Charges have been filed after a SWAT team arrested a homeless man who advanced on them with a hammer while he was being evicted from a property he was squatting on for seven years near Lake Bluff. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office attempted to enforce a court-ordered eviction in the 3600 block of Skokie Highway […]
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SWAT team arrests armed homeless man making threats, squatting on property for 7 years near Lake Bluff
A SWAT team arrested a homeless man who advanced on them with a hammer after deputies tried evicting him from a property he was squatting on for the past seven years near Lake Bluff. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office attempted to enforce a court-ordered eviction in the 3600 block of Skokie Highway in unincorporated Lake […]
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SWAT team responding to standoff involving man being evicted near Lake Bluff
A SWAT team is responding to a standoff with a man near Lake Bluff who made threats and barricaded himself during an attempted eviction Thursday morning. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said late Thursday morning that deputies and their Tactical Response Team were on the scene in the 200 block of Skokie Highway in unincorporated […]
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Firefighters rescue dog after cooking accident leads to building fire near Lake Bluff
Firefighters rescued a resident’s dog after a cooking accident led to a fire damaging an apartment at a mixed-use building near Lake Bluff Saturday evening. The Lake Forest Fire Department responded around 5:39 p.m. Saturday to 215 North Waukegan Road in unincorporated Lake Bluff for a report of a fire alarm. Lake Forest Fire Department Battalion […]
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Coroner identifies 36-year-old man killed in double rollover crash with dump truck near Lake Bluff
The coroner has released the identity of a Wadsworth man who died after crashing his pickup truck into a dump truck, causing both vehicles to roll over, near Lake Bluff Saturday. An autopsy performed Monday showed that Philip Jerina, 36, of Wadsworth, died as a result of blunt force injuries as a result of a […]
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Investigators say pickup veered into oncoming lane, causing double rollover crash that left 1 dead near Lake Bluff
Investigators say a 36-year-old man died after his pickup truck veered into oncoming traffic and struck a dump truck head-on, causing both vehicles to roll over, near Lake Bluff Saturday morning. The Libertyville Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 9:25 a.m. Saturday to Waukegan Road and Muir Avenue in unincorporated Lake Bluff […]
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Pickup truck driver dies after crash with dump truck causes both vehicles to roll over near Lake Bluff
A driver is dead after a pickup truck and a dump truck crashed and both vehicles rolled over, causing the dump truck to spill its load, near Lake Bluff Saturday morning. The Libertyville Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 9:25 a.m. Saturday to Waukegan Road and Muir Avenue in unincorporated Lake Bluff […]
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Virginia woman arrested in Knollwood for offering sex to undercover detective
63-year-old Virginia woman Sun Cha Chon was arrested after offering sex to an undercover Lake County Sheriff’s deputy, authorities said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said that the Lake County Sheriff Gang Task Force began an undercover investigation into 210 Spa, which is located at 210 Waukegan Rd in Knollwood. Lake County Sheriff Sgt. Sara Balmes […]