Two juveniles who stole an SUV in Highland Park were arrested after they tried fleeing from the vehicle when OnStar remotely shut it down in North Chicago, police said. The Highland Park Police Department responded to a residence in a neighborhood on the east side of the city early Monday morning. Highland Park Deputy Police […]
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Police warn residents to remain vigilant after reports of vehicle burglaries, stolen vehicle in Cary
Police are warning residents after they received multiple reports of subjects attempting to enter motor vehicles Thursday morning in residential areas in Cary and Crystal Lake. The incidents occurred in residential areas in the northeast region of Cary as well as neighboring towns. In some cases, the subjects were able to successfully enter unlocked motor […]
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Lake County Sheriff’s K-9 Dax helps apprehend 9 fleeing suspects within 24 hours in Lake County
Authorities say that Lake County Sheriff’s Canine Dax apprehended nine juvenile suspects that fled from stolen vehicles in two different incidents in a 24-hour span. A Lake County sheriff’s deputy located a vehicle crash in the area of Wadsworth Road and Delany Road in Wadsworth around 1 a.m. Wednesday. The vehicle was reported stolen from […]
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More charges filed against Zion man accused of committing at least 60 burglaries in Illinois and Wisconsin
Additional charges have been filed against a Zion man, who police say committed approximately 60 burglaries in Illinois and Wisconsin, during a “massive crime spree” dating back to last summer. Kwantrell C. Williams, 24, of the 2300 block of Joppa Avenue in Zion, was charged in early April with six counts of burglary, five counts […]
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Police searching for missing 13-year-old boy from Lake Villa
An alert was issued for a 13-year-old boy who went missing from Lake Villa. Police would not say if it is the same boy who is on the run after stealing a car from a Lake Villa middle school. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said that Jazarion Lightner, 13, went missing from […]
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‘Massive crime spree’: Zion man, with help from brother, allegedly committed 60 burglaries in Illinois and Wisconsin
Police say a Zion man, with the help of his half-brother, committed approximately 60 burglaries in Lake County and bordering counties in a “massive crime spree” dating back to last summer. In November, police served a search warrant at a residence where Kwantrell C. Williams, 24, and Markeece M. Muhammad, 23, resided in the 2300 […]
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2 years in prison for Wisconsin man who sustained serious injuries after fleeing police, crashing near Richmond
A Wisconsin man who suffered serious injuries after crashing a stolen car during a high-speed police pursuit near Richmond has been sentenced to two years in prison. Andrew Mays, a Racine, Wisconsin resident, told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that he was delivering pizza in Racine on April 11, 2021. He said he went up […]
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Police search for man who crashed stolen vehicle and fled near elementary school in Barrington Hills
Police are investigating after a man crashed and abandoned a stolen vehicle near an elementary school in Barrington Hills Monday morning. The Barrington Hills Police Department responded at 6:50 a.m. Monday to the 200 block of County Line Road in Barrington Hills for a report of a suspicious person. The person was described as a […]
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13-year-old student considered ‘armed and dangerous’ after stealing car from middle school in Lake Villa
Police are searching for a 13-year-old student who is on the run and considered armed and dangerous after he stole a car from the parking lot of a middle school in Lake Villa. The Lake Villa Police Department responded around 8:15 a.m. Friday to Palombi Middle School, 133 McKinley Avenue in Lake Villa, for a […]