A man who saved a woman choking in her vehicle near Grayslake in February was awarded during a Wednesday ceremony where the Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s newest canine, Danno, was sworn in. Lake County Sheriff John D. Idleburg awarded Griffin Rebecca, a Grayslake resident, the “Citizen Heroism Award” for his brave actions in February. Rebecca […]
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Police, FBI raid home of child sexual assault suspect near Grayslake
Police officers and FBI agents raided the home of a suspect near Grayslake Tuesday morning in an ongoing sexual assault investigation involving a child, officials said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Grayslake Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted a search warrant in the 33100 block of North Sears Boulevard in Wildwood, […]
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‘A community hero’: Passerby saves woman who was choking near Grayslake
Police called a Lake County resident a community hero after he performed the Heimlich Maneuver on a woman who was choking on the side of the road near Grayslake. Lake County resident Griffin Rebecca was driving eastbound on Route 120 near Mill Road in Wildwood on Saturday. He saw a car pulled over on the […]
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Sheriff: Man claimed he was carjacked after crashing into two houses
A drunk driver was arrested after he told Lake County Sheriff’s deputies he was carjacked early Tuesday morning. It turned out he actually crashed into two houses. James R. Hilliard, 28, of the 18000 block of Orchard Lane in Wildwood, was charged with criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct – false report of an offense, […]