Theft of 150 toys leaves Catholic Charities without gifts for holidays
The theft of about 150 toys has left Catholic Charities with zero items left to start its gift-giving program this holiday season. The stockpile of toys and other gift items, which were leftover from...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Alarm may have scared burglars on Brampton Lane
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lincolnshire Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can...
View ArticleLake County Crime Stoppers: Man wanted for burglary
Lake County Crime Stoppers, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office / Warrants Division are seeking your help in learning the whereabouts of a Joel C. Avalos a wanted fugitive. Joel C. Avalos, Male...
View ArticleHospitalization delays DUI, reckless homicide trial
An aggravated DUI and reckless homicide case from January 2012 has been slowly winding its way through Lake County Circuit Court, and a new delay this week was attributed to a recent hospitalization....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Police remove intoxicated group from Marriott Lincolnshire
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lincolnshire Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can...
View ArticleDeputies arrest or ticket more than 80 in September road side checks
In the Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s first roadside safety checks in unincorporated Antioch, Lincolnshire and Beach Park in about 10 years, deputies combined to arrest or ticket more than 80 people....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Woman scammed by person pretending to be her relative
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lincolnshire Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can...
View ArticleSupreme Court denies appeal of day care worker’s murder conviction
The Illinois Supreme Court recently ruled it would not take up the case of a Lincolnshire day care worker who was sentenced to 31 years in prison for the death of a 16-month-old boy in 2009. “I’m not...
View ArticleBuffalo Grove man accused of firing rifle he thought was unloaded
A Buffalo Grove man was arrested last week, after firing what he thought was an unloaded rifle, according to a police report. Timothy M. Brown, 27, of the 1200 block of Deerfield Parkway, was handling...
View ArticleHalloween, Super Bowl among sheriff DUI patrols
Eight different holiday weeks from Halloween 2014 through Labor Day 2015 are on the list of candidates for DUI-enforcement roadblocks that are funded in part by a $135,000 state grant accepted this...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sex offender arrested at Daniel Wright Jr. High
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lincolnshire Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office begins Halloween crackdown this weekend
Halloween partiers and sex offenders are on notice this coming week in Lake County. There will be surprise roadside safety checks, and child sex offenders will be checked to make sure they are not...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Man charged with failing to give information at an accident
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lincolnshire Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Hotel calls cops on unruly guest
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lincolnshire Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can...
View ArticleTwo former corrections officers indicted in Lake County Jail death
Two former Lake County Sheriff’s Office corrections officers have been indicted on felony charges in connection with the death of a Lake County Jail inmate on Halloween 2011. Former corrections...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Phone scammers pretend to be with Chicago Police Department
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lincolnshire Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can...
View ArticleAt least 11 Lake County priests named in newly released church abuse documents
The Archdiocese of Chicago has released thousands of pages of internal documents pertaining to how it dealt with allegations of child sexual abuse by 36 priests going back decades. The archdiocese...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers seeks man wanted for theft
Lake County Crime Stoppers and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office/Warrants Division are seeking the public’s help in learning the whereabouts of Lachelsey Lee, a wanted fugitive. Lee, 34, is wanted on an...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: 2 Mundelein residents charged with marijuana possession
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lincolnshire Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can...
View ArticleMan indicted for terrorism threat against Lake County Courthouse, Gurnee police
A man who allegedly threatened to “light up” the Gurnee Police Department and the Lake County Courthouse was indicted this week on charges of making a terrorism threat. A Lake County Grand Jury...
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