3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (441+ words) A suspect allegedly sexually abused a woman sleeping in a parking garage in downtown Waukegan, until two people came to her aid, before the suspect then called 911, claiming the woman committed a crime. The Waukegan Police Department responded on August…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (256+ words) Milton Espino-Mejia, 25, of Chicago, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony, and traveling to meet a minor, a Class 3 felony. Espino-Mejia allegedly traveled from Chicago to meet and pick up the child on Friday, prosecutors said. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (24+ words) Lake and McHenry County Scanner...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (376+ words) A 70-year-old Deerfield man is facing felony charges after officials say he approached a teenage girl he did not know at a gas station and repeatedly tried soliciting her for sex, even offering to pay her. The Elmhurst Police Department…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (524+ words) At least 25 shots were fired during a shooting where several cars were struck by gunfire in Waukegan, with officers arresting a Honduran national found with a loaded gun who said he bought the gun near a high school. The Waukegan…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (763+ words) A jury on Friday convicted a gunman of murder for luring a 42-year-old man into an apartment in Antioch where he was robbed, fatally shot and then had his body dumped in a bathtub in 2022. The Lake County jury convicted…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (318+ words) A board chairman of a Chicago-area college and the owner of a cleaning company, who is also the brother of Rosemont’s mayor, was arrested on drug charges during a traffic stop in McHenry County. Mark R. Stephens, 67, of Rosemont, was…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (361+ words) A child with intellectual disabilities was sexually assaulted by a man, a complete stranger, as she walked down the street in her pajamas with her teddy bears, prompting bystanders to intervene in Waukegan. Alfonso Saucedo-Pena, 40, of Waukegan, was charged with…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (552+ words) A convicted felon was arrested after prosecutors say he battered his wife multiple times despite hundreds of people present at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee before security intervened. The Gurnee Police Department responded on August 8 to Six Flags Great…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (623+ words) Officers had to force entry and use chemical agents to take a convicted felon into custody after he barricaded himself in a Round Lake home, leading to a heavy police response and a two-hour standoff. The Round Lake Police Department…...