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Detectives arrest Lake Forest Public Works employee from Antioch caught with sexually explicit videos, images of children

Detectives arrested an Antioch man, who is an employee of the Village of Lake Forest, after they say he was found with numerous sexually explicit videos and photos of young children on Thursday. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said the sheriff’s office received a tip from an email provider indicating a device in […]

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Crime lab analyzing evidence recovered nearly 2 months after Mundelein man disappeared with foul play suspected

The sheriff says recovered evidence is being analyzed nearly two months after a man went missing under “concerning circumstances” near Mundelein, prompting a heavy police and fire department search. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced on November 12 that they were searching for Ruslan Furman, 51, who was last known to reside in the 26500 […]

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Searches of Diamond Lake in Mundelein turn up no results for man who disappeared with foul play suspected

Divers and sonar equipment were deployed to Diamond Lake in Mundelein with no results on Friday and Saturday amid an ongoing search for a man who went missing with foul play suspected. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday they were searching for Ruslan Furman, 51, who was last known to reside in the 26500 […]

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Police, fire department searching Diamond Lake in Mundelein for man who disappeared with foul play suspected

Authorities are conducting searches in and around Diamond Lake on Friday for a 51-year-old Mundelein man who went missing under concerning circumstances with foul play suspected. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday they are searching for Ruslan Furman, 51, who was last known to reside in the 26500 block of North Route 60-83 in […]

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2 arrested after over dozen guns, drugs found amid investigation into suspicious disappearance of Mundelein man

Two men have been arrested after police found over a dozen guns and a large amount of drugs when a SWAT team carried out searches amid the suspicious disappearance of a Mundelein-area man. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday they are searching for Ruslan Furman, 51, who was last known to reside in the […]

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Federal charges filed against Winthrop Harbor man accused of threatening to ‘execute’ President Donald Trump

Federal charges have been filed against a Winthrop Harbor man who law enforcement allege threatened to “execute” U.S. President Donald Trump, saying “people need to die” and “I’m going to get some guns.” Trent Schneider, 57, of Winthrop Harbor, is charged in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois with making a threat […]

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SWAT team arrests suspect in Winthrop Harbor amid federal investigation into threats against President Trump

A SWAT team took a suspect into custody in Winthrop Harbor Monday morning amid a federal investigation into alleged threats against U.S. President Donald Trump and others. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said they were contacted by the United States Secret Service about an active investigation. The federal agency requested the assistance of the sheriff’s […]

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Round Lake Beach man charged with possessing child sexual abuse material following search warrant

A Round Lake Beach man has been charged with multiple counts of possession of child pornography following a search warrant at his home on Wednesday morning, authorities said. Round Lake Beach Deputy Police Chief Tim Schuster said detectives, in cooperation with the Illinois Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, conducted a complex and lengthy investigation […]