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Judge allows federal lawsuit to proceed against former Lake Forest teacher accused of sexually abusing former students

A judge has allowed a federal lawsuit to proceed against a former Lake Forest High School teacher accused of grooming and sexually abusing six students at the time he taught at the school. Chicago-based law firm Goldberg and Goldberg filed a lawsuit in May 2021 on behalf of six former students against David Miller, a […]

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‘These allegations are alarming’: $1M bond for man accused of sexually assaulting child while armed with gun near Antioch

A judge set bond at $1 million after prosecutors said a man picked up two children and sexually assaulted one of them, while in possession of a firearm, near Antioch. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 3:15 a.m. Saturday to the 40200 block of North Bonham Court in unincorporated Antioch after receiving a 911 […]

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Man charged with traveling from Missouri to meet child, sexually abusing her in Libertyville

Police say they arrested a man who traveled from Missouri to meet a child and allegedly sexually abused her in Libertyville. The Libertyville Police Department responded around 8:30 p.m. on March 7 to Seventh Avenue and Glendale Avenue in Libertyville. A police report said officers received a call for a suspicious person in the area. […]

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$300K bond for man who allegedly sexually assaulted juvenile over span of multiple years in Woodstock

A man was charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a juvenile over the course of multiple years in Woodstock, police said. Jason Reinhard, 37, of Woodstock, was charged with four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault, two counts of criminal sexual assault, two counts of aggravated […]

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Pastor at Lake Zurich church, school reinstated once again following latest child sex abuse investigation

A pastor at a Lake Zurich church and school has been once again reinstated after the Archdiocese of Chicago cleared him of new allegations of sexual abuse involving minors. Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, wrote in a letter to the community at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish in Lake Zurich on September […]