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7 suspects flee from car disabled after driving over spike strips during pursuit that ended in Winthrop Harbor

Seven suspects escaped from police after they fled from a car, which had been rendered disabled by spike strips, following a pursuit from Wisconsin that ended in Winthrop Harbor. Winthrop Harbor Police Chief Edward Mohn told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that patrol units were notified around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday that the Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin […]

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Man charged with fleeing police, crashing into garage before being tracked down by canine in Round Lake Heights

A police chase resulted in the driver of a vehicle crashing twice, including into a garage, before he fled on foot and was tracked down by a police canine in Round Lake Heights, prosecutors said. Colby B. Franklin, 24, of the 34700 block of North Holman Avenue in Ingleside, was charged with aggravated fleeing police, […]

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Vehicle fled from police in Richmond minutes before it caused fatal crash on Route 173 in Fox Lake

The vehicle that caused a fatal multiple-vehicle crash on Route 173 in Fox Lake last weekend had fled from police in Richmond minutes before the crash, authorities said. A Richmond police officer observed a red Saturn coupe committing several traffic violations, including lane use, safety zone and turn signal violations, at around 7:45 p.m. June […]