Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people who were in the water after their boat sank during a fishing trip near the Waukegan Harbor on Friday. Two men, 29-years-old and 31-years-old, were about one mile east of the Waukegan Harbor…
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A gang member wanted for armed robberies in Waukegan was apprehended in Alabama on Tuesday, sheriff officials said. Members of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Team, U.S. Marshals Service – Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (USMS-GLRFTF), and USMS-Gulf…
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A North Chicago man pleaded not guilty to reckless homicide along with other charges after a fatal hit and run crash involving pedestrians on April 29 in Waukegan. Tony Salcedo, 25, pleaded not guilty to a Lake County Circuit Court…
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A Waukegan woman has been charged with second-degree murder after stabbing a man to death in a domestic dispute on the Fourth of July, police said. Waukegan Police Commander Joe Florip said that officers responded to a call of a…
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(PATCH.COM) — Police released the identity Tuesday afternoon of a Grayslake man who was killed late Sunday after being struck by an SUV in Waukegan. Ryan Miller, 39, died at the scene of the June 25 crash. He was reportedly…
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(SUN-TIMES) — A man was fatally struck by an SUV on Sunday night in north suburban Waukegan. The SUV was heading south in the 200 block of North Green Bay Road about 10:30 p.m. when it struck the 39-year-old man,…
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(SUN-TIMES) — A man was shot to death during an argument early Friday in north suburban Waukegan. Officers were called at 4:08 a.m. for reports of a person shot the courtyard of the Woodland Village apartment complex in the 2400…
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