinois, […]
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Probation for 1 of 2 armed men who attempted to carjack victim at grocery store in Round Lake Beach
One of two men has been sentenced to probation after they attempted to carjack a victim while armed with guns at a Round Lake Beach grocery store and fled from responding officers. Caden Ziccarelli, 20, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was charged in March 2024 with one count of attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking, four counts of aggravated […]
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3 arrested after police pursuit in Wisconsin results in suspects fleeing on foot in Gurnee shopping area
Three people were arrested after a police pursuit in Wisconsin that later resulted in the car’s occupants fleeing on foot into a shopping area in Gurnee Thursday morning. The Gurnee Police Department received a report of a reckless driver around 2 a.m. Thursday near a shopping area off of Grand Avenue and Interstate 94 in […]
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Video shows 100+ mph police pursuit where squad cars were struck before chase ended in Zion
Newly released video captured a vehicle leading police on a more than 100 mph pursuit from Wisconsin where multiple squad cars were struck before the chase ended in Zion. The Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin Police Department last week released bodycam and dashcam video from a pursuit that occurred on June 28. An officer attempted to conduct […]
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Driver arrested after cars doing burnouts in parking lot flee police, one crashes into squad car in Zion
Authorities say a police squad was believed to be totaled after cars doing burnouts attempted to flee from officers and one of them struck the squad car in Zion. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Mary Vukovich said the Zion Police Department responded on July 7 to a warehouse for reports of street racers. A community […]
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Gurnee man faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to homicide in Grayslake native’s overdose death
Prosecutors say a drug dealer from Gurnee is facing up to 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to homicide for delivering fentanyl-laced drugs that killed a Grayslake native and father of two. Terrell I. Christor, 37, of Gurnee, pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide for causing the fatal overdose of a 32-year-old Kenosha […]
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McHenry woman accused of killing ex-husband in Wisconsin cold case free from jail after posting $500,000 bail
A McHenry woman charged with intentional homicide following a cold case in Kenosha is free from jail after posting $500,000 bail, records show. Roxanna L. Collins, 70, of the 2700 block of Evergreen Circle in McHenry, was freed from the Kenosha County Jail at 6:49 p.m. on June 3 after paying the court-imposed bail, court […]
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6 months in jail for man convicted in connection with U.S. Army veteran’s drug-induced homicide in Woodstock
A man was sentenced to six months in jail in connection with a drug-induced homicide for selling heroin that caused the death of a U.S. Army veteran in Woodstock. Michael F. Walach, 64, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was charged in July 2023 with drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony, and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, […]
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Missing teen girl who was possibly in Illinois found dead in Lake Michigan in Wisconsin
A teenage girl who went missing from Wisconsin and authorities said was possibly in the Waukegan or Chicago area has been found dead in Lake Michigan in Kenosha. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) said on Monday that they were asking for the public’s help in the search for Kayla Sobczak. Monday […]