13+ hour, 24+ min ago   (275+ words) A Lake Villa man was arrested after allegedly unlawfully videotaping a woman while she was in a changing room at Gurnee Mills mall, with the victim confronting the suspect and taking his phone. The Gurnee Police Department responded around 12:30 p.m. on…...

15+ hour, 23+ min ago   (254+ words) A medical helicopter was called to fly a 15-year-old boy to a children’s hospital after police say he accidentally shot himself, resulting in critical injury, and tried to cover up the incident in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan…...

17+ hour, 26+ min ago   (629+ words) A mother fought with officers when she was being arrested for allegedly pushing her child, causing her to hit her head on a table, after the girl tried to stop her mother from hurting her father in Winthrop Harbor. The…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (793+ words) A family says they are grateful for the community’s donations, which allowed a Lake Forest police officer to return to Chicago on Tuesday on a medical flight after being critically injured on vacation in Nicaragua. The family of Lake Forest…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (401+ words) A half-dozen masked suspects robbed a gas station in Green Oaks where they stole cash from the register and video gaming machines while threatening the clerk early Wednesday morning. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 3:35 a.m. Wednesday to Gas…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (389+ words) The coroner has released the identity of a Waukegan man who was rescued from Lake Michigan while swimming at Illinois Beach State Park near Zion and died of drowning Sunday afternoon. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Beach Park Fire…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (461+ words) Prosecutors say a man was driving intoxicated for the fifth time — at over three times the legal drinking limit — when he slammed into another car, causing it to drive into a pond, leaving a passenger unconscious, at the Costco in…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (341+ words) A Lindenhurst man was charged with stealing almost $400 in merchandise from Gurnee Mills mall in Gurnee and then injuring a police officer while resisting arrest. The Gurnee Police Department responded around 3:45 p.m. on August 17 to Kohl’s, 6120 Grand Avenue in Gurnee, for…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (401+ words) Police are investigating after a Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera was stolen in Highland Park amid recent nationwide backlash against Flock over privacy concerns. The Highland Park Police Department made the discovery on August 7 involving its Flock camera…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (371+ words) A Waukegan man allegedly tried to disarm a police officer by grabbing his gun and then fought with officers who tried to arrest him, leaving three of them injured in Waukegan. Ismael Figueroa, 45, of Waukegan, was charged with attempting to…...