A Chicago man who led a nearly ten-hour-long standoff in Algonquin that ended with a SWAT team tear-gassing him was ordered to pay a fine after pleading guilty. The incident began around 10:53 a.m. on October 27 after the Algonquin Police Department was called to the Holiday Inn Express, 2595 Bunker Hill Drive in Algonquin, […]
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Standoff at Algonquin hotel ends after SWAT team deploys tear gas to take wanted man into custody
A wanted Chicago man was taken into custody following a nearly ten-hour-long standoff in Algonquin that ended after a SWAT team tear-gassed the man. The incident began around 10:53 a.m. Wednesday after the Algonquin Police Department was called to the Holiday Inn Express, 2595 Bunker Hill Drive in Algonquin, for a report of suspicious activity. […]
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Jacobs High School in Algonquin on ‘shelter in place’ after SWAT incident at nearby hotel
Harry D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin is on a shelter in place as a SWAT team and police respond to an ongoing standoff with a wanted man at a hotel across from the school. The Algonquin Police Department responded around 10:53 a.m. Wednesday to the Holiday Inn Express, 2595 Bunker Hill Drive in Algonquin, […]
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SWAT team responds after gunshot fired during argument at Gurnee apartment building
An apartment complex in Gurnee was evacuated and a SWAT team was called after a gunshot was accidentally fired during an argument, police said. The Gurnee Police Department responded around 9:30 a.m. Monday to the area of Greenhaven Lane and Brookhaven Road for a call of a single gunshot heard inside an apartment complex. Officers […]
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Man arrested following 7-hour standoff with dozens of police officers, SWAT team in Round Lake
A seven-hour standoff in Round Lake involving dozens of police officers and a SWAT team came to an end after the suspect, who was barricaded in an attic, was sprayed by a fire hose Tuesday morning. The Round Lake Police Department responded around 3 a.m. Tuesday to a residence near Macgillis Drive and Nippersink Avenue […]
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Cary man arrested after standoff with SWAT
Police say that a cab fare dispute turned into a standoff with SWAT after a Cary man threatened officers “with violence and a firearm.” The Cary Police Department was called at 12:40 a.m. Monday to a report of a man who didn’t pay for a cab fare at a home on Garden Place Circle in […]
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Armed robbery suspect arrested by SWAT team at apartment building in Waukegan
A man who robbed a grocery store at gunpoint in Waukegan was arrested by police inside an apartment building on Wednesday. At around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the Waukegan Police Department responded to a grocery store in the 2700 block of Washington Street for a reported armed robbery. When officers arrived they spoke to a […]