Waukegan Crime
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Lake County sheriff’s office, community mourn the loss of K9 DaxApr 12, 2024 8:11 pm - Dax, the decorated nationally known crime-fighting police dog, has died just two days after a public celebration of his illustrious career with the Lake County Sheriff’s ...
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Sheriff: Reported drive-by shooting victim accidentally shot himselfApr 07, 2024 8:03 pm - A Mundelein-area teen who initially claimed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting actually shot himself in the leg by accident, authorities said Sunday. According to t...
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Infant recovered after intervention in domestic battery along Buckley RoadApr 06, 2024 3:46 pm - Libertyville police are investigating a case of domestic battery in which they say a woman was beaten by the father of her infant child and abandoned near a busy intersec...
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‘A true hero’: Injuries force police dog Dax to retire after storied 9-year careerApr 04, 2024 4:26 pm - A month after suffering serious injuries while tracking down a suspected car thief, renowned Lake County sheriff’s police dog Dax is turning in his badge. “There is no wa...
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Serious injuries force police dog Dax to retire after storied 9-year careerApr 04, 2024 3:35 pm - A month after suffering serious injuries while tracking down a suspected car thief, renowned Lake County sheriff’s police dog Dax is turning in his badge. “There is no wa...
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Sheriff: North Chicago man accused of kidnapping a woman in FebruaryApr 01, 2024 9:12 pm - Lake County authorities arrested a man over the weekend accused of abducting a woman in February. Jonatan Luna-Carrasco, 28, of the 1100 block of Adams Street in North Ch...
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Officials: Bus driver on Wauconda school trip didn’t have CDLMar 29, 2024 8:24 pm - A Milwaukee man driving a bus with 50 students headed for Wauconda Middle School after a school trip early Thursday was issued several citations including not having a va...
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Lake County Sheriff’s Office purchases 15 license plate reading camerasMar 27, 2024 10:07 am - Agency joins several other communities in leveraging technology The Lake County Sheriff’s Office will be joining the growing ranks of entities utilizing license plat...
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Officials: Lake County sheriff’s special investigators arrest man accused of drug traffickingMar 21, 2024 6:55 pm - A Waukegan man accused of selling meth, cocaine, and fentanyl now is facing charges in connection with an investigation by the Lake County sheriff’s office, officials sai...
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Naperville residents have lost $750K to crypto scams this month. Here’s how to avoid falling preyMar 14, 2024 4:17 pm - Last week, while police departments across the suburbs were urging citizens to “Slam the Scam” as part of a national anti-fraud campaign, investigators in Naperville were...