Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
Charges have been filed against the man who allegedly robbed a gas station in Vernon Hills and led police on a miles-long pursuit in a box truck last week. Christopher J. Gordon, 35, of 609 East Elk Grove Boulevard in…
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What started as a hit-and-run ended with the suspect carjacking an 83-year-old woman at knifepoint and crashing near Barrington Hills, resulting in a police standoff. The Algonquin Police Department said that police tried to stop a man on Sunrise Lane…
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The man arrested after threatening to shoot people before a police chase involving a Greyhound bus near the Illinois and Wisconsin state line is being held in jail Sunday without bond. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said they received 911 calls at 9:45…
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A Rockford man who drove off from a traffic stop with cocaine and a sawed-off shotgun has been arrested and charged, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. Lake County Sheriff’s deputies tried to conduct a traffic stop on October 3…
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A motorcyclist who was clocked speeding at 121 mph in Libertyville struck a sheriff’s deputy after being cornered in a parking lot. On Tuesday at around 2:35 p.m., a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy was on patrol in the area of…
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(PATCH.COM) — One person involved in an alleged domestic disturbance in Buffalo Grove Saturday morning has since died in a three-vehicle crash following a police pursuit, authorities said. The alleged offender smashed a back patio door at a home on…
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(SUN-TIMES) — A man was arrested and another man escaped Saturday after a police chase in a stolen vehicle in north suburban Lake Forest. Tyler M. Miller-Alford, 20, has been charged with one count of obstructing justice, a Class 4…
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